WEB SITE'S "BACKSTAGE CHATS" OFFERS ACCESS TO DANCE CELEBRITIES.SAN FRANCISCO--"Our mission is to inspire more people to get out and see dance, not to [inspire them to] spend more time at their computers," says Lori Smith, president of Voice of Dance, a Web site devoted to serving the dance community. Although Smith recognized the irony of a Web site company encouraging less Internet time In the early days of the public Internet, Internet time referred to the breakneck speed with which companies scrambled to gain traffic and market share on the Web. A new business could come and go within a matter of weeks. , she insists: "We want people to use Voice of Dance as a tool to go see dance, take dance classes--get somewhere else." Voice of Dance, which is found at www.voiceofdance.com, was created in 1996 as an alternative to Bay Area dance reviews. "The feeling was, if you didn't get a good review in the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the , you were out of luck," says Smith. Last fall, the Bay Area-based Voice of Dance joined forces with Dance Magazine to produce Backstage Chats, a series of live chats with dance celebrities, which is scheduled to take place every Monday at 5:00 P.M. Pacific or 8:00 P.M. Eastern Standard times. The sessions provide an opportunity for the public to participate in real-time interactive sessions with dance luminaries, as well as to connect with fellow dancers, teachers, and dance aficionados. Jacques d'Amboise Jacques d'Amboise (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn on July 28, 1934 in Dedham, Massachusetts) is a well-known American ballet dancer and choreographer. Biography , scheduled to be a chat guest on April 12, says he can't even turn his computer on. Yet, he thinks the new Web technology "is a miracle. To be able to talk instantaneously to people around the world is magic." At press time, other scheduled guests included San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. principal Lucia Lacarra and Dance Magazine editor-in-chief Richard Philp; Houston Ballet The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fifth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas. [1] principal Lauren Anderson Lauren Anderson (born June 6, 1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American model who was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July, 2002 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. ; Martha Graham Dance Company's Janet Eilber; and Dr. Linda Hamilton, writer of Dance Magazine's "Advice for Dancers" column. In addition to reviews and Backstage Chats, Voice of Dance offers pages such as the World of Reviews, where Web surfers can follow media coverage of dance; The Buzz, where they can interact with other dance enthusiasts; and "Ask Charles," a forum for dancers to ask questions of Charles "Chip" McNeal, a dancer, choreographer, and director of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Ballet's outreach and education programs. |
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