Remember how Swing dance came back a few years back and everyone wanted to twirl a poodle skirted girl over their face\/head\/hips? A friend turned me on to this little “art-show-endurance-event” thing going on at the Harbourfront Centre: Dance Marathon<\/a> <\/p>\n

It’s just as the title suggests: a dance marathon but interspersed with theatrics. From the description:<\/p>\n

A genuine endurance contest and staged performance event, hopeful amateurs can mix with bluemouth inc. members under the direction of floor judges and the merciless movement of the clock to shape participation theatre. For those of you with two left feet, simply sit back to enjoy the fancy footwork!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds pretty apt for this neo-Depression era we seem to be entering. Everything old is new again, recycle and reuse! <\/p>\n

I was always baffled when I saw those old newsreel films – exactly who is around at 4am to judge\/oversee this kind of event? Well, now’s my chance, I guess. I wonder how they’re going to tie everything together at the end…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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