I need foot undies/undeez for dance. My recital is the 25th of May. I was wondering how long the foot undies last. I have lyrical for one hour a week. This is the only class that needs foot undies. I need to use them to practice so i can get used to them. Should I buy two pairs so Ill have enough for the rest of the year so I wont be looking for them while the supply is in demand during recital season?
Thanks for all your help, please read the full ^ question before answering! Thank you!

I was never to fond of the dirty dancing series…. especially the newest one that came out (can’t even recall the name hmphh….) But anyways, acording to Production Week, Lionsgate is preparing to remake the 1987 classic “Dirty Dancing,”. The original followed “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) as she learned to love via some sexy moves from dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze).
There’s currently not to much information to be shared right now… So I’ll give you guys an update when one comes!

JK Wedding Entrance Dance Becomes YouTube Sensation!
The JK Wedding Entrance Dance video, as it’s become known, is so popular, it’s had 1.7 million views already. The couple has also appeared on The Today Show and Good Morning, America, as a result of the video.

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Caitlin Kinney and Phillip Chbeeb were eliminated in a bittersweet episode on Thursday. Both were hoping to make the Top 10, but after being eliminated at the Top 12 mark, Executive Producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe announced that Caitlin and Phillip will be joining the Top 10 as alternate dancers during the fall Season 5 So You Think You Can Dance tour. The day after the tough elimination, Caitlin and Phillip opened up about their time on the show.

Phillip Chbeeb won over the hearts of America last season when he auditioned for Season 4. After suffering from pneumonia during Vegas week, Phillip had to withdraw from the competition. Fortunately, Phillip was asked to perform during the Season 4 finale. After taking a year to train and become a well-rounded dancer, a healthy Phillip auditioned for Season 5 and made it onto the show. Although Phillip was the dancer with the least amount of formal training, his personality and mind-blowing pop locking moves made him one of America’s favorite dancers.

As an Engineering Physics major at Loyola Marymount University, Phillip stated, “The major itself is so stressful that I really needed an outlet of some sort and I feel like dance has provided that easily whenever engineering gets too stressful.” He explained that his style of dance is very calculated and mathematical, so the two go hand-in-hand. Just as Phillip was encountering some difficulties finding a way to pay for college, he found out he’d be touring with Dance. Now, Phillip can take the semester off of school and save up money while he’s touring, before heading back for the following semester. Phillip said, “It’s amazing how things work out. It’s a blessing.” As for the future, Phillip is going to start choreographing because that’s his main passion. He hopes to be able to choreograph for So You Think You Can Dance in the future. Meanwhile, he will continue to follow his physics ambitions.

A standout routine this season for Phillip was when he performed hip hop to “Love Lockdown” with Jeanine. In this dance, Phillip and Jeanine were chained together at the ankles, and they encountered every obstacle imaginable while trying to rehearse the dance. “Just getting through that piece and making Napoleon and Tabitha proud, because I know that was probably one of the most difficult pieces they’ve had to put on anybody, was a great thing,” Phillip admitted. He said his entire time on the show was an uphill battle due to his lack of training.

Phillip was feeling mixed emotions on Thursday night after finding out he was cut, but that he made it to the tour. Ultimately, Phillip decided, “If it’s my time to go, it’s my time to go, and the fact that I’m on tour makes it all worth it.” He thinks the Top 10 dancers are all amazing. In regards to the tour, Phillip is most looking forward to more bonding time with his fellow dancers. Lastly, Phillip would like to say thanks to all of his fans for the continuous support.

Caitlin Kinney started off as a gymnast before taking up classical ballet. As a dancer, she learned to fuse her acrobatics with ballet, thanks to some great teachers along the way. Since Caitlin took up dance later in life, she said, “My passion for it has never wavered or dwindled and I’m still going strong.”

Right after finding out she wasn’t advancing to the Top 10, Nigel announced on the live show that Caitlin and Jason would join their fellow Top 10 dancers on the road this summer. Caitlin reflected on the moment when she heard the news and said, “I think that was really touching for us to have them have that kind of faith in us and know right away that we add something to the group and that they really want us on tour. That meant the world to us.”

Caitlin and Jason started off the show with the tricky Bollywood routine that they mastered. During this routine, they showed instant versatility, strength, and chemistry. Caitlin said it wasn’t as easy as it looked, and she and Jason stayed up all night trying to master the finger positions. And the handstand that kicked off the routine wasn’t originally in the choreography, until Jason mentioned to the choreographers that Caitlin is a talented gymnast. Caitlin practiced her inverted dance moves in the corner of the rehearsal room, and the choreographers thought it was great and added it to the number. Recently, the judges commented that they didn’t see chemistry between Caitlin and Jason. Caitlin was shocked to hear this because she said that out of all the couples, she thinks she and Jason were the closest and they always hung out together. Ultimately, she thinks that the judges felt this way because they showed incredible chemistry in their Bollywood performance that ended with a kiss, so there was no way to grow their chemistry from there. Caitlin has no regrets though: “Jason and I are great friends. I just had a wonderful time working with him. We got along so well. I wouldn’t have had any other partner.”

