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• Prix de Lausanne spotlights next generation of ballet stars - The Japan News

  20-01-2015 22:20 via the-japan-news.com
  
  The Japan News
  Prix de Lausanne spotlights next generation of ballet stars
  The Japan News
  The Prix de Lausanne is an international ballet competition held in Lausanne, Switzerland, considered to be the gateway to success for those wishing to become pro dancers. This competition is where Japanese dancers such as Kumakawa, Yoshida and ...
  
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• Pop music, ballet intersect to create new portraits - Coast News (blog)

  20-01-2015 22:17 via thecoastnews.com
  
  Pop music, ballet intersect to create new portraits
  Coast News (blog)
  Grand-Maître talked with The Coast News about mixing new and old in what many are calling “portrait ballets,” which are attracting younger crowds and more importantly, he said, introducing a new audience to the ballet. Pop music tends to speak to our ...
  
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• Mark Morris, Pina Bausch and Natalia Osipova: 20 years of dance highlights

  20-01-2015 18:56
  
  In 1995 the choreographer Richard Alston was invited to form his own company at London’s the Place. That year, Judith Mackrell began to write for the Guardian. Here, they pick their dance highlights of the past 20 years – what are yours?It’s 50 years since I first became obsessed with dance, and it is the discoveries I made when really young that remain foremost in my mind as highlights. However, over the past 20 years there are still some amazing stand-outs. Hip-hop has developed extraord
  
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• Spandau Ballet performs 'True' on TODAY, anchor's reminisce - Today.com

  20-01-2015 18:16 via today.com
  
  Spandau Ballet performs 'True' on TODAY, anchor's reminisce
  Today.com
  In 1983, Spandau Ballet topped the charts with their hit, "True." And in 2015, the reunited new-wave-snyth-meets-soul act topped our morning by performing that same song live on TODAY. Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Steven Norman and Gary and Martin ...
  
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• Nancy Feek keeps healthy with square dancing - The Polk Fish Wrap

  20-01-2015 18:14
  
  The Polk Fish Wrap
  Nancy Feek keeps healthy with square dancing
  The Polk Fish Wrap
  Feek said that square dancing involves four couples (eight dancers) arranged in a square with one couple on each side facing the middle. The various square dance movements are based on the steps and figures used in traditional folk and social dances ...
  
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• Tablado Dance Company - Salt Lake City Weekly

  20-01-2015 18:10
  
  Salt Lake City Weekly
  Tablado Dance Company
  Salt Lake City Weekly
  While local dance companies prepare to return for the second half of their season, others are in the process of building their upcoming performances to happen in the spring and summer of 2015. One of the organizations hard at work is Tablado Dance ...
  
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• Tulsa Ballet Presents The Sleeping Beauty - KRMG

  20-01-2015 18:09 via krmg.com
  
  Tulsa Ballet Presents The Sleeping Beauty
  KRMG
  Tulsa Ballet brings one of the world's most beloved romantic fairy tales to life with its blockbuster production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, February 20th – 22nd. This timeless classic about a princess, a spell and a ...
  
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• Ballet West and Lyon Opera Ballet to Receive Joyce Theater's Rudolf Nureyev ... - Broadway World

  20-01-2015 17:30 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Ballet West and Lyon Opera Ballet to Receive Joyce Theater's Rudolf Nureyev ...
  Broadway World
  The Joyce Theater Foundation announces the selection of Ballet West and Lyon Opera Ballet as recipients of The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance, a $25,000 award established to support the commissioning of new works for large ballet companies, many ...
  
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• Dance Party featuring all vinyl, all cover songs slated for Feb. 6 at The Flat - Your Houston News

  20-01-2015 16:56
  
  Your Houston News
  Dance Party featuring all vinyl, all cover songs slated for Feb. 6 at The Flat
  Your Houston News
  Break out your dancing shoes. The Flat is hosting a party on Thursday, Feb. 6 - featuring all vinyl and all cover songs. DJ Sun, managing partner of the music venue and upscale, neighborhood lounge, said the idea for the event has been in the works for ...
  
