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• Les Twins Dancer -- Sucker Punched During Dance Off (VIDEO) - TMZ.com

  17-01-2015 17:44
  
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  Les Twins Dancer -- Sucker Punched During Dance Off (VIDEO)
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  011715_dance_punch_launch Dance duo Les Twins -- featured on Beyonce/Jay Z's recent tour -- were embroiled in an intense dance battle Friday ... it got so heated one of them got punched in the face! The twins were competing at Revolution Lounge in Las ...
  
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• World ballet students head west to Argyll school - Scotsman (blog)

  17-01-2015 15:18 via scotsman.com
  
  Scotsman (blog)
  World ballet students head west to Argyll school
  Scotsman (blog)
  Almost 25 years later, Barton's school and company, Ballet West, is one of the most successful dance training institutions in the world. Students from as far afield as Australia, Singapore and Canada head to this remote idyll in Argyll safe in the ...
  Triumphant return for Moscow balletHerald Series
  
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• Registration underway for Daddy/Daughter Dance - Daily Tribune News

  17-01-2015 14:01
  Registration underway for Daddy/Daughter Dance
  Daily Tribune News
  For Aaron Payne and his 6-year-old daughter, Avery, Cartersville Parks & Recreation Department's Daddy/Daughter Dance continues to offer a fun outing for the two to create special memories. Geared toward girls in kindergarten through seventh grade, the ...
  Daddy Daughter Dance returning to the WildeyThe Edwardsville Intelligencer
  Daddy Daughter Dance Will Soon Return to Sandy SpringsPatch.com
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• Father-Daughter Valentine Dance returns - Valdosta Daily Times

  17-01-2015 12:12
  
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  Father-Daughter Valentine Dance returns
  Valdosta Daily Times
  VALDOSTA — With more than 5,000 people in attendance last year, it is safe to say the First Presbyterian Church's 19th Annual Father-Daughter Valentine Dance is a key event for many in the area and still reigns as the largest father-daughter dance in ...
  
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• The Prairie Schooner, Lowry Wimberly and a wee tipple at the dance - Lincoln Journal Star

  17-01-2015 11:04
  
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  The Prairie Schooner, Lowry Wimberly and a wee tipple at the dance
  Lincoln Journal Star
  13, 1932, Wimberly and English professor N.E. Eliason were chaperones with their wives and four others, not on the university staff, at an all-university dance held in the Coliseum. At 11:30, after the dance ended, the chaperones were in a closed room ...
  
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• Fighting the Spread of HIV by Posing on the Dance Floor - ABC News

  17-01-2015 09:00
  Fighting the Spread of HIV by Posing on the Dance Floor
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  As the night marched on, men in fluorescent Lycra competed in a series of dance contests, pirouetting, high-kicking and duck-walking. Meanwhile, others went behind a white curtain strung up in the back of the hall, emerging with red bandages in the ...
  
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• Pointe duty as Moscow City Ballet comes to Dublin - Irish Times

  17-01-2015 07:46 via irishtimes.com
  
  Pointe duty as Moscow City Ballet comes to Dublin
  Irish Times
  Classical ballet is a world of feathers and flowers, smiles and applause, twirls and tutus. Beneath that sweet surface, however, lies another world: one of punishing physicality, constant stress and head-wrecking rivalry. We've all seen the movie Black ...
  
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• Prep roundup: Sartell captures CLC dance title - St. Cloud Times

  17-01-2015 07:40
  
  Prep roundup: Sartell captures CLC dance title
  St. Cloud Times
  ALEXANDRIA – The Sartell Sabres were crowned champions Friday following the Central Lakes Conference dance team championships. Sartell tied for first with St. Cloud Tech in jazz and took second place in high kick. The Sabres finished with 49 overall ...
  
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• Mississippi River boat ballet gives new meaning to 'dancing waters' - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  17-01-2015 07:14
  
  Mississippi River boat ballet gives new meaning to 'dancing waters'
  TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  Patrick Scully wants to stage a ballet this summer in the Twin Cities that takes place on a body of water, but the setting won't be Swan Lake and the performers won't have tutus. Instead, the dance will take place on the Mississippi River, and the ...
  
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• Girl's wish for ballet classes granted years after she was diagnosed with ... - Duluth News Tribune

  17-01-2015 06:29 via duluthnewstribune.com
  
  Duluth News Tribune
  Girl's wish for ballet classes granted years after she was diagnosed with ...
  Duluth News Tribune
  Ava Hirschoff of Duluth reacts to gifts presented to her by the Make-A-Wish-Foundation, Build-A-Bear and the Minnesota Ballet at the Miller Hall Mall in Duluth on Friday evening. Ava was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago. (Clint Austin ...
  Bears and ballerinas bring reality to girl's Make A Wish requestNorthland's NewsCenter
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Dance, Theater, Music, and Art Focus of 6th Move Me Festival

  17-01-2015 06:15
  More than 1,000 attendees of all ages are expected at the 6th annual Move Me Festival, a free family-friendly celebration of arts and culture, scheduled for March 21 from 1 to 5pm at Kenmore Middle School, Arlington, Virginia. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Story of ABT’s First 75 Years Told on PBS’s American Masters in May

  17-01-2015 06:09
  A new documentary about American Ballet Theatre in honor of the ballet company’s 75th anniversary will premiere nationwide May 15 at 9pm on PBS’ American Masters program. Continue reading
  
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• The Dance Project changing the culture in Novi - Hometownlife.com

  17-01-2015 06:06
  
  The Dance Project changing the culture in Novi
  Hometownlife.com
  For more information, contact The Dance Project – a 501(c)3 nonprofit group with a mission of “changing the culture by promoting positive dancing” to area schools – at 248-210-9409 or [email protected]. Go to www.TheDanceProject.info to learn ...
  
