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German news is sadly reporting that Pina Bausch has died at the age of 68. According to the news reports, Ms. Bausch was diagnosed with cancer less than a week ago, although there is no confirmation that the cancer was directly related to her death...

Periodically, we experience situations where people have uploaded clips to video sharing sites that TenduTV has under license. The more work we secure, the more we find unauthorized copies floating around on the web...

The Red One Camera System, http://www.red.com Videographers and dance film makers should be quite pleased to read the above, especially because they were not spoken by me, but by Alistair Spaulding of Sadler’s Wells as part of his plenary speech on Saturday...

The Dance/USA conference kicks off in Houston tomorrow night, and like responsible social media enthusiasts, we’re going to be twittering/tweeting from the event. Or, as some of our content partners have called it “twitting”, “tweetering”, “teetering”, or “twatting”...

Reviews from Taylor Gordon, Philip (whom I finally got to meet, albeit briefly) and Ariel. The reviews are fairly mixed. Without getting into too much detail, since I’m not a critic, the consensus was that the film had good moments, not-so-good moments, and room for improvement...

First, A Time to Dance raised the question, and Danciti added some valid points to the discussion. Since I wanted to be sure to link to everyone who has chimed in, I’m going to continue the conversation here. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, so yada yada yada this isn’t legal advice...

And before we even got around to discussing it, the number grew by another 100,000. It will still be another few weeks before we’re up and running with this new distribution, but details will come soon. Did we mention something about HD content? We didn’t? Hm

I know what we learned. Absolutely nothing. But that’s because we read the Terms of Service wherever we have content, even simple promotional content. It’s why, prior to the change, that we had still photos on our Facebook page, but no video...

Like many New Yorkers, I was surprised and disappointed to read that Charles Schumer voted in support of the Coburn Amendment...

Gen Hashimoto in Jennifer Muller Our wish has been granted...

Whip out your highlighters - The “full” list has been posted. Executive Directors and development staff… happy reading. Don’t worry… it’s only 164 pages, single spaced, small type. Unfortunately, this isn’t a complete full list...

5. Both rely on a language that is near incomprehensible to those watching it for the first time. Post pattern? Battement? Positions? Slant cross? 4. NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann (In fact, there is a significant number of pro and collegiate players who take ballet, yoga and other movement classes)...

From PaidContent.org We’re obviously excited about this, as it only increases the overall content strength of the Sling platform. The company also confirmed that John Gilmore, COO, has been promoted to GM of Sling Media

Before I begin: If you haven’t seen the remounting of Garden of Earthly Delights at the Minetta Lane Theater, do so. How often do you hear of 12-week runs for modern dance productions, that then get extended...

Just a quick programming note: Marc Kirschner, General Manager of TenduTV, will be participating in a panel discussion on the implications of digital opportunities for screendance artists at the Dance for Camera festival, Walter Reade Theater, this Saturday at 4pm...

APAP wasn’t the only conference in high gear last week. While our content partners were prepping for their showcases, our distribution partners were strutting their stuff at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas...

Like many of you, I’ve spent the last few days scurrying between the Hilton, City Center, and the spaces at Alvin Ailey during this past weekend’s APAP conference...

No, I didn’t watch it, although it is on my TiVo in case pounding my head against a brick wall for two hours doesn’t meet my daily masochistic needs. I will say this: last night’s episode of Superstars of Dance exceeded my expectations...

I’ll be honest, I usually stay away from dance reality shows. Given the amount of real dance I watch on any given day, the last thing I really want to do at night is watch more dance...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve all read our share of news stories covering businesses and organizations who are shutting their doors. The articles all follow pretty much the same format: “XYZ business is closing it’s doors after serving the community for # of years...

SlingPlayer Mobile for Blackberry coming December 30 [from Engadget Mobile] SlingPlayer Mobile on Blackberry Pearl (Did we mention TenduTV in beta on Sling.com?) Analog Shutoff - 60 days and counting, and few dial changes expected in the home stretch...

Governor David Patterson is sabre-rattling, having released a state budget and tax “austerity” plan that adds a 4% sales tax to basically just about everything once can do for enjoyment and relaxation...