Dance Us Around

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Before the blog was restarted I had mentioned "Dance Us Around" and I think it is worth repeating. Dance Us around is a script that is added to Couples Pose Balls (in an INTAN or TIS Hybrid also) and allows the dancers to move around the floor. This is a nice innovation for clubs or home use so you are not stuck in one spot while couples dancing.

You can get it for 100 L on SLMarketplace.

xxx
Nottoo

Hot Peppers Burlesque Invitation

Hot Peppers Burlesque Invitation 120204

Iliandra Allen sent us this invitation to a Hot Peppers Burlesque show ...

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UNCHAINED MELODIES

Seasons of Love Show

Seasons of Love Show 120203

Deyna Huet sent us this invitation ...

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LAE presents Seasons of Love Show

Come one come all... Saturday 1-3pmhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Equus/94/63/2005

In the Month of one on the most romantic days of the year. Lady Angel Entertainment brings their Season of love show. This Show showcases songs of love each chosen to please.  Lady Angels are a bunch of friends that met because of a love of dance and came together to cheer and realized that when they danced together they made magic.

THE RAG DOLLZ REVUE

THE RAG DOLLZ REVUE 120203

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GRAND OPENING WEEKEND OF RAG DOLLZ ISLAND
            EMEDEA MORGENSTERN PRESENTS
                 
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                ♡¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¨*·.¸(¨*·.¸´·.¸ ♡

                              THE RAG DOLLZ
                                       REVUE
                                      
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                  *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*.¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
                 
      in association with Laz Dresler and Friends
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                  Saturday, February 4th, 2012
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                   Sunday, February 5th, 2012
                  
    Please join us for the fun and invite your friends.
  
                         RAG DOLLZ ISLAND  
                  
Schedule of events:

Saturday,  February 4th Schedule
9 am   Aeryn Seriman  - DJ - Steam Punk
10 am   Corolla Korobase - Dj -  80's
11 am Corolla Korobase - Dj -  80's
Noon    Conor Savage - Singer - Celtic & American Folk
1 pm   Mooners Dancers  -  Naiki Muliaina
1:30PM - Shady Fox - DJ - Oldies
2 pm  Shady Fox - DJ - Oldies
3 pm   The Pink Lady Dancers - Zhaza Zerbino
4 pm  - Yogi Enyo - DJ - True Classic Rock
5 pm  Blane Sonnenkem - Singer - Blue Grass and Blues
6 pm  Marry The Night Burlesque presents The Nightmares - Tyriani Resident - Dancers
7 pm - Laz Dresler -  DJ - Classic Rock
8 pm   A&M Dance Troupe  -  SexyS Quintessa
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Sunday, February 5th Schedule
9 am    Aeryn Seriman - DJ- Steam Punk
10 am  Yogi Enyo - DJ - Belly Dancing
11 am  Yogi Enyo - DJ - Belly Dancing
Noon The Pink Lady Dancers - Zhaza Zerbino
1 pm  Corolla Korobase - Dj -  80's
2 pm  Corolla Korobase - Dj -  80's
3 pm   Kittens and Tigers  Dancers -  Diddy Hyun
4 pm  RoseDrop Rust - Singer - Very Fun Interactive Musician
5 pm  Balley Bernard - Singer - Rock Alternative
6 pm   Moulin Rouge -  Xanthia Lisle - Dancers
7 pm  Stretch Tomsen - Dj - Blues
8 pm  Stretch Tomsen - Dj - Blues
9 pm  Noma Falta - Singer -  Blues and More

Henmations Raffle

Henmations Raffle 120202

Hendrik Schroeder of Henmations made the following announcement in his Group today ...

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FREE EXCLUSIVE RAFFLE - JOIN NOW!
Thu, Feb 02 2012 7:28:38 PM PST

Join our free Group Exclusive Raffle now!  This weeks prize is (again) a "Burlesque Dance Chair Deluxe" Edition... Next drawing is in 24h... hurry up and use the chance to win this great Product! 

