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2014 Dance-o-Rama Sidelines

Standard dancers at Arthur Murray National Dance-o-Rama
Standard dancers at the 2014 Arthur Murray National Dance-o-Rama

Gaylord National

Dance-o-Rama events are undoubtedly the signature gatherings for Arthur Murray dance students. They occur in different cities throughout the year and they make sure that the production is above all of the highest quality. I photographed the local DC area Showcase and Freestyles events, but these Dance-o-Rama events really take it to the next level. On this occasion, the National Dance-o-Rama was held at the Gaylord National right outside of Washington, DC.

Dancers in line prior to going on the dance floor ©TimeLine Media
Dancers in line prior to going on the dance floor ©TimeLine Media

We decided to participate earlier in the year. The preparation to dance at this kind of event starts months prior to the event. They pack a lot of dancing into the weekend, and we really wanted to show well for our studio in front of crowd that stretched much farther than our local area.

Professional Competition

Ashburn, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Ashburn, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
New Jersey Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
New Jersey Arthur Murray professional competing at the 2014 National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media

At this time, the professional competition was one of the best reasons to attend a Dance-o-Rama. We saw a lot of familiar faces from the local studios that are friends and customers of our photography. However, we also got to see studios from New York, Canada, the Carolinas, Florida, etc. We were able to see how different our dancing can be stylistically giving us different ideas that we can use and play with. All of us learn from the same base core curriculum, so we have a common place from which to start.

Alexandria, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Alexandria, Virginia Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Arthur Murray professional competing at the National Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media

We really enjoyed our time at this event! We placed well within our division, and we hope that we made our instructors proud. We hope to go to another Dance-o-rama as soon as we get to another level of dancing!

Personal photos from the Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media
Personal photos from the Dance-o-rama ©TimeLine Media

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That’s Dancing Winter Showcase – Student Performances

That's Dancing Winter Showcase - student routine
That's Dancing Winter Showcase - student routine
2014 That’s Dancing Winter Showcase – student routine

Columbia, Maryland

Last December we made another trip to Columbia, Maryland to visit the staff and students from That’s Dancing on their 2014 winter showcase. Carlos and Marielle Pabon have such a supportive dance studio with dancers that really put on a show for their friends and dance family twice a year at their Showcases. Their holiday edition was again a nice display of the work that they put on to display what they have been working on with choreographed pieces that the staff worked on over the last few months.

That's Dancing Winter Showcase - student routine
That’s Dancing Winter Showcase – student routine

I really enjoyed these photos both in how they were setup, and the showmanship of the dancers. This style of performance really differs from competition dancing. Here, they have a definite direction which to face to make contact with the audience. With this in mind, they position their best lines towards the crowd. I can also photograph from an elevated position since I am in the best position for most of the performances.

Chicago Student Formation from That's Dancing Studio ©TimeLine Media
Chicago Student Formation from That’s Dancing Studio ©TimeLine Media

Carlos works to make sure his students look their best in the photos. As a partnership, both dancers are focused on both the audience and their leader or follower at the same time! It is nice to watch as everything comes together for them – the dance that they want to perform to the music that they carefully selected. You can see from the photos that their months of learning the material has paid off, and the audience showed their appreciation throughout the night!

Carlos Pabon dancing with a student from That's Dancing Studio ©TimeLine Media
Carlos Pabon dancing with a student from That’s Dancing Studio ©TimeLine Media
Student Showcase at the 2014 That’s Dancing Winter Showcase ©TimeLine Media

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Jacquie Lee at Tysons Corner Center | Music Photographer

Last Friday Jacquie Lee performed at the 94.7 Fresh Artists Concert Series at Tysons Corner Center’s new Plaza. Again it was a beautiful evening to hang out and relax outside to listen to some live music. The organizers really lucked out over this whole summer with the weather. The elevated plaza is a great place to view sunsets, and to catch some nice summer breeze. I think the tall buildings have something to do with it! The stage is setup perfectly to take advantage of this, and the performers seem to enjoy the space as they have sounded great. The nearby buildings also make for some great reverb that they can take advantage of with their voices and instruments.

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The last performer in the series was Jacquie Lee – the runner up of Season 5 of “The Voice” on NBC. She has a very powerful voice that she displayed in all her songs! Her accompanist played the guitar and keyboard depending on the song selection. She sang some familiar songs as well as some originals, but they all resonated with her strong voice. Getting to meet her beforehand, it was surprising to see so much talent from someone so young. She was enthusiastic when meeting the fans and speaking with them about her time on TV.

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It was a nice night to close out the summer concert series. I had a great time covering these, and I want to thank Tysons Corner Center, Macerich, 94.7 Fresh FM, and Intelsat. They put in a lot of work to making all of these run without a hitch. I am sure next summer will be even better, and I hope to be invited back to see those!

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