Showing posts with label Dancers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dancers. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Monday, January 15, 2024

It's National Hat Day!




We once again observe National Hat Day with pictures of some friends of Shades of Gray in hats.

Diana Rigg in "The Avengers: Man-Eater" (1963)

 

Jamie Lee Curtis in a black dress and hat



Ann Reiking
Milla Jovovich in goofy hat
Brigitte Bardot in a hat

 




















And finally, Claire Dodd wasn't sure whether it was National Hat Day or International Nude Day, so she came prepared for both!

Claire Dodd with a big hat



Wednesday, September 27, 2023

A word of caution

 Dancers are very territorial. If you come upon a dance-off for dominance, make no sudden moves, but back away slowly and in as non-graceful a fashion as possible. Also, be sure to walk without rhythm.

When Dancers Attack!


Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Ellen's Leg Regimen

Dancer with medicine ball

Ellen Majewski, one of the Shades of Gray dancers, keeps her leg strength up by doing lifts with a bowling ball thirty minutes each day.

Monday, July 17, 2023

Musical Monday with Leo Moracchioli

The Shades of Gray Dancers are setting the mood for today's cover song by Leo Moracchioli--by being dust in the wind.


 
 
 

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Is it time to stop?

We've been tracking the dancers in the wild for a year now. Is this where we stop the monthly posts? Will the dancers be left alone until next International Dance Day?




Time will tell. Meanwhile, you can help us choose... will the last Wednesday each month continue as Dancer Day or not? What do YOU want?



Monday, June 19, 2023

Musical Monday with Incubus

The band may be named after a male demon who preys upon the sexual urges of mortals, but none such creature is anywhere to seen in the video for a somewhat haunting song. Instead, we are treated to some beautiful dancing by Manaho Shimokawa while Brandon Boyd (lead singer of Incubus) croons about the strange and miserable situation he finds himself in. 

Dancer Manaho Shimokawa

Check it out! I'm think you'll enjoy both the song and the video!

Loneliest (2017)
Starring: Manaho Shimokawa and Brandon Boyd
Director: Julian Schratter
Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

Sunday, April 30, 2023

The Day of Rest


Everyone's needing to recover and regain some strength after the massive party that is International Dance Day!

Isabella Boylston

 

 
 
 
 

Saturday, April 29, 2023

International Dance Day with Leslie Caron


Born in 1931 to a chemist father and a retired ballerina mother, Leslie Caron began taking dance lessons at the age of 11. Dedication to the craft and natural ability caused her to be counted among the best ballerinas in France by the time she was 16. When she was 18, she was "drafted" into films by Gene Kelly, who wanted a top-notch co-star for the musical/dance extravaganza "An American in Paris" (1951). 

Leslie Caron at Age 17

Caron's screen presence and acting abilities were as remarkable as her dancing, and she soon became as big a star in Hollywood musicals as she had been on the stages of Paris. She spent the 1950s and 1960s in big-budget musicals. As the 1970s dawned, she made a successful transition into dramatic roles and was among the few musical stars who kept her career growing after that film genre fell out of favor.

For more than eight decades, Caron has graced us with her poise and beauty and talent on the big screen, on television, and on stage (with her most recent role being in the Swedish made-for-TV movie "Written on Water" (2020).

We're present this small gallery of images in celebration of Caron, as well as International Dance Day.

Leslie Caron in promotional image for "Daddy Long-Legs"

It's International Dance Day AND Arbor Day!

This year, International Dance Day coincides with Arbor Day, so some of the ballerinas who ran off to dance their way through the wide world are spending it with the trees that have become their friends.



Others are dancing with or for their mighty friends...
 
Katie Boren, Dances With Trees

 

... and some, like Irena, are communing with the spirits of trees long gone.



A few of them did return to Shades of Gray HQ for some slightly more traditional International Dance Day activities...

Isabella Boylston
Maria Tallchief

 
 


 





















But the question now is... how long will they stay?