Publicity: Spirit Announces Two New Videos

Publicity: Spirit Announces Two New Videos 120202

Caryl Meredith of Spirit Dance Company sent us links to two new videos of the Group:

Someday

Girls Night Out.. Spirit Dancers out for a night of country dancing and fun. Informal.. unchoreographed dancing. The Spirit Dance Company is an international company of animated avatars--each controled by an human at a computer. We work hard at what we do but this video shows us just letting our hair down and enjoying the music.

Turmus Dance Academy

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DeViAnCe (buttonbum) sent us this information about her Dance academy ...


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Turmus Dance Academy


Kajirae Learn to expresses their creative and artist side, pleasing their owners with the ability to dance as slaves did in the books. And Free woman can learn how to become more sexy, showing their inner kajira. ;-)

"Dance," I told Feiqa.

"I do not know how to dance, Master," she moaned.

"In every female there is a dancer," I said.

Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Page 60

Raymations Offers Pole Dances

Raymations Offers Pole Dances 120127

Owain Raymaker announced the followoing today in the Raymations Group

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Nikita Pole Dance 1 and 2 Now Out
Fri, Jan 27 2012 1:55:51 PM PST

Hi all
Nikita Pole Dance 1 and 2 motion capture animations are now available as Full Perm and No Copy versions.

I have also re-releaed Brazilian Zouk 1 and 2 as No Copy versions.

Cheers
Owain

WANT-AD: Rag Dollz Needs Dancers/Groups

WANT-AD: Rag Dollz Needs Dancers/Groups 120127

Laz Dresler sent this to us ...

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Dear Dance Queens,

Many of you are already customers of Rag Dollz already some i hope will learn about our new Sim and Shops.  We have just moved to Rag Dollz Island and are planning an event  for  the weekend of February 4th and 5th.

We are hoping some of your groups would like to perform that weekend . We welcome all types of dancers  as long as you do not dance nude.  Dancing at this event will expose your group to  new opportunities  in  because we have over 8500 members.

In kinda  each dancer will receive a 500L gift card from Rag Dollz plus tips. If you know our shop you know this will allow you to purchase two new outifts and  more.

I hope some of you will consider making the Grand Opening weekend special for all of us.

Please Contact Laz Dresler to put you on our schedule. Dancers will have one hour to set up your items on our stage. Please keep props to a minimum and scripts as well.

Thank you for your time.
Rag Dollz

A Simple, Sexy Modifying Anim

A Simple, Sexy Modifying Anim 120126

I was having some fun playing with modifying animations, which are animations that change how another dance or animation looks. I've talked about this before in terms of dance priorities, the joints of your avatar and how to make simple animations using Qavimator or BVHacker. But today I wasn't too concerned about the how to, I just wanted to have fun.

Two days ago, I was classifying more couples dances with Psyche Lunasea and we began to talk about the cultural aspects of dancing. We both agreed that dancing is very cultural and one of the nice things about SL is that we can explore a wide range of different dancing styles. So, I had on my mind how dancing expresses feelings.

In my culture dancing is very sexual and sensual. That got me thinking about how I could modify existing dances to make them different and maybe even sexier. So I thought about what type of body language conveys added sensuality ... well, hands behind the head. I Googled "hands behind the head" and didn't find much to support my feeling that this adds to the sensuality, but that didn't stop me. Hey, my guess is that most guys like to see breasts in a clearer view.

Anyway, this led to me creating a really simple modifying animation in Qavimator. It's not high quality, but it works. You can get it in the Modifying Animations inside the DANCE QUEENS Free Stuff Box in Dance Central. I call it "hands behind head."

If you click on it, you will see it only moves the hands to behind the head and leaves them there. Its a not too exciting non-looped move when used alone. BUT, start a nice dance that you like, then start  "hands behind head" and WOW. HAHAHAHA. The dance looks very different.

"hands behind head" has only the shoulder, arms and forearms set as priority 4. All other joints are essentially a priority 0. Most dances are priority 4, so as long as you are using a second HUD or just activating the dance outside your normal HUD, and starting your dance first, it works. If you dance sequences, when the next dance in the sequence starts, the modifying anim appears to stop. Really the modifying anim is running in the background and is not visible until you stop your regular dance. Play with it a bit and you will see how to use it. Again:

1. Start a dance with your main HUD
2. Start "hands behind head" with second HUD or just by itself, but not in your main HUD

The modifying anim also works with stands. Stands are usually priority 3 so the modifying anim stays visible when you switch to a different stand.

