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Newest Lenses in the Dance Group

A Dancer Deserves to be Painted, Pointe Shoe Paintings, Ballroom Dancing, Ballet is fairy sexy, How To Become A Better Tap Dancer

Meet the Newest Lensmasters in the Dance Group

TriciaWalsh, Charlyjl, crystal-sylph-weaver-of-yarns, Terrence_Taps, awelldressedbullet

Dance Video Showcases

The Twist Video Showcase

What was born in Baltimore back in 1960...? Became popular in New York's 45th Street Peppermint Lounge...? And got the likes of Marilyn Monroe, First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Noel Coward, Conway Twitty, Norman Mailer, and even...

Ballet

Ballet Pointe Shoes

 The pointe shoes of the ballet dancer are an instantly recongnised symbol of the ballet. But dancing en pointe is a relatively new thing in the world of ballet. Dancing en pointe has only been part of ballet since the 1830s. For around 200 year...

A Dancer Deserves to be Painted

This lens kept changing and evolving as I was writing it. I started out telling you about how I really like to paint ballet dancers . . . . Ho . . . Hum . . . that just wasn't enough. So it evolved into how a camera 'sees', how we as human beings 's...

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker ballet has become one of the most popular ballets in the world - it is the traditional ballet for Chrismtas time.   Learn about the story and the history of The Nutcracker ballet. 

ballet shoes and pointe shoes and getting exactly the right fit

geekphilosopher.com provided "The Dancing Class" clip.

Pointe Shoe Paintings

As an artist, many of my paintings are devoted to the beauty of ballet! I have tremendous respect for dancers and for what can be expressed on the dance floor. I watch dancers in class and at rehearsal several times a week. And when the muse of balle...

Dance for Fitness

ZUMBA - Dance yourself thin

ZUMBA is a fusion of Latin and International music - dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system! The routines feature aerobic/fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the b...

Dancing With The Stars

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

OMG!  Talk about From Russia With Love!!  It's Maksim Chmerkovskiy, a hunk a hunk of burning love ... Aside from being a knock-out for a guy, I knew there must be another more "intrinsic" reason for my being so drawn to this...

Marie Osmond

Marie Osmond, singer and doll designer, returned to the spotlight for season 5 of Dancing with the Stars where she finished in the final three. Her partner was Jonathan Roberts.  Please visit our Marie Osmond Video Showcase.

Sabrina Bryan

Sabrina Bryan, dancer, singer and actress, used her dancing skills shown in The Cheetah Girls in season 5 of Dancing with the Stars. Her partner was Mark Ballas.

Dancing with the Stars

The winners of season six are Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas. Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars started on March 17. This season we have five actors, three sports people (if you call figure skating a sport!), one comedian, one comedic magician,...

Helio Castroneves

Helio Castroneves, the Indycar driver and two time winner of the Indianapolis 500, also put his foot down on season 5 of Dancing with the Stars and won! His partner was Julianne Hough. 

Professional Dancers

Wade Robson

Wade Robson is 25 years old. At the age of 3 Wade was memorizing the dance steps of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. At 5 Wade was dancing in competitions and performing in front of large crowds with Michael Jackson himself.  By the...

Belly Dancing

~ gothic bellydance videos ~

Gothic Bellydance is a growing part of the Tribal Belly Dance world, allowing dancers to fuse gothic costuming, industrial/electronic music and elements of tribal fusion dance. 

Tribal Belly Dance

I decided to start doing tribal belly dance almost two years ago.  It was something I'd always wanted to do, and I wanted to literally shake-up notions our society has about older, non-skinny women. I've found it's been a great antidote to sitti...

Making Belly Dance Costumes

This lens will help you find patterns, sewing tips and suggestions for making your own belly dance costume, including how to make tassels or how to sew on mirrors for your belly dancing belt. There are also links to sites that sell ready-made belly da...

Tap & Salsa Dancing

Fun, Swingy & SEXY Salsa Dresses!

Out of all the salsa dresses, which is the perfect one? Mmm...May I try? Halter, wide enough straps to wear a halter-strapped bra. Black. It's teasingly revealing but doesn't expose you. Long enough so it's not going to moon everyone when&nb...

Tap Dancing

Tap Dancing is a really fun way to work your groove! Today Tap Dancing is so popular with the young and old alike! So come on and see what Tap Dancing has to offer.

Unique & Unusual Dances!

Gratitude Dance Video Showcase

The Gratitude Dance is sweeping around the world spreading positivity, joy and hope. It has been described as a free form version of Tai Chi or Qi Gong, with an added element of expressive emotion, alleged to channel and reinforce positive thought an...

Doin' the Bone Dance and Other Creative Ways to Learn Bone Anatomy

Teaching children about bone anatomy can be made a bit easier and a lot more fun for the children by using some songs, dances and available innovative educational tools. The idea for this lens came after watching a recent episode of Hannah Montana the...

The Wackiest Dance Ever

Thumbs, little kicks, jerky movements, need I say more?  If you are a fan of Seinfeld, I am sure you remember this episode.     Brief show summary: Elaine demonstrated her dance moves at an her office party.  George was i...

More Fun Dance Stuff

Dance Shirts

I love dancing of all kinds. I may not be very good at many of them (okay, I may not be very good at all), but I enjoy them. I firmly believe that you should "Dance Like No One Is Watching". But, I do also get a great deal of pleasure from watching t...

Dance Goodies

Then you should visit Dance Goodies! We have hundreds of products for the dancer in your life, or for anyone who loves the art of dance. Our products range from ballet to belly dance to Broadway; from dolls to documentaries. Our products are great...

Dancing - Tap - Jazz - Ballet

Tips, tricks, new moves, advice on buying the right shoes, and more.  You'll find it all here! Stop buy for the latest news in the world of dance!

Riverdance: Traditional Step Dancing

Riverdance intrigues me. The rapid leg movements of the traditional Irish Step Dancing are a form of dance that I had never known or experienced until I saw Riverdance. How can they move their feet so rapidly without moving the rest of their bodies?...

Recently Updated Lenses in the Dance Group

Melanie Brown | Mel B | Scary Spice, Shannon Elizabeth, The Twist Video Showcase, Jennie Garth, Dance Shirts

Dancing Discussion

Charlyjl Hi Janet, excellent group and great lenses. Thanks. Charly My Modern Ballroom Dancing Lens Posted June 20, 2008

dianbee Hi Janet. You've put together a great dance group. Thanks! Posted May 14, 2008

Roving_Band I love the variety here! It's great to be a part of the group and I can't wait to explore the other great lenses! Posted March 07, 2008

The_Book_Garden YAY! I've just done a wee Gratitude Dance for getting my lens featured! Thanks Janet and good luck with the group! Posted November 24, 2007

JaguarJulie Cool group -- wish I could dance as good as those celebs and dancers on Dancing With the Stars! What a cool show too! Thanks for including me in this great group. Posted November 17, 2007