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February 2010

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Click here to read our January 2009 cover story "The Pioneers: Inside ABT's New Training Program"
Online-only features
- Ballet class with Elizabeth Parkinson at FineLine Theatre Arts
- Marni Thomas teaches Graham contractions
- Ballet class with Summer Lee Rhatigan, director of San Francisco Conservatory of Dance
- Tony Stevens demonstrates jazzy plies
- Mandy Moore's choreography in "Fashion Forward" at the 2009 DT Summit
- Video of Mandy Moore choreographing "Fashion Forward" at the 2009 DT Summit
- DT interviews Kim McSwain about her inspirational life
- Behind-the-scenes interview with Shane Sparks!
- Salsa with Cheryl Burke; a behind-the-scenes look at our October cover shoot!
- Interview with Cheryl Burke
- Dance at University of Michigan in the 1920s, and photos from their recent centennial celebration
- Modern Class with Carolyn Adams and ADF Honors Carolyn Adams, Ruth Andrien and Sharon Kinney
- Aerial Dance: two videos from Nancy Smith's "Frequent Flyer Productions"
- Ballet Class at Juilliard with Lawrence Rhodes
- Tech Rehearsal with Tap City Youth Ensemble
- Inside the NYU/ABT MA program with guest blogger Hannah G.
- Healthy Feet Exercises for Tappers
- Thinking on Their Feet preview
- View youngARTS slideshow
- Behind the Scenes with Urban Bush Women
- On Set with Tyce Diorio
- Behind the Scenes with ABT's Raymond Lukens, Rachel Moore and Franco De Vita
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What's Inside February 2010

Table of Contents
DT Notes
News
Anna Sokolow's
legacy, Tudor Trust
launches archive and more
Showstopper
American Dance Championships' Debbie Roberts
by Alison Feller
Teachers for
Hire, Compensation Required
by Debra Danese
by Michelle Vellucci
Goods
My Valentine
Red, pink and shimmery makeup for the stage
by Jenny Dalzell
Remembering
three modern dance luminaries
Features
Elizabeth Parkinson
and Scott Wise
by Rachel Straus
Studio-owning
couples mix love and business.
by Karyn D. Collins
Eleven busy artists
share their secrets to success.
by Courtney Rae Allen, Jenny Dalzell, Lauren Kay, Nancy
Wozny and Rachel Zar
How I Teach the
Graham contraction
by Jenny Dalzell
Fashion
Contemporary Couture: Flowing costumes for lyrical
performances
by Jenny Dalzell
Departments
Nick Pupillo's
jazz warm-up mix
by Rachel Zar
Avoiding
long-term knee damage
by Nancy Wozny
by Neil Ellis Orts
Addressing
students' flexibility issues
by Lauren Kay
Close friends
create a dance program.
by Katie Rolnick
Grads and
undergrads work together.
by Alyssa Schoeneman
by Leslie Hunter-Gadsden



