Grab bag for the new year
Here are a few things to keep an eye out for early next year:
January 5: The return of Dancing With The Stars at 7:00 pm Central time. This time around there will be 10 contestants, up from 6 last time. Four of the professionals will be returning: Ashley, Louis, Jonathan, and Edyta. (Hmm, none of them were finalists. Is that a good thing?)
January 18: The Fox network premiers a reality show that is ice skating's answer to DWTS. It's called (wait for it) Skating With Celebrities. Hosted by Scott Hamilton! From the commercials, it looks a lot more dangerous than ballroom. I wonder if they picked celebrities with some ice skating experience; it's strikes me that it's a lot easier to do a mediocre job of dancing than it is skating. Ah - the celebrities include Bruce Jenner, so I'm guessing they picked people who were on average more athletic than those on DWTS.
February 1 and 8 (possibly): Houston PBS may or may not show America's Ballroom Challenge, which is some sort of mini-competition filmed at the 2005 Ohio Star Ball. (Why they couldn't just show the OSB competition, I don't know.) Houston PBS doesn't have their February schedule available online yet, so I'm not sure on the dates. As they say, check your local listings.
February 17: Ballets Russes, a documentary about the two companies of the same name in early twentieth century, opens at River Oaks Theater. If you didn't understand all the fuss about Les Ballet Trockaderos, go see this film.
Maybe Never: Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet is another documentary that came and went about two years ago, apparently without much fanfare. You can get it on DVD at the link.
January 5: The return of Dancing With The Stars at 7:00 pm Central time. This time around there will be 10 contestants, up from 6 last time. Four of the professionals will be returning: Ashley, Louis, Jonathan, and Edyta. (Hmm, none of them were finalists. Is that a good thing?)
January 18: The Fox network premiers a reality show that is ice skating's answer to DWTS. It's called (wait for it) Skating With Celebrities. Hosted by Scott Hamilton! From the commercials, it looks a lot more dangerous than ballroom. I wonder if they picked celebrities with some ice skating experience; it's strikes me that it's a lot easier to do a mediocre job of dancing than it is skating. Ah - the celebrities include Bruce Jenner, so I'm guessing they picked people who were on average more athletic than those on DWTS.
February 1 and 8 (possibly): Houston PBS may or may not show America's Ballroom Challenge, which is some sort of mini-competition filmed at the 2005 Ohio Star Ball. (Why they couldn't just show the OSB competition, I don't know.) Houston PBS doesn't have their February schedule available online yet, so I'm not sure on the dates. As they say, check your local listings.
February 17: Ballets Russes, a documentary about the two companies of the same name in early twentieth century, opens at River Oaks Theater. If you didn't understand all the fuss about Les Ballet Trockaderos, go see this film.
Maybe Never: Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet is another documentary that came and went about two years ago, apparently without much fanfare. You can get it on DVD at the link.
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