Hi Framers. I’m excited to do Links We Like this week. A *little* known fact about me: I LOVE games. Love them. So, I’m throwing a wrench in the LWL for this Friday in two– 2 — T. W. O. ways. Answer in a comment.
1) They are images, not links.
2) Your challenge is to correctly name the choreographer/company in each of the images below. Ready? Go.
Just one today. An important one.
Happy Friday Framers!
Links we Like, because we all need a little fun on Friday.
1. Ghetto Genius: 33 ’90s Trends that in Retrospect Maybe Weren’t Such a Good Idea. (Can you say baja hoodies, butterfly clips and inappropriate usage of tennis visors? Oh and of course the one-strap overall look?)
2. Can I get an underscore, like, love, bold, italics and exclamation? Read this article on how to bring children into arts experiences.
“A music education student said something to the effect of “but the kids need to be taught to sit down and be quiet when they go to a performance.” I responded (as I often do) with a question: “Why?” “To listen to the music,” Then another question from me – “When a six-year-old hears music what do they want to do?” “Dance” came the answer from another student. For many children, their first experience in a theatre or concert hall is being told to sit still and be quiet. They learn that their natural behavior is bad, joyful response is bad, and view their arts experience as just another authoritarian space – like school. They are barred from entering the audience by their own playful natures. But in that moment, the music student’s assumptions about what it meant to be a good audience member began to shift.”
3. Gotta love a reviewer who swears in her reviews. Read this brilliant review of Patricia Noworol Dance Theater by the one and only Deborah Jowitt.
As you know from our post yesterday, we LOVE Houston, so of course we wanted to share this article with you about Houston getting it’s own hollywood-style sign!
If you’re really in the mood to learn more about Houston, check out what the Smithsonian magazine has to say!
Also from the Smithsonian Magazine: an interesting article on yoga in art
Looking for a weekend getaway?? Consider heading to Marfa, Texas – an art oasis in the desert!
And just for random cyber surfing fun:
The crazy, creepy evolution of My Little Pony
The best sandwich EVER.
Have a great weekend! Stay tuned for a full week of Frame blogging: MFA Monday and Tuesday Tunes coming soon!
Quarter-life crisis?! Here’s an interesting article about successful people who had a rough time in their 20’s.
Interesting article about Houston Ballet II. Check it out!
Local dancer and artist, Sarah Lindsey, has a great website!
Coffitivity is a great new way to generate coffee shop-like music stations to get work done!
Great performance by local Metropolitan Dance Company! I still need to check out a class at their new space!
A couple of great articles about are GREAT city, HOUSTON!
Two Houston restaurant named BEST in the world!
First of all, there’s ONLY ONE MORE WEEK until Ecouter! Woohoooo! That’s right opening night is exactly one week away! Get your tickets here.
Second of all, Cultured Cocktails with the Framers at Boheme was a SMASHING success last night! Check out some more photos here!
Ok…on to more links!
An interesting article on why ballet dancers make awesome employees.
More from the composers behind our upcoming show, Ecouter! They are AWESOME!
Check out these classic sculptures dressed as hipsters.
Of course, I’m obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance, check out my favorite performance from this week!
And last but not least: Framer, Jacquelyne Boe, has an awesome website that I discovered this week!
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Whewwww it’s be a loooong week, but it’s finally the weekend! What better way to start than to peruse a few links we liked from this week??? Enjoy!
A beautiful series of photos in honor of 50 years of Texas Ballet Theatre. 
If you haven’t watched this great video of an afternoon with Frame composers, do it NOW!
Get pumped for Ecouter coming June 28-29!!!
A great list of “Angel” startups – how many do you recognize?? See all the up-and-comers of data, electronics, cooking, education start-ups!
This will make you swoon from cuteness!!! An adorable 2 year old and his father perform “Don’t Let Me Down” by the Beatles.
A little random, but it made me smile because everyone is a dancer!
Long live Chicago the musical and its inspired dance numbers!!!
Have a Happy Weekend!
love
Frame
If you’re ever in Bridgeport, Connecticut check out Bloodroot a feminist collective that functions as a restaurant. Anybody know of any restaurants like this in Houston? Maybe we could start an artists collective restaurant… yum!
If you’ve read Links We Like before, you know that I’m a little infatuated with Justin Timberlake here is a mashup between J.T. and Daft Punk.
This first one isn’t a YouTube video, but it is a vimeo featuring Frame composers for our upcoming event Ecouter June 28-29 at 8pm, stay tuned to buy your tickets!
A great hip-hop routine featuring award-winning Les Twins helped me procrastinate some of my work this week.
The inspirational and hilarious Montrose roller blading man. Have you seen him?
And of course, each week I try to find a new dance company to be obsessed with and this week was no exception: BARE Dance Company of NY
Of all the cities in America Houston is second fastest growing! Proud to be a Houstonian!
And last, but not least, A Letter From Your Dance Teacher. This article appeared in Huffington Post last week and I wanted to bring it up again because, frankly I didn’t really like it that much. I find that it oversimplifies the issue of asking for feedback and humbling oneself in dance class by making it a generational issue rather than a very big issue that effects just about all people (artists or otherwise). Thoughts?
A great article on being an artist and a mother. Complete with spectacular analysis of second wave feminist, Simone de Beauvoir!
If you haven’t already check out our Eat Well Wednesday post for this week!
Check out my version of the recipe:
If you don’t have the “toasted oats,” you can substitute cereal! BUT, use less peanut butter/honey so it doesn’t overpower the oats
There’s only a couple of weeks left to check out the Picasso Black and White exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts! I went this afternoon and it was FANTASTIC!
TOMORROW at 4pm there is a lecture entitled: Variations on a Theme: Pablo Picasso and Revisiting Old & Modern Masters that is a great way to learn a little more about Picasso and his work before you see the real thing in person! I found the lecture informative and made me appreciate the art all the more.
FREE dance shows this weekend:
Tonight at 8pm: Friends with Benefits party by Freneticore! Free drinks, food, and performance – awesome night ahead!
Tomorrow at 2pm and 8pm Erin Reck presents Up for Air, a site specific piece of choreography in Herman park! Your’s truly will be making an appearance as well as Frame dancers: Kristin Frankiewicz, Jacquelyn Boe, and Brit Wallis!
HAVE A HAPPY WEEKEND FRAMERS!
Great article from Dance Advantage on the positive aspects of dancing barefoot. Do you prefer dancing barefoot? In socks? Shoes?
So many prettyyyy dresses… check out the best and worst dressed from the Golden Globes! Which one is your favorite? Leave a comment below! Obviously J.Lo is my fav!
I’m addicted to YouTube dances and this week I fell in love with a new dance company. Check out the beautiful dancing from the Mather Dance Company!
I’m graduating this week from Rice! In honor of this I thought I’d share this fun article on the 16 most famous kids in college. The beautiful Emma Watson is my favorite on the list – which is your’s?
I worked up quite the sweat last night at the second of four Master Classes with Erin Reck at Rice University! There are two more next week on Tuesday and Thursday that you don’t want to miss; it’s a great contemporary technique class with a wonderful warmup and unique phrase taught in the middle.
