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A President Who Can Dance
Posted by Carol Coletta on January 21, 2009 |
Yes, he knows cities. Yes, he rode the "L." Yes, he knows a part of America that few presidents have ever seen without a bevy of reporters along for the photo opp.
But let's talk about the important stuff. The man can dance. He is my kind of guy.
What I Did at Lunch Today
Posted by Carol Coletta on September 03, 2008 |
As I was headed to meet the Innovation team at the City of Chicago today at lunch, I encountered one of those wonderful urban delights. On Daley Plaza with the Picasso as background, a deejay was spinning smooth sounds for a group of spontaneous dancers surrounded by hundreds of surprised onlookers. It is one of the things I like best about cities.
Dancing in the… Airport?
Posted by Carol Coletta on August 14, 2008 |
"To keep tempers cool and spirits high this year, the Aeroports de Paris implemented an unconventional plan: free dance lessons for passengers," according to Springwise.
"Summertime passengers can use their wait time at the airport to learn any one of 15 dances offered by the airport's resident trainers, including Afro Jazz, Disco, Hip Hop, Mambo, Modern Jazz, Rock & Roll, Salsa, Samba, Tango, Cha-Cha and more. Music and trainer instructions are broadcast through cordless headsets so as to minimize the disturbance to other passengers, and lessons last 10 to 15 minutes each. At Paris-Orly, they take place on a dance floor in terminal South at boarding gate 17, with roving workshops also available in the boarding area at Paris-Orly West. At Paris-Charles de Gaulle, the dance floor is located in terminal 2E, gate E51, with itinerant workshops in Terminals 3 and 2F. Dance floors were designed by the Aeroports de Paris boutiques."
Alas, classes end August 17. What a shame. I wish Chicago would move its SummerDance classes to O'Hare to fill the time during winter delays.
I Love to Dance
Posted by Carol Coletta on July 29, 2008 |
I do. I love to dance, and I love to watch others dance. I unexpectedly got more than half a loaf today. Matt Harding was my guest on "Smart City." While Matt doesn't consider himself a "dancer," indeed, he dances with great joy and in hundreds of locations, all of which he has documented on video and loaded onto his web site.
Unrelated to the interview (I think), I used an afternoon break to scout out a wonderful dancewear store hidden on a second floor on Wabash in Chicago's Loop. I walked out with two pairs of dance shoes, intended for use at SummerDance.
And tonight, I (again unintentionally) ended my walk by the river and the lake in my favorite place, Lurie Garden in Millennium Park (lovely and still on a midsummer night). The music coming from the Pritzker Pavilion lured me over, and I ran right into a glorious tap festival. The Chicago Human Rhythm Project was staging Rhythm World with tap dancers from Beijing, Tokyo, Boston, Sao Paolo, Barcelona, San Antonio, D.C., NYC, Raleigh/Durham, and, of course, Chicago. It was beautiful, fun, joyful, and jammed.
There may be a better neighborhood somewhere, but someone…