Author Archives: Daniel Buraczeski

The fact of my retirement is setting in. I don’t think I will actually feel it until mid-August when school starts up and I won’t have to go to SMU. Under normal circumstances, in mid-July, I would probably start looking … Continue reading →

I have been doing a lot of research about my very first visit to the Twin Cities, trying to identify the year I collaborated with Zoe Sealy and the Minnesota Jazz Dance Company on a project dreamed up by Bonnie … Continue reading →

In the Twin Cities, June 10 – June 19 to set Points on a Curve on the Eclectic Edge Ensemble. Karis Sloss is the Artistic Director. It is their fifteenth anniversary. Husband Les came with me for the first three days. It … Continue reading →

My retirement has officially begun. On Monday May 21, I had lunch with Deepa Liegel and Reid Conlon. They were in town for the wedding of Nicole Carson and to attend the Meadows Diploma Ceremony. Both of them live in … Continue reading →

It is Thursday April 19. I am in the final weeks of the semester before retiring. Things are going well. The retrospective concert was a huge success in every way. There was a great review in Theater Jones and Rick … Continue reading →

Opening night has come and gone (Wednesday April 4) It has been both wonderful and stressful. During the Tuesday Dress, TJ fell at the very end of In the City. He has  been getting over an injury. Rushed to the urgent care … Continue reading →

Here is the program. The amazing Tori Walker has done it again. She made buttons for everyone in the concert –  wonderful. It reminded me – when I was dancing with Liza Minnelli in The Act on broadway at the Majestic Theater, … Continue reading →

Since the Division of Dance is honoring me on the eve of my retirement with a mini retrospective of my choreography for the spring MainStage concert, I thought I would look back at other events spanning time in both New … Continue reading →

So, I have found some beautiful and unusual music for me final roll down. I am only teaching Jazz III in the spring semester. The music I found is called Plum Blossom by Yuseff Lateef. He plays flute. I won’t … Continue reading →

Auditions for Swing Concerto and In the City were held on January 25. Former dancer and great friend Mariusz Olszewski flew in on Friday January 26 and we did the Points on a Curve audition together. Casting followed, which is … Continue reading →