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• Joby Talbot talks about his groundbreaking ballet score for The Winter's Tale - Gramophone

  20-01-2015 16:41 via gramophone.co.uk
  Joby Talbot talks about his groundbreaking ballet score for The Winter's Tale
  Gramophone
  Since his Royal Ballet debut in 2006, creating the score for Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor's Chroma, he has written two full-length ballets for the company, both with Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon. The first, Alice in Wonderland (2011 ...
  
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• Wifala dance of Puno named Cultural Patrimony of Peru - Peru this Week

  20-01-2015 16:08
  
  Peru this Week
  Wifala dance of Puno named Cultural Patrimony of Peru
  Peru this Week
  The dance comes from the Muñani district, in the province of Azángaro of Puno in southern Peru. The people that make up this cultural enclave are diverse people's who have held on to long-standing, old traditions. One such tradition is the Wifala dance.
  
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• Too Lazy For Pull-Ups? Watch This Woman's Midair Dance Routine And Feel ... - MTV.com

  20-01-2015 15:55
  
  Too Lazy For Pull-Ups? Watch This Woman's Midair Dance Routine And Feel ...
  MTV.com
  Pull-ups are very hard. In fact, they're likely one of the toughest exercises you've ever experienced, thanks to those fitness tests everyone had to go through in gym class. Dancing (well) is also very hard. But YouTube user Marisa Inda has no trouble ...
  
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• 100 humanoid robots perform synchronized dance routine in Tokyo - Mashable

  20-01-2015 14:46
  
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  100 humanoid robots perform synchronized dance routine in Tokyo
  Mashable
  One hundred humanoid robots performed a synchronized dance routine in Tokyo on Monday. Each of the one hundred 'Robi' robots weighs just 2.2 pounds and stands just a little over a foot tall. The '100 Robi' project is the brainchild of Tomotaka ...
  Robots perform amazing group dance routine in JapanTelegraph.co.uk
  100 Miniature Robots Dance in Sync in Tokyo!WTVY, Dothan
  
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• Williamsburg Aerobatics and Dance Studio Takes Students to New Heights - DNAinfo

  20-01-2015 14:30
  
  DNAinfo
  Williamsburg Aerobatics and Dance Studio Takes Students to New Heights
  DNAinfo
  Ernst-Alper, director of "ground" classes, has been with several dance companies in New York, including Elisa Monte Dance and Battery Dance Company, while Wise has been practicing aerial arts for several years and will be handling operations at the ...
  
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• Dance Auditions Slated For 'Sleeping Beauty' - Times Record

  20-01-2015 12:53
  Dance Auditions Slated For 'Sleeping Beauty'
  Times Record
  Those needed for the production include candidates who are 8 and older and have at least two years of dance experience. Boys and girls ages 8-10 will register from 10-10:30 a.m. and attend an audition from 10:30 am to noon. Boys and girls ages 11 and ...
  
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• Gavriel Heine conducts the Mariinsky Ballet: A Jersey boy's Russian triumph - NJ.com

  20-01-2015 12:01 via nj.com
  
  Gavriel Heine conducts the Mariinsky Ballet: A Jersey boy's Russian triumph
  NJ.com
  The rising conductor will lead the Mariinsky Orchestra in performances of the ballet “Swan Lake” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this week, a culmination of sorts in a journey that has been ongoing for about 25 years. “To have come full circle and ...
  
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• Jacqueline Fernandez to do the ballet for 'Roy' - The Indian Express

  20-01-2015 11:02 via indianexpress.com
  
  The Indian Express
  Jacqueline Fernandez to do the ballet for 'Roy'
  The Indian Express
  Jacqueline Fernandez, who loves dancing, suggested some moves to Ahmed who loved them and incorporated the same while on shoot. Jacqueline adds, “Ahmed gave a completely different, fresh touch to the kind of ballet we have always seen on screen.
  Jacqueline Fernandez tries a different style of ballet for 'ROY'PINKVILLA
  Photos: Jacqueline Fernandez' Hot Beach Ballet DanceBusiness of Cinema
  
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• Win tickets to “So You Think You Can Dance” tour - KTLA