Caitlin was in the bottom three couples three times this season. Although that can be very frustrating, Caitlin said she became the “mom” of the bottom three and would always cheer on her fellow dancers and ease their worries. Always an optimist, Caitlin said that being in the bottom three often provided her more opportunities to dance on the stage. This experience has also taught her some valuable advice to “always question yourself, but never doubt yourself.” If Caitlin had the opportunity to stay on the show, she would have liked to have performed a contemporary routine and a waltz.

In a message to her fans, Caitlin said, “Thank you to everyone who supported me on the show and for the outpouring of love and support I got from people who I’ve never met before, and who I don’t know and don’t know me, but were touched by my dancing. That means the world. So thank you to all those people who did, and I’ll see them on tour.”

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MTV will be hosting a Michael Jackson tribute! Read
News from MTV:

Jun 25 2009 8:21 PM EDT
Michael Jackson’s Music-Video Legacy
From the cinematic ‘Thriller’ to the bank-breaking ‘Scream,’ Jackson made an indelible impact on music videos.

By James Montgomery

It is a loss of immeasurable magnitude. Michael Jackson, arguably the biggest pop-music star of the past quarter-century, unquestionably one of the greatest entertainers of all time, is dead at the age of 50.

A star since age 11, Jackson lived in the spotlight for four decades, selling more albums than any other solo artist not named Elvis and forever changing the worlds of pop, R&B, hip-hop and even rock (check Eddie Van Halen’s solo on “Beat It” for proof) in the process. He was a true icon of the entertainment age, an international superstar who spread his fame across screens and stages around the world. He revolutionized the art of choreography, touring, multiplatform promotion and — of course — music videos.

Jackson, who always admired the showmanship of P.T. Barnum and the spectacle of the silver screen, realized the potential of music videos, and he maximized it like no one before (or, really, since).

Michael Jackson made music videos an event. When a new MJ clip premiered, you stayed home and tuned in to see it first — even if it were at midnight, even it were on a Friday. His videos were lavish, big-budget affairs, rife with spectacular choreography, eye-popping special effects and amazing costume changes. Directors like Martin Scorsese and John Landis clamored to work with him, stars like Eddie Murphy and models like Naomi Campbell lined up to make cameos. Jackson didn’t so much make music videos as he made movies, in more ways than one.

His crowning achievement was, of course, “Thriller,” the video he shot (and co-wrote) with Landis in 1983. Spanning more than 13 minutes and costing more than $500,000 to make (a record at the time), it was a true mini-film, featuring huge sets, makeup by Academy Award winner Rick Baker and incidental music by the legendary Elmer Bernstein. The video’s choreography — particularly Jackson’s midsong dance spectacle with a troupe of zombies — has gone on to become the most imitated (and parodied) in pop-culture history, and the “Guinness Book of World Records” lists “Thriller” as “The Most Successful Music Video of All Time,” having sold more than 9 million units. In 1999, MTV ranked it as the Greatest Music Video Ever Made.

But “Thriller” wasn’t his only event video. His 18-minute, Scorsese-directed clip for “Bad” broke the bank again (and featured a cameo by a then-unknown Wesley Snipes). “Smooth Criminal” was used as the centerpiece of his 93-minute “Moonwalker” film and saw Jackson file a patent for “anti-gravity lean” that was fitted inside his loafers. “Black or White” premiered simultaneously in 27 countries, featured groundbreaking “morphing” special effects and kicked up a whole host of controversy due to some aggressive dance moves by Jackson. And “Scream,” his high-profile duet with sister Janet, remains the most expensive music video ever shot, with an estimated budget of more than $7 million.

Of course, it wasn’t all flash-and-dash with Jackson’s videos. His early clips, for songs like “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough,” “Billie Jean” and “Beat It,” were iconic for their stylized look, Jackson’s natty manner of dress and his slick dance moves. And one cannot overstate their cultural importance, either: Jackson was one of the first black artists to gain constant airplay on MTV, and his choreography is responsible for bringing so-called “urban” moves to the masses.

More iconic MJ videos include the celeb-and-special-effect-heavy “Remember the Time” (directed by John Singleton); “Jam,” which featured two MJs (Jackson and Michael Jordan) going one on one; and the eye-popping clip for “Blood on the Dancefloor.”

Like we said, it’s a loss of immeasurable magnitude. Not just for music, but for music videos. We’ll never see another star burn as brightly as Michael Jackson.

Don’t miss “A Celebration of Michael Jackson on MTV,” airing at 6 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

Share your Michael Jackson memories by uploading video and comments to Your.MTV.com or joining the discussion below.

This was found on: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1614750/20090625/jackson_michael.jhtml

50 Cent Pays Tribute To Michael Jackson In New Songs
‘Rest in peace to Michael Jackson,’ Fif says in one of two dropped Friday morning.

By Shaheem Reid

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1614750/20090625/jackson_michael.jhtml

50 goes on to vent about those in the ‘hood doubting him because of his over-the-top financial status. The Southside, Queens, native then gives way to the King of Pop, and we hear Jackson’s timeless vocals.

