Sunday, March 11, 2007

Dance! Dance! Dance!

I compiled a list of different movies revolving around the themes of DANCE!
Haven't quite seem them ALL - but I'll start working on it!

2000s
"Stomp the Yard (2007 - College kids learn to stomp the yard)
"Step Up" (2006 - Ballet Girl Meets Janitor Boy)
"Take the Lead" (2006 - Antonio Banderas)
"Shall We Dance" (2004 - Richard Gear, Jennifer Lopez)
"You Got Served" (2004 - Two street kids dancers enter a local dance competition)
"Honey" (2003 - Jessica Alba)
"Save the Last Dance" (2001 - Julie Stiles)
"Coyote Ugly" (2000 - Learning to Dance on a bar)
"Center Stage" (2000 - A ballet movie)

90s
"Dance With Me" (1998 - Vanessa Williams)
"Showgirls" (1995 - Elizabeth Berkley)
"Strictly Ballroom" (1993 - A Baz Luhrmann movie)
"Swing Kids" (1993 - A group of kids dancing in Nazi Germany)
"Lambada" (1990 - Teacher by day, dance teacher by night)
"The Forbidden Dance" (1990 - Another movie about the Lambada)

80s
"Shag" (1989 - Shag competition in the 1960s)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987 - Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey)
"A Chorus Line" (1985 - Broadway Musical turned to screen)
"Fastforward" (1985 - Students trying to make it as entertainers in New York)
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (1985 - Sarah Jessica Parker)
"White Nights" (1985 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, A Russian Dancer in New York)
"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" (1984 - The local breakdancers are at it again)
"Breakin'" (1984 - A dance teacher and two break dancers make a strong team)
"Footloose" (1984 - Kevin Bacon)
"Flashdance" (1983 - Jennifer Beals)
"Staying Alive" (1983 - John Travolta, continuation of Saturday Night Fever)
"Fame" (1980 - Story of about students in a performing arts school)

70s
"Saturday Night Fever" (1977 - John Travolta)
"Turning Point" (1977 - Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, mother and daughter in the ballet)

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Saturday, March 03, 2007

Work, Work, Work, I Try Not to Complain

Though I try to reserve this blog for reflections OUTSIDE of the workplace, there are times when all I can reflect on is WORK. The last couple of weeks have been 50+ hour work weeks of hiring/training new staff, working on projects, and keeping up with the everyday responsibilities. And yet at the end of the day, I still feel like there is more to be done. I say this because it's Saturday night and I have to go to work tomorrow. I only got one day off, today and it's back to work. I realize I'm probably feeling sorry for myself, there are many people who work longer hours than me, but it is my blog and I can bitch about whatever I want!

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