Read more dance stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4048/dance.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:08:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72509/zombies-unite-to-challenge-thriller-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTens of thousands of people in dozens of cities around the world turned out last night to honor Michael Jackson with a world record for the number of people performing a single song simultaneously. The Thriller -a-thon, dubbed "Thrill the World," was an attempt to shatter the current record of...http://www.newser.com/story/72509/zombies-unite-to-challenge-thriller-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 14:49:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70682/uns-dance-dance-resolution-protect-the-tango.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tango is a cultural treasure worthy of the same kinds of protection as the Great Wall of China or the California redwoods, the United Nations declared today. The dance, submitted for such recognition by Uruguay and Argentina, “embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue,” the UN Educational, Scientific and...http://www.newser.com/story/70682/uns-dance-dance-resolution-protect-the-tango.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70266/jiggy-beyonce-baby-goes-viral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOh baby, it's so hard not to move watching Beyoncé tear up the screen in her Single Ladies video—even if you are wearing a diaper. Baby Cory knows. With a couple of squats, a few leg jiggles and a wag of the head he's gone viral with his dance...http://www.newser.com/story/70266/jiggy-beyonce-baby-goes-viral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 4:19:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69923/tom-delay-dons-rhinestones-for-dwts-debut.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom DeLay will make you laugh when he hits the dance floor tonight, and not just because he'll be wearing rhinestones for his Dancing With the Stars debut, predicts Emily Miller, who was DeLay's communications director when he was majority leader of the House. Miller, who was privy to a...http://www.newser.com/story/69923/tom-delay-dons-rhinestones-for-dwts-debut.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 14:28:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65490/best-youtube-wedding-dances.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJill and Kevin Heinz made a splash when their wedding-entrance dance video went viral—but they weren’t the first couple to surprise guests with their groove. E! runs down some of the most popular YouTube wedding dance clips: Thriller: Brian and Sandy Lundmark managed to impress the King of Pop...http://www.newser.com/story/65490/best-youtube-wedding-dances.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 13:18:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65401/dance-legend-cunningham-dead-at-90.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMerce Cunningham, one of the most influential dancers and choreographers of the 20th century, died last night at age 90, the New York Times reports. Hailed as the creator of new classicism, he remained productive to the end; this year saw the premiere of his final work, “Nearly Ninety,” and...http://www.newser.com/story/65401/dance-legend-cunningham-dead-at-90.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 10:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63220/dance-legend-pina-bausch-dead-at-68.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVisionary choreographer Pina Bausch died today at age 68, five days after being diagnosed with cancer, Germany’s Wuppertal Dance Theater announced today. The theater didn’t reveal the cause of death, except to call it “unexpectedly fast.” Bausch’s strange modern style of dance couldn’t be taught in a classroom, but it...http://www.newser.com/story/63220/dance-legend-pina-bausch-dead-at-68.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 13:45:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62864/jacksons-moment-that-seminal-1983-moonwalk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"I don't think there's ever been anyone harder to write about than Michael Jackson," writes Linda Holmes of NPR. Try to balance his musical brilliance with, well, just about everything else in his life. So for her, Michael Jackson comes down to this: That moment in 1983 when he moonwalked...http://www.newser.com/story/62864/jacksons-moment-that-seminal-1983-moonwalk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 18:39:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62528/youtube-alchemist-makes-ballet-legend-dance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA YouTuber has unearthed the only footage of famed early 20th-century dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in existence, the New Yorker reports—sort of. Actually, it’s more like he created it himself. “These films are animations of photographs,” Christian Comte said. “I work as an alchemist in animated cinema.” The “animation” of...http://www.newser.com/story/62528/youtube-alchemist-makes-ballet-legend-dance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 19:44:49 CDT