Posts Tagged ‘Dance’

Elite-level coaching, “SunDance Kids” auditions and a new soccer franchise for Phoenix

Director of Athletic Performance Garrett Shinoskie works with a young athlete. Photo courtesy of Zone Athletic Performance.

Zone Athletic Performance of Scottsdale is offering is new performance-enhancing programs to help young athletes succeed in sports at advanced levels. Sports Performance Academy is designed for middle and high school student athletes who have the ambition and desire to compete at collegiate and professional levels. “This isn’t your typical cookie-cutter, after-school fitness program,” said [...]

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Ballerinas ready for competition

Natasha Brooksher gives Annika Vaughn some last minute instructions about her routine.

Three dancers from the Southwest Classical Dance Institute in Gilbert will be heading to San Francisco today for the regional Youth America Grand Prix Competition 2012. Winners will dance in the finals in New York in April.

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Walking with Waddell

After learning that artist John Waddell will be honored Friday at the Herberger Theater Center, Lynn Trimble recalls her many encounters with Waddell sculptures exhibited around the Valley.

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Everybody dance now!

It was staff multimedia journalist Vicki Balint’s idea, not mine. But I promised to be a good sport. We were at The Salvation Army day camp in Chandler to interview Kendall Glover, the 11-year-old hometown dance sensation who placed second in the finals of a national competition for the CBS program “Live to Dance.” My [...]

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Toe-tapping fun with "Live to Dance" finalist Kendall Glover

When I saw the press release, I immediately forwarded it to my 11-year-old niece, Mandy Davis. TV Dance Sensation Kendall Glover to Appear at FOX 10 Dance Day Benefiting Phoenix Children’s New Family-Friendly Fundraising Event Boasts Great Entertainment and Fun for Everyone Mandy attends the same school as Kendall, who propelled herself into the national [...]

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BGHS Winter Guard

When my daughter Mylan first signed up for winter guard I must admit I had my doubts. Sure, she had one season of color guard under her belt, but when she informed me that winter guard had more dance moves in it I immediately flashed back to when she was five and fell coming off [...]

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