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Press Release: So You Think You Think You Can Dance's Sonya Tayeh Presents The Endurance to Move

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE’S

SONYA TAYEH

presents

THE ENDURANCE TO MOVE

at the historic El Portal Theatre

November 13 & 14

Two Performances ONLY!

Internationally known choreographer Sonya Tayeh, the red-hot choreographer seen on So You Think You Can Dance returns for her third engagement to El Portal Mainstage in North Hollywood November 13 & 14 at 8pm. Created and directed by Sonya Tayeh., The Endurance To Move brings her intense, unique vision to the stage, expressing the miracle of survival and the strength to endure any obstacle.


Originally from Detroit, she received her BFA in dance studying dance history, anatomy, and performance from Wayne State University.


Now an internationally recognized choreographer, Tayeh is most familiar to audiences for her signature mohawk haircut and her ground breaking choreography on the hit television program So You Think You Can Dance and the new promo commercial for Dancing With The Stars.


Tayeh resides in Los Angeles where she is faculty at the Edge Performing Arts School, LMU University, and now leads the modern dance wing of the popular Monsters of Hip Hop. She also travels the world teaching workshops, intensive master classes, and choreographing her own pieces. Sonya has had the pleasure of collaborating with artists such as Kerli, Tabitha and Napoleon, Beat Freaks and many more. She has received much recognition and prestigious accolades at various choreography competitions and University Gala performances.


The talented cast includes: Hani Abaza, Shawntel Aguirre, Rey Barcena, Megan Campbell, Justin Daniel, Jenn Freeman. Jessie Hartley, Melissa Jackson, Will Johnston, Renee Kester, Melody Lacayanga, Nick Lanzisera, Kevin Le, Kristin Lorello, Danielle Peig, Brooke Pierotti, Joey Tarwarter, Chelsea Thedinga.


My experiences working with Sonya have been influential challenging and inspirational. She creates an aura of energy that pulls drive out of people to push themselves even harder than they knew was possible. Sonya has set a new standard that has been lost in LA for discipline and respect in rehearsals as well as on the stage. – Kristine Lorella


Don't miss America's best dancers in what is sure to be a sold out engagement!

The historic El Portal Theatre is located at 5269 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

For tickets and information please call 818-508-4200.

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The Corral-- Premieres October 9th

THE CORRAL (World Premiere)
by ANABELLA LENZU/DANCEDRAMA
AT
MERCE CUNNINGHAM STUDIO
55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor
New York City
OCTOBER 9-11, 2009
Friday 9pm
Saturday & Sunday 8pm

Community. Chaos. Revolt- Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama will premiere The Corral, a dance-
theater piece for six dancers that explores the themes of homeland and patriotism at Merce
Cunningham Studio. The Corral features music by Astor Piazzolla, Alejandro Lerner, Eladia
Blazques & Victor Heredia, poetry by Gabriela Mistral and photography by Todd Carroll.
Performances are October 9-11 (Friday at 9:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday at 8pm) at Merce
Cunningham Studio, located at 55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor, New York City; tickets are $18; students $15 and can be purchased at the door.

Reservations recommended, please email: info@AnabellaLenzu.com

Anabella Lenzu reconstructs physical drama using contemporary movement and character
development. Lenzu’s movement vocabulary originates from folk traditions using rustic
primal gestures with accents of sweeping lyrical action that transports the audience to a
vibrant physical and emotional space.

Lenzu's newest work The Corral process the experience of “El Corralito”—the 2001 social-
political uprising in Argentina when the government froze all bank accounts, essentially
robbing the entire nation overnight. The word “Corralito” translates to corral, a holding pen
for farm animals.

Is your homeland part of your identity? Where is your home once you have left your
homeland behind? The pages of history in any country are written with the same words:
anger, power, joy, fear and hope.

The question of "society" and personal identity are interwoven, and the work centers around
the destruction and subsequent rebuilding of that relationship. It tells the story of one
specific country, but the message is global.

The Corral is performed by Briana Fails, Samuel Humphreys, Dawn Quigley, Debra Zalkind,
Lauren Ohmer & Anabella Lenzu.

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FAME, in theaters 9/25/09

FAME, a modern reinvention of the 1980 Oscar-winning dance flick follows the lives of students of Laguardia High School in New York City. With an all-star cast including Bebe Neuwirth, Debbie Allen, Kelsey Grammer, and many others, such as SYTYCD4's Kherrington Payne, it's bound to be good.

In celebration of the movie's release, The Pulse on Tour is holding a workshop with FAME choreographer Marguerite Derricks, along with dancers from the film. A Day of Fame will be on Saturday, September 12th at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands in Secaucus, NJ. More details and a tentative schedule can be found at the A Day of Fame website.

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SYTYCD: 15 Best Routines Ever

Even though I didn't necessarily agree that some of the featured routines on last night's SYTYCD were some of "the best ever", I loved getting to see some of the old seasons again. It was kind of weird, just having Nigel talking to an empty studio, though.

In case you missed it, the dances featured were:
Season 1:
Shake -- Destini and Jamile, choreographed by Shane Sparks
All That Jazz -- Nick and Melody, choreographed by Tyce DiOrio

Season 2:
Black Mambo -- Benji and Heidi, choreographed by Alex de Silva
Why -- Allison and Ivan, choreographed by Tyce DiOrio
Calling You (The Bench Dance) -- Travis and Heidi, choreographed by Mia Michaels

Season 3:
The Hummingbird and the Flower -- Jaimie and Hok, choreographed by Wade Robson
Sweet Dreams -- Sabra and Neil, choreographed by Mandy Moore
Hip Hip Chin Chin -- Danny and Lacey, choreographed by Dmitry Chaplin
Fuego -- Pasha and Lauren, choreographed by Shane Sparks

Season 4:
The Garden -- Mark and Courtney, choreographed by Sonya Tayeh
Bleeding Love -- Mark and Chelsie, choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo
Hometown Glory -- Josh and Katee, choreographed by Mia Michaels

Season 5:
Love Is Really My Game -- Brandon and Janette, choreographed by Dorianna Sanchez
Gravity (Addiction) -- Kayla and Kupono, choreographed by Mia Michaels
If It Kills Me -- Jason and Jeanine, choreographed by Travis Wall
This Woman's Work -- Melissa and Ade, choreographed by Tyce DiOrio

The first audition episode of Season 6 airs next Wednesday at 8pm/7pm Central time. SYTYCDism.com has an excellent spoiler list up for S6 auditions and Vegaas Week, but proceed with caution if you don't want to know who got through; it is very thourough.

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I'm back for real this time, but you will have to bug me or I will not post very often

Here's the deal: I've been majorly busy. I've been lazy. I haven't been feeling like blogging. At all.

But I'm really wanting to again. And I'm going to need some help from my blog friends and readers to make that happen. Basically, what I'm saying is that I need a lot more motivation to keep the site up. So, if I haven't been posting in a while, shoot me a comment, or an email, or a twitter message or something, because, the more I have someone other than myself telling me to write, the more likely it is that I actually will. Getting back in to posting multiple times a day, or even multiple times a week, is going to be hard, but I'm willing to make that commitment, because dancing and writing are two things that I love.

So hopefully you'll be hearing a lot more from me very soon.

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