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Can't Tell if Epileptic, or Awesome Dancer




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Burqa Dancer

A dancer wearing a burqa dances to middle eastern music, in front of the pyramids in Egypt.




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Strictly Blackout dancer 'an amazing role model'

Chris McCausland is described as an "amazing role model" for blind people after wowing Strictly judges.




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Al Dancer in 25-1 shock & Nicholls has five winners

Gallant grey Al Dancer lands the Badger Cheer Chase at Wincanton, while trainer Paul Nicholls has five winners.





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22-Year-Old With Midline Brain Malformation Becomes Award-Winning Ballroom Dancer

Refuses to allow neurological disability to stand in the way of her dreams




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Carol Dancer Recognized for Excellence in the Field of Entrepreneurship

Carol Dancer serves as the owner and president of Absorbent Specialty Products




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Injury to keep dancer Amy Dowden out of this year's Strictly

It has been announced that Strictly Come Dancing Star Amy Dowden will not be returning to this year's series of Strictly.




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The Dancer: The Improbable Journey

The Dancer: The Improbable Journey



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Dancer’s new crew

Justice Crew’s Samson Smith has embarked on one of his most exciting ventures yet.




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Dancers Who Love Their Craft



Spunji, Rockybot, and Sensation dance their hearts out




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"Square Dancers" - Shimmer Quilt

Kitty Sorgen, quilter extraordinaire, and Jenny Bowker, the pattern developer, are to blame for this madness! Shimmering Triangles Jenny calls it, and shimmer it does. In fact, it can be over done to the point where it's difficult to look at. But not Kitty's... Kitty, a member of our local guild and the best colorist I know, brought her shimmer quilt to Wednesday night quilting a few months ago, and

WHAMMMO!

I fell in love, bonkers, totally in love with her quilt. This isn't a great photo, but here it is, Kitty's shimmer quilt...


It's so complex, at first I couldn't even figure out what was a block, squares looking like diamonds, color everywhere, blending in some places, shimmering in others. That day, on the spot, enough of us signed up and paid, filling a one-day class instantly.



The class was on Feb. 21, 2015. Most of the students got a block finished in class, some even finished two blocks. Each block is 16" square (finished), and has 69 pieces. Below is one block, showing the construction of it.



Me? Nope. I didn't sew a stitch. Long after the other students had finished arranging their fabrics on the design wall, I was still struggling with the concept, of how to get shimmer, but not too much shimmer, still arranging my fabrics (photo below).


It was really difficult to imagine what would shimmer, what might be too contrasty and shimmer too much (for my taste), and what would have too little contrast and thus not shimmer at all.


At home, I laid it all out on my work tables again, rearranging and rearranging the fabrics over and over again. The trick, in my opinion, is to work the diagonals. I began with a layout of focal fabrics, in my case "painterly floral prints," leaving space between them for the companion fabrics. Then choose companion "read as solid prints," placing them at the corners of the focals. Like Kitty, I decided to repeat the companions diagonally between two focals. I don't know if this even makes sense, but maybe you can see it in the layout above.


Silly me, I thought sewing it, once I got all the fabrics placed, would be a piece of cake. NOT! Well, technically speaking, sewing it is OK. Although it does take some time and attention to detail to get all the half-square triangles square, and the points nice and pointy.


But cutting the triangles is another matter. To make the colors and shapes flow, it's important to blur the line of the focal square by blending the design/color outward through the half-square triangles. Above is an example of one that worked pretty well, because you can only barely discern the square of focal fabric in the center of the block.


And here is some fabric I turned into Swiss cheese trying to get triangles that would bring the focal fabric design outward, tricking they eye, making it look like a diamond rather than a square. (Sorry, I didn't take a picture of that particular finished block.)


I make the half square triangles using paper piecing, with a free, downloaded template printed on 16 pound copy paper. Paper piecing has a learning curve, yes, but it does make for very accurate piecing, such that I didn't have to trim any of the finished blocks at all!


Here is a picture of four finished blocks. You can see the way the companion fabrics repeat diagonally to form a 4-patch block between the focal fabrics. These two fabrics need to be close in value and color. If there is too much contrast, it draws the eye away from the focal fabrics and shimmering triangles. In the case above, I think the orange and pink contrast a little too much. Also on the left the lighter and darker green is also a bit too contrasty.  Fabric choices are difficult and important... Any one companion fabric has to work with two focal fabrics and the adjacent companion fabric, which in turn has to work with it's two adjacent focal fabrics. Sound complicated and challenging? It is!


It took many days (lost count) to finish the first half of the blocks (10 of 20)... and many more to finish the last 10 blocks... a bit character building. Many times, I told promised myself I would never do paper piecing or make another shimmer quilt again in my whole life!


Here I've finished all 20 blocks. I've moved all the furniture out of the studio, and put it on the floor to "audition" border fabrics. Most of the shimmer quilts I've seen do not have borders, but I wanted to make it a bit bigger so it could be used for a bed quilt.


This is how it looks all finished, before quilting it, 90 x 74 inches.

Since the throat of my old machine is much too narrow to free-motion quilt a piece this size, I decided to get a professional to quilt it. But first I agonized some about how to do it. At first I thought it would be good to fussy quilt, making flowers in the companion fabric areas and vertical vines with leaves over the focal fabrics. This was my sketch for the idea.


But then I saw a few quilts done like that, and the fussy quilting looked too busy, competing too much with the shimmer. So finally, I decided on using a double-leaf, free-motion edge-to-edge design. I named my quilt Square Dancers, because of the colorful costumes, movement, and squares.