Have fun with it you sexy creatures.

xxx
Nottoo

Set Building Tips from Diawa

Set Building Tip from Diawa 120116

Diawa Bellic sent us these tips that may help your set building ...

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Anyone using this Phoenix version (1.6.0:1600) may experience prims going invisible as I have, can fix this problem using this keyboard command:

ctrl/alt/shift/o

This was told to me by a member of the Phoenix support group. They also mentioned I should keep my draw view down to 128m or less.

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Using textures - http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Building-and-Texturing-Forum/Texture-Optimization/td-p/700503

                  
 Diawa

Henmations Dance Pack Sale

Henmations Dance Pack Sale 120126

Hendrik Schreoder announced the following in the Henmations Group today ...

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30% OFF - DANCE PACKS & HUDS!
Thu, Jan 26 2012 7:54:57 AM PST

Enjoy our new designed Mainstore... save money with the new Promo Deals... 30% off for several Products... Bellydance HUD, Rock HUD, House HUD etc.... check out the HUD and Packs section for the discount labels now!

DanceMaster Pro Updated

DanceMaster Pro Updated 120126

Bryndyn Burton announced in the DanceMaster Group today the following message ...

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DanceMaster Pro vP2.7 update now available
Thu, Jan 26 2012 7:31:37 AM PST

This is the update for the DanceMaster Pro many of you have been waiting for! It includes several major new features:
1) Ability to shift performers within a single formation, also with smooth transitions
2) Ability to rez/derez objects from formation positions
3) Ability to easily rotate an entire performance to face a different direction

More details are in the attached release notes. Come to the update kiosk in the DanceMaster main store to get your free Pro update today!

Marry The Night Grand Opening

Marry The Night Grand Opening 120125

tyriani is opening a new Burlesque Theater and sent us this information ...

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Marry The Night Grand Opening
Saturday, Jan 28th @ 10pm slt

Our Website
www.marrythenightburlesque.com

Showtimes are:
Mon 12pm and 7pm sl, Wed 7pm, Fri 12pm,  Sat 10pm  

Invitation to Workshop on Set Design in SL

Invitation to Workshop on Set Design in SL 120124

At 9 am on Saturday 28 January Leko Littlebird will give a class on Set Design in SL. The class will be at the Forbes Auditorium in SL and will last 60 to 90 minutes. Leko sent a nice invitation to us for this class which is in the Wednesday Daily Notice and included below ...

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9 AM SLT SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2012
About Leko Littlebird and the Workshop

Leko Littlebird is one of those strange Second Life characters that does in SL exactly what he does in RL.  In both worlds he works in dance and theatre as a scenic designer and as a stage photographer of some notoriety.  While astonished by the raw creativity on display every day in Second Life by those who design for dance and theatre events, he wanted to share some of the traditions and techniques employed by real-life theatre artists that would be of great value to those designing or producing in Second Life.  Second Life and Real Life need not be so far apart. Each can inform and inspire the other.

As a fun bonus, Mr. Littlebird will begin his presentation by sharing images of RL dance companies he has worked with whose dance is typified by some of the magical elements one might think are only available to SL dancers (like flight)!

This workshop is suitable for both beginners and those more advanced as designers or builders in SL or those just interested in dance and theatre production in SL.
Location:  The Auditorium of Forbes Theatre on the SL campus of James Madison University (JMU)

More About Leko Littlebird:  Leko Littlebird is just past the newby stage in SL being but 14 months old in SL age, but his decades as a stage designer has allowed him to leap quite far ahead in SL experience.  As a RL stage designer, his work has taken him to such locations as: Russia, Italy, Israel, Prague, Canada, and the US to display his work as a designer. In the US he designs primarily Off-Broadway and in Regional Theatre.   As a stage photographer his work has been published as well all over the world and has been featured in such US publications as Dance Magazine, The New York Times, American Theatre Magazine, Playbill and in countless other books and Magazines.  In Second Life of late he has served as Resident Scenic Designer and Photographer for Ballet Pixelle working alongside it's other talented designers, dancers, and choreographer, Inarra Saarinen