{"id":35,"date":"2003-03-11T14:10:04","date_gmt":"2003-03-11T20:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2005-02-04T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T09:45:15","slug":"phenomenomadic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/03\/11\/phenomenomadic\/","title":{"rendered":"phenomenomadic"},"content":{"rendered":"

phenomenomadic,<\/a><\/i>
\nwhich opened at the Dance
\nUmbrella<\/a> last night, was a surprise hit! Since the audience was comprised
\nof people familiar with the dance community here, they really got into its quirky
\nhumor, which parodies famous South African choreographers.
\nIn other news, the edu site,<\/a>
\nwhich I have been working on for several months now, launched its BETA<\/a>
\ntoday. They are a group of education
\nconsultants,<\/a> whose work I really believe in. Douglas
\nSpencer<\/a> is a pleasure to work with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

phenomenomadic, which opened at the Dance Umbrella last night, was a surprise hit! Since the audience was comprised of people familiar with the dance community here, they really got into its quirky humor, which parodies famous South African choreographers. In other news, the edu site, which I have been working on for several months now, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-tech","category-south-african-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/03\/15\/matthew-krouse-loves-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":35,"position":0},"title":"Matthew Krouse loves me","author":"nathaniel","date":"15 March 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Woops. \"Dancing Alone,\" by Matthew Krouse, in this week's Mail & Guardian (South Africa) names phenomenomadic as a \"particularly grudging satire\" where actors \"did unkind portrayals of successful [South African] choreographers.\" To be honest, I can't argue with him. 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