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Laine Theatre Arts, sometimes referred to as Laines, is an independent performing arts college, based in the town of Epsom in Surrey, England.The college was founded in 1974 by former professional dancer and dance teacher Betty Laine OBE, [1] [2] and developed from an earlier school, the Frecker-Laine School of Dancing.
Karen Jamieson (born July 10, 1946) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and mentor located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1]She is the founder and artistic director of Karen Jamieson Dance Company, a non-profit contemporary dance company formed in 1983.
DanceSport BC (DSBC), founded in 1968, is the governing body for competitive ballroom dance in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. It is a member of the Canadian Amateur DanceSport Association. [1] DSBC is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization that promotes ballroom dancing in British Columbia.
The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s. [18] The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart" has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. [2] [19] [20] [21] In the 1990s, the hit Spanish dance song "Macarena" inspired a popular line dance. [22]
Laban Dance Centre was founded in Manchester as the Art of Movement Studio by Rudolf Laban, an Austro-Hungarian dancer, choreographer and a dance/movement theoretician. In 1958, the school moved from Manchester to Addlestone in Surrey, and then in 1975 to New Cross in London, where it was renamed the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance. In 1997 ...
The United Country Western Dance Council (UCWDC) is an organization that advocates for and organizes competitive country/western dancesport events. UCWDC regionally-sanctioned events are hosted in more than two dozen U.S. cities and also in the nations of Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, [1] [2] South Korea, Belgium, Malaysia, Ireland, Japan, China, South Africa, and Lithuania.
One form is as a complete line dance, consisting of approximately 25 steps. [1] Other forms may include a simplified two-step followed by a shoulder-brushing motion with the back of the opposite hand. In some respects, the maneuver is a homage to the vibrant dance culture that permeated dance clubs of the Harlem area during the Harlem Renaissance.
The company was founded as Ballet British Columbia by Jean Orr, David Y. H. Lui [3] and Sheila Begg in 1986, with Annette av Paul as first Artistic Director. Artistic direction passed to Reid Anderson , Patricia Neary and Barry Ingham and in 1992 to John Alleyne , who introduced a program with original choreography including his The Faerie ...