Now that it's finished, guess what?  I started gathering fabrics for my second shimmer quilt. I want a spring-summer quilt for my bed in softer, lighter colors. It needs to be bigger than the first one, at least 36 blocks, to work on a queen size bed. Here are some of the fabrics I've found so far:





These are mostly designs by Philip Jacobs, one of the Kaffe Fassett Collective designers. I love his colors and designs! I will use other fabrics in my stash, but more than half of the 36 focals will be like these.

It will be fun to try this again, to apply what I've learned on the first one, to try to improve my fabric choices, always with the goal of some shimmer (but not too much) and good flow throughout the quilt. I'll also try to pick up my speed a bit, without sacrificing accuracy in the piecing.

Expect a post about #2 shimmer quilt in a couple of months. Right now, I'm still gathering fabrics.












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Dancers impact community in Portugal

A team of OM Dancelink dancers in Portugal impact the community through workshops, shows and street performances.




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From dancer to trash collector to evangelist

An OM Arts student shares how picking up trash led to sharing the gospel in Israel.




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Penn State DuBois to welcome Piscataway Nation Singers & Dancers on Nov. 12

The Penn State DuBois Office of Student Engagement will welcome students and members of the public to Hiller Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when the Piscataway Nation Singers & Dancers visit campus.







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When the dancer sketched with her feet

Lasya’s fitting tribute to her father Narasimhachari.




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Remembering dancer and guru M.K. Saroja

M.K. Saroja, who passed away recently, remained committed to artistic values all her life




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Legendary Indian classical dancer Yamini Krishnamurti passes away at 84

Yamini was a celebrated exponent of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, receiving numerous accolades throughout her illustrious career.




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SEE: Disco Dancer Comes Alive On Stage

'The music was so good that I felt that it would be a great way to bring it back to life.'





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Golden Dancer and Mothers Grace impress




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Kerala School Sports & Games 2024: Kathakali dancer Sreya is Kerala’s fastest girl

Sreya, who set a personal best in the 100m and won her first gold at the Kerala School Sports & Games 2024, balances her passion by training for two hours every morning in athletics and practicing Kathakali in the evenings under Kalamandalam Ganesan




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RLV Ramakrishnan wants to perform Mohiniyattam at every stage in Kerala to protest against racist slurs made by a dancer

Mohiniyattam dancer and academic RLV Ramakrishnan plans to protest against discriminatory remarks made by a veteran dancer






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Dogs share the spotlight with dancers for this stunning photo project

Photographers Kelly Pratt and Ian Kreidich capture ballet dancers and dogs in playful moments together.




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New Hampshire’s Runnymede Farm, Former Home Of Dancer’s Image, To Be Listed For Sale

Runnymede Farm in North Hampton, N.H., once the home of disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Dancer's Image, will soon be on the market with an expected price of about $5 million, Seacoast Online reports. The six-plus acre property features a 12-stall horse barn and it's slated to be listed at the end of May through Tate […]

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Newcastle dancers mark VE Day with Poppy performance

Eliot Smith Dance company is live-streaming a powerful production to mark the 75-year anniversary of Victory in Europe day




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BGT dancers' steamy routine leaves Ant & Dec flustered

Ant and Dec are left hot under the collar by the dancing duo Jasmin and Aaron on Britain's Got Talent




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The Complex Hustle of Oakland's BART Dancers

Turf dancing has become ubiquitous on the trains, providing steady income, a creative platform, and a built-in audience. On a recent Friday, Yaameen Muhammad stood on the West Oakland BART platform, the afternoon sun reflecting off his neon-yellow high-tops.…



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Pacific Northwest Ballet furloughs all dancers, musicians and many on staff due to coronavirus pandemic


Pacific Northwest Ballet, after canceling two programs and closing both branches of its school due to the coronavirus pandemic, stands to lose approximately $3 million through the end of April




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Broken Hill Prison dancers close



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Broken Hill prison dancers



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Barkindji dancers at Nuntherungie




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Cunnamulla dancers




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Yaama dancers




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Dwindling Darling River's banks come to life with Indigenous dancers expressing anger and hope

Indigenous dancers from three states gather on the banks of the Darling River to honour a waterway that's underpinned their cultures for millennia.




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Dancers perform a creation dance of the goanna, kangaroo, emu and echidna at the Wagga Wagga corroboree



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Token Armies by Chunky Move promo image feat costumed dancer and dog




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Miriwoong dancers perform






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An Evening With Jesse Charbonier Featuring The Joel Hall Dancers: A Film Premiere And CD Release

Critically Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Jesse Charbonier Will Be Celebrating The Release Of 'Introducing Jesse Charbonier' At The University Of Chicago’s Reva And David Logan Center For The Arts On Nov. 1




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An Evening With Jesse Charbonier Featuring The Joel Hall Dancers: A Film Premiere And CD Release

Critically Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Jesse Charbonier Will Be Celebrating The Release Of 'Introducing Jesse Charbonier' At The University Of Chicago’s Reva And David Logan Center For The Arts On Nov. 1




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Paula Kelly, Emmy-nominated actress, dancer and singer, dies at 77

Nominated for an Emmy for "Night Court" and co-starred with Shirley MacLain in "Sweet Charity"




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Tango in the age of coronavirus: How a Zoom party connects dancers across the globe

Hundreds of tango lovers unite on Zoom for the Earth Virtual Milonga. Some dance as couples. Some dance with a pillow. At this party it's all good.




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Indiana Pacers' Domas Sabonis an unlikely, fabulous TikTok dancer

Sabonis has two dance videos out, one in Pacers gear, the other shirtless.