  20-01-2015 09:11
  
  KTLA
  Win tickets to “So You Think You Can Dance” tour
  KTLA
  Using the text messaging feature on your cellular telephone, send a text message to 515151 with the letter string DANCE in the body of the message. All entrants must have a text messaging two-way capable handset and digital service in order to enter ...
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Pakistan's cross-dressing men dance despite fear - U.S. News & World Report

  20-01-2015 09:07
  
  U.S. News & World Report
  AP PHOTOS: Pakistan's cross-dressing men dance despite fear
  U.S. News & World Report
  COMBO - This combination of two images taken between Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 and Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, shows Pakistani Waseem Akram, 27, posing for a picture in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. By day, Akram sells mobile phone accessories from an alleyway ...
  
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• Oakland youth dance program celebrates 20 years - Contra Costa Times

  20-01-2015 06:11
  
  Oakland youth dance program celebrates 20 years
  Contra Costa Times
  Deborah Vaughan, pictured in her Oakland studio on on Jan. 7, 2015, is celebrating 20 years as the head of an African dance program for Oakland youth called Rite of Passage. The program is part of Dimensions Dance Theater, which Vaughan helped found ...
  
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• Free Ballet Classes Taught by LA Ballet Dancers - NBC Southern California

  20-01-2015 03:28 via nbclosangeles.com
  
  NBC Southern California
  Free Ballet Classes Taught by LA Ballet Dancers
  NBC Southern California
  What do your feet and legs and ankles do while you're sitting at the Alex Theatre, or Royce Hall, or one of Southern California's grand venues, watching the Los Angeles Ballet? We like to think we keep perfectly still in our seats, so our neighbors ...
  Stacey's Dance Studio hosts dance workshopYour Houston News
  
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• Mariinsky Ballet Soloist Kimin Kim to Appear as ABT Guest Artist This Spring - Broadway World

  20-01-2015 03:25 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Mariinsky Ballet Soloist Kimin Kim to Appear as ABT Guest Artist This Spring
  Broadway World
  He was a prizewinner at the international ballet competitions in Rome (1st prize, 2008), Moscow (2nd prize, 2009), Jackson (2nd prize, 2010) and Varna (1st prize, 2010). In 2012, he won the Grand Prix at the Arabesque international ballet competition ...
  
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• MLK legacy honored through dance - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  20-01-2015 03:10
  
  MLK legacy honored through dance
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  As it does annually, Garth Fagan Dance on Monday honored the memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. through dance. In free workshops, company dancers taught free classes to a variety of age groups, giving them the opportunity to learn directly from ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Choreographer Up For Challenge of Mississippi River Boat Ballet

  20-01-2015 00:14
  Patrick Scully wants to stage a ballet this summer in the Twin Cities that takes place on the Mississippi River and stars dozens of vessels as the “dancers.” The idea, called the Mississippi River Boat Ballet, might seem a bit far-fetched, except that Scully has pulled off a boat ballet before. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Free Drop-In Class Provides Lessons, Encouragement, To Underprivileged Kids

  20-01-2015 00:07
  Every Friday from 3 to 4pm, Mayo Street Arts founder Blainor McGough hangs a colorful banner outside of the small former church in Portland, Maine, which houses the nonprofit theater and community center, announcing that Club Hip Hop—a free, one-hour, drop-in dance class—is underway. Continue reading
  
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• UC dance team successfully defends national title - Cincinnati.com

  20-01-2015 00:03
  
  Cincinnati.com
  UC dance team successfully defends national title
  Cincinnati.com
  The University of Cincinnati's dance team danced its way to yet another title on Sunday. The Bearcats were named Division IA 'hip-hop' dance champions for a second consecutive year at the College Cheer and Dance Team National Championship in ...
  Kentucky cheerleading, dance teams wrap up national competitionUKAthletics (blog)
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Founding Member of Judson Dance, Filmmaker Elaine Summers, Dies

  20-01-2015 00:00
  Elaine Summers, a dancer, choreographer, and multimedia artist whose work sought to blend dance and film into a seamless whole, died December 27 in Manhattan, reported the New York Times. She was 89. Continue reading
  
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