It’s Not Too Late – I’m Gonna Dance
July 24, 2010 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Recent Posts
Share I don’t know how many of you watch the show, “So You Think You Can Dance”, but I have been enjoying it for many seasons and it always seems to inspire something in me. This year is no different. As an outgrowth of the show, next Saturday, July 31, 2010 has been declared “National [...]
The Shame of Domestic Abuse
October 25, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
Share I was recently reading an article about Mary Murphy, one of the judges on the show, “So You Think You Can Dance”, about her experiences as a domestic abuse survivor following a 9-year marriage. One of the recurring themes in such stories is connected to the shame that a woman or man feels when [...]
Reality TV Stimulates Me
August 8, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness
Share Let’s qualify that title a bit. I am not referring to those “reality” programs that have contestants eating bugs or doing stupid tricks and I am not naïve enough to believe that editing is not the single biggest component in the final product that we see in each weekly episode. But, I have a [...]
So You Think You Can Dance and the Breast Cancer Connection
July 25, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Breast Cancer, Creating Happiness
Share “So You Think You Can Dance” choreographer Tyce DiOrio created an unbelievably moving dance routine for this week’s episode centered on a woman with breast cancer. The number was performed by Ade (pronounced Ah-day) and Melissa who danced so beautifully that everyone, including all of the judges, was moved to tears. As was discussed [...]