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• But will they jeté? Mississippi River boat ballet in the works - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  17-01-2015 06:00 via twincities.com
  
  But will they jeté? Mississippi River boat ballet in the works
  TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  Patrick Scully wants to stage a ballet this summer in the Twin Cities that takes place on a body of water, but the setting won't be Swan Lake and the performers won't have tutus. Instead, the dance will take place on the Mississippi River, and the ...
  
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• Register for COPPELIA Ballet Program at WHBPAC This Spring - Broadway World

  17-01-2015 03:40 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Register for COPPELIA Ballet Program at WHBPAC This Spring
  Broadway World
  Register for COPPELIA Ballet Program at WHBPAC This Spring Calling all ballet dancers ages 5 -18. WHBPAC's Arts Education Program's popular Spring Ballet Residency with Peconic Ballet Theatre (formerly Dancecore) is back with Coppélia, one of the ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: The Royal Ballet Crosses the Pond; Plans Stops in DC, NYC, Chicago

  17-01-2015 03:37
  Ever since it was reported that The Royal Ballet would visit Washington and Chicago in 2015, rumors have been swirling about a New York stop. The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog has announced that the rumors are true. Continue reading
  
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• The Kenyan dance taking nightclubs by storm - BBC News

  17-01-2015 03:18
  
  BBC News
  The Kenyan dance taking nightclubs by storm
  BBC News
  One of Kenya's best-known bands are on a mission to reclaim the country's dance floors and create their own national Gangnam Style hit. So they've taken a traditional dance and made it cool. Sauti Sol are the hottest band in Kenya right now, so it's ...
  Kenyan band creates the new 'Gangnam Style' video inspired by traditional ...The Independent
  
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• Tractors take a spin on the dance floor at Farm Show - Carlisle Sentinel

  17-01-2015 02:10
  
  Tractors take a spin on the dance floor at Farm Show
  Carlisle Sentinel
  HARRISBURG — Visitors to the 99th Pennsylvania Farm Show proved their love of square dancing on Monday when they packed the Large Arena to watch more than 400 dancers twirl and promenade. On Friday, hundreds of people came to the arena again ...
  
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• Prescription pirouette: how ballet could help the treatment of chronic dizziness - ABC Online

  17-01-2015 01:47 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC Online
  Prescription pirouette: how ballet could help the treatment of chronic dizziness
  ABC Online
  Dizziness might seem fun when you're a child, but many older people find dizziness an ever-present and debilitating condition. There's hope for sufferers, though, with new research focusing on dancers suggesting that ballet might be the ideal treatment ...
  
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• Dance review: Rosie Herrera dancers proffer politics and art - Philly.com

  17-01-2015 01:36
  
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  Dance review: Rosie Herrera dancers proffer politics and art
  Philly.com
  The Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre brought some much-needed Miami heat Thursday night to Dance Celebration at the Annenberg Center. The Philadelphia premieres of Herrera's Dining Alone and Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret also provided a few ...
  
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• Spandau Ballet reschedules Toronto concert - Toronto Star

  17-01-2015 01:03 via thestar.com
  
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  Spandau Ballet reschedules Toronto concert
  Toronto Star
  Reunited 1980s glamour pusses Spandau Ballet have pushed their scheduled Feb. 3 date at Massey Hall back until March 27. Nothing terrible has happened. The U.K. band is simply trying to sync its first North American tour in nearly three decades up with ...
  Truth Hurts: Spandau Ballet postpone several North American tour dates ...Vanyaland
  
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• Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Putting Own Spin On “Beauty And The Beast” - CBS Local

  17-01-2015 00:56 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  CBS Local
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Putting Own Spin On “Beauty And The Beast”
  CBS Local
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater has performed gracefully for 45 years. But in February, for the first time, they'll present the ageless classic, “Beauty and the Beast.” This show was performed by the San Francisco Ballet in 1982. It ...
  
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• Truth Hurts: Spandau Ballet postpone several North American tour dates ... - Vanyaland

  17-01-2015 00:37 via vanyaland.com
  
  Toronto Star
  Truth Hurts: Spandau Ballet postpone several North American tour dates ...
  Vanyaland
  Well, we know this much is true: Spandau Ballet have postponed 7 upcoming North American tour dates until the spring. While that's a bummer for those in Boston looking forward to the February 5 show at the House of Blues, there is good news — seven of ...
  Spandau Ballet reschedules Toronto concertToronto Star
  
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• Generations of dancers learn ballet from “Miss A” - kplr11.com

  17-01-2015 00:16 via kplr11.com
  
  Generations of dancers learn ballet from “Miss A”
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  ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Thousands of students have learned the art of dance from a small studio in a St. Louis suburb. Miss Alexandra Zaharias has been training dancers since 1949. Many of her students have gone on to be professional dancers while ...
  
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