The Zuzu African Acrobats, an acrobatic troupe originally from Kenya, will be performing at Norfolk State University on April 19 at 7 p.m. in room 149 of the Student Center. This is a free event. The acrobats have performed throughout America since 1999 and have been featured on “America’s Got Talent” as well as other … Continue reading
CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) — A ballerina who drew audiences from around the world to an abandoned Mojave Desert stage she adopted after being stranded there by a flat tire in 1967 has died at the age of 92. Marta Becket was stranded near the ghost town about 95 miles west of Las Vegas and … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marta Becket, a dancer and artist who spent decades presenting one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert hall that she made famous as the Amargosa Opera House, has died. Becket died Monday at her home in Death Valley Junction, California, said Jeff Mullenhour, the Inyo County deputy coroner in Lone Pine, … Continue reading
by Jaquan Anderson Urban Control is a performance group started at NSU. Debuting in 2013, the performance group consist of dancers, music artists, poets and standout media personalities. Shaun Thompson, the creator of Urban Control is a senior at Norfolk State. Thompson has gained the respect of peers and spectators for the work he has … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Hines’ show that looks back at his life is tapping its way to New York. “Maurice Hines: Tappin’ Thru Life,” a song and dance revue backed by the Diva Jazz Orchestra, will play New World Stages starting Dec. 23, directed by Jeff Calhoun. In the show, Hines pays tribute to … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — There are plenty of places that get young people ready for Broadway — Juilliard, Carnegie Mellon, Yale and New York University. But don’t forget “So You Think You Can Dance.” The Fox TV show, which just concluded its 12th season, has turned into a reliable springboard for scores of Broadway dancers, … Continue reading
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who swarmed the country’s president, a Johannesburg newspaper reported on Monday. Teenage girls dancing in the annual cultural festival heard voices and rushed toward the area where President Jacob Zuma and Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini were seated during the Saturday … Continue reading
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A day before the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater begin the South African leg of their international tour, the company’s dancers taught a master class in Johannesburg’s historic Soweto township on Wednesday. The dance company last visited South Africa 17 years ago, soon after the end of apartheid. Several South Africans have … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The stage lights have been hard to get used to and she worried about limited rehearsal time, but ballerina Misty Copeland has put aside her nervousness and is finding her feet on Broadway. “It’s an incredible feeling,” she said this week after making her debut in the dance-heavy musical “On the … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — If Chita Rivera ever wants a quick reminder of her past, she only needs to walk down a hall and knock on Michelle Veintimilla’s Broadway dressing room. There she’ll find a smiling, effervescent 22-year-old just out of school who is a spitting image of the theater icon when she was just … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Many theater owners like to say they offer an intimate show but only one really means it. That would be Theatre for One — a 4-foot-by-8 foot portable theater that allows one audience member at a time to see one short play performed by a single actor. “There’s definitely an immediacy … Continue reading
The 34th Annual Black College Dance Exchange, committed to bringing about “unity through dance,” was recently hosted on the campus of Norfolk State University. Spartan Echo TV reporter Lelia Burrell was there and filed this report. Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The “New York Spring Spectacular” has arrived and it’s one show this season that definitely lives up to its name — spec-ta-cu-lar. There are more than 40 Rockettes, 500 gallons of water falling as rain, live dogs, digital projections, a drone kite, 3-D images — funny cardboard glasses provided — … Continue reading
by Shane Dawson Imagine this, dancing for 12 hours straight without the ability to sit down. Nearly 150 students are looking to raise over $12,000 to be donated to the Norfolk Children’s Hospital in the heart of Downtown Norfolk. The students at Norfolk State University are looking to make this happen at their 3rd annual … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The newest winner of TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” is ready for his Broadway close-up. Ricky Ubeda, a 19-year-old from Miami, won the Fox TV contest show in September of 2014 and will join the ensemble of Broadway’s “On the Town” at the Lyric Theatre starting Feb. 27. “I’m … Continue reading
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