“Can it be I stayed away too long?/ Did I leave your mind when I was gone?/ It’s not my thing trying to get back/ But this time let me tell you where I’m at/ You don’t have to worry ’cause I’m coming/ Back to where I should have always stayed/ And now I’ve heard the maybe to your story/ And it’s enough love for me to stay.”

Don’t miss “A Celebration of Michael Jackson on MTV,” airing at 6 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

MTV will be showing a MJ tribute at 6pm today! Tune in! Pay your respects to one of the most influential pop dancers of our time!

For more information on the tribute show check MTV.com out!

Also on a side note!
RIP, Michael Jackson - Bloggers Pay Tribute

Read peoples tributes to the King Of Pop and The Moonwalk on:
http://www.blogs.com/2009/06/26/rip-michael-jackson.html

Michael Jackson, king of the moonwalk died

Yesterday, June 25th, the 50 year old music sensation died. The death was unexpected as he even had future plans of going on a 50 concert tour starting July 13th. He had spent many hours getting the dancers and his vocals lined up perfectly to what was pre-claimed as a masterpiece. The tour was to restore his damaged career by false accusation that had built up over the past years.

An autopsy is planned for today (June 26th). However the results given won’t be final as a few more test need to be done. If any cause of death can be found before the final results they will be posted. However as of now, “It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known,” his brother Jermaine said.

Cardiac arrest is an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. It can occur after a heart attack or be caused by other heart problems.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in the posh LA neighborhood of H. Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, and then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.

More information of the death will be posted as received. As a memorial Dance Origin hopes to get all of its Michael Jackson complications uploaded during the next week.

The hit dance series show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” is starting their season six auditions. Just this past week they have announced the cities and dates the series’ sixth season will take place.

Auditions for number 6 will start on May 28 (a Thursday) in Boston, and the show’s producers will continue the show’s search for America’s top dancer June first in Atlanta; June 12 in Los Angeles; and July 24 in Salt Lake City.
Other cities will be announced soon.

Auditions for the sixth season of “So You Think You Can Dance” will be held as at the following:

Salt Lake City — Friday, July 24 — TBA

*However, information may change. For the latest Season Six audition information, people who wish to try out should log on to fox.com/dance. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at each venue.
People traveling to cities for the open calls should make arrangements to stay for at least two days after their initial audition in the event of a callback.

Contestants must be at least 18 years of age and less than 30 years of age. Any person who is a minor in their state of residence must also have a parent or legal guardian sign all forms and documents. Check fox.com/dance for full eligibility rules.

Dancers looking for inspiration can tune in to the “So You Think You Can Dance” Season Five two-night premiere Thursday, May 21 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) and Wednesday, May 27 (8-10 p.m.) on FOX.

“So You Think You Can Dance” was created by Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and comes from 19 Entertainment, Ltd. and Dick Clark Productions. It is executive-produced by Simon Fuller, Nigel Lythgoe and Barry Adelman.

The Top 4 Shoes to C-walk in:
Alright! Let’s start the list off at number four:
NUMBER (4)

Ranking in at number four for the top four C-walk Shoes is: All Stars. These Converse high tops are known for (in the C-walk Community) their use by old school walkers. The shoe was a popular find on OG Crip walkers (still can be seen in many videos by people who do the Original Crip Walk). Still today you see many Clown and C-walkers using this shoe.

NUMBER (3)

The number 3 spot is held by a brand of shoes rather than a specific one; Adidas. This brand is one of the most common shoe brand to Crip walk in. Popular styles include: Gazelles, which came in many cool styles including blue suede. A few other honorable mentions are: Sambas (the indoor soccer shoe), Super Stars (another one of the top Adidas C-walk Shoes), and Good year. The List continues on…

NUMBER (2)

The shoe that came in second place is one I don’t really agree on, but from an anonymous internet poll our users selected Air Force Ones as one of the top cwalk shoes.

NUMBER (1)

Finally, the number one shoe to c-walk in is: Nike Cortez. The shoe is valued from 40 dollars (basic) to 120 dollars (custom or limited edition). The shoe is the most common shoe that C-walkers use and has been voted the easiest shoe to C-walk in by Dance Origin Staff and members.

Background on the Nike Cortez: According to Nike.com a Coach by the name of “Bill Bowerman” wanted to make a better running shoe. He ended up taking a pair of flip flops and drafted then into shoes (running shoes). The Hybrid shoe was dubbed the Cortez and was noted for changing running in 1973; people made claims saying “it felt like running on the moon”.

Picture Credit:
Air Force Ones
Cortez, Adidas,All Stars

I am going to a local ballroom dance this month.. I think it will mostly be older people. I have never done this before. My husband and I are 20 years old and we have no clue what to wear!

Does he wear a suit?? or just a nice shirt??
dress pants?? nice shoes??

Do I wear a dress and heels?? dress and flats??
Nice pants amp; nice shirt??

I have NO idea. Dont want to look too over the top if everyone is casual. But If theyre dressing up nice, i want to look nice too.