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• DSL NewsWire: Bruno Mars, Viewers Give Tech Students’ Dance Video an A+

  28-01-2015 23:51
  A school assignment from Scot Pankey, theater teacher at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School, led to the creation of a video in which Pankey and his students dance ’round the Dallas school to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk that’s gotten more than 3,220,000 views and a Facebook shout out from Mars: “I cried at the end. I’m still a thug though. Thank you to everyone involved in making this video.” Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Fictional Gumshoe Springs to Life in Guy Noir: The Ballet

  28-01-2015 23:33
  Guy Noir, the much-loved radio sleuth created by Garrison Keillor for his Prairie Home Companion radio program, springs to life at the Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing, Minnesota, on January 31. Continue reading
  
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• See The Dress That Got This Utah High Schooler in Trouble at a Dance - People Magazine

  28-01-2015 23:00
  
  People Magazine
  See The Dress That Got This Utah High Schooler in Trouble at a Dance
  People Magazine
  A Utah teen sparked a controversy after she was forced to wear her winter coat during a school dance because officials thought her dress was "too inappropriate." Gabi Finalyson, 15, couldn't wait for Saturday's formal at Lone Peak High School in ...
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• John Brown can dance – he's got a trophy to prove it - AZCardinals.com (blog)

  28-01-2015 22:47
  
  John Brown can dance – he's got a trophy to prove it
  AZCardinals.com (blog)
  John “Smokey” Brown provided his share of highlights this season for the Cardinals, many of the dramatic touchdown variety. But he also had that dance. Oh, what a dance it was. The NFL Network noticed, giving Brown its “Dancing with the Starters ...
  
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• January 2015 | Ballet Scene | French Lessons

  28-01-2015 22:45
  Ballet is a beautiful art form, but the day-to-day work involved isn’t always glamorous. It can be hard for students to think of themselves as participants in a grand artistic tradition when they’re repeating exercises for the 500th time. That’s what Genevieve Le Gall Fortner, the founder and director of Oxford Ballet School in Oxford, Mississippi, noticed over a period of several years: her ballet students lacked motivation. Continue reading
  
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• Dance company prepares for winter concert - Battle Creek Enquirer

  28-01-2015 22:44
  
  Battle Creek Enquirer
  Dance company prepares for winter concert
  Battle Creek Enquirer
  This year will be Summer Maurer's last winter concert with the Repertoire Dance Company in Marshall. At Sunday's dress rehearsal, the high school senior's eyes grew misty while talking about the dance titled "Strength": As London Philharmonic's version ...
  
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• January 2015 | Breath, Energy, Soul

  28-01-2015 22:28
  One block from the Empire State Building, in a building that houses the Korean Performing Arts Center, Korean dance teacher and performer Rebecca Lee is rehearsing two teenage dancers in the ipchum (translated variously as “standing dance,” “basic dance,” or “improvisational folk dance”), a simple traditional Korean dance. Continue reading
  
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• 'Ballet 422,' a Dance Documentary by Jody Lee Lipes - New York Times

  28-01-2015 22:18
  New York Times
  'Ballet 422,' a Dance Documentary by Jody Lee Lipes
  New York Times
  There he is alone in the dance studio, working through a step; alone on the subway platform, heading home to his Upper West Side apartment; alone at his computer, reviewing videotape of the day's rehearsal. You don't see him eat or socialize; you ...
  
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• January 2015 | Bright Biz Idea | Dance on the Go

  28-01-2015 22:04
  Dance teacher Marisa Rotter’s weekly schedule reads like a tour of the Minneapolis suburbs. If it’s Monday it’s time to go to Farmington. If it’s Tuesday she’s shuttling between Burnsville, Apple Valley, and Northfield. On Thursday it’s back to Farmington. Continue reading
  
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• January 2015 | Change in Direction

  28-01-2015 21:44
  Those of us in dance education regularly witness the power of dance to change lives: the shy child who comes alive onstage, the distracted child who learns deep focus, the uncoordinated child who discovers her own facility. For children in one dance program in Rwanda, this power has even more profound implications. For them, dance training can mean the difference between a life of homelessness and one of education and employment. Continue reading
  
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• Auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance' hit Dallas on Valentine's Day - Dallas Morning News (blog)

  28-01-2015 20:49
  
  Dallas Morning News (blog)
  Auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance' hit Dallas on Valentine's Day
  Dallas Morning News (blog)
  It doesn't really matter if you can dance. It matters if you think you can dance. Or so it seems for So You Think You Can Dance auditions. Now in its 12th season, the Fox show is touring the country looking for people who can dance. Those who can go ...
  
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• Moriah Evans's 'Social Dance 1-8: Index' at Issue Project Room - New York Times

  28-01-2015 19:58
  New York Times
  Moriah Evans's 'Social Dance 1-8: Index' at Issue Project Room
  New York Times
  Before each performance of “Social Dance 1-8: Index,” the choreographer Moriah Evans personally escorts audience members to seats of her choosing. It's the action of a hostess, though Ms. Evans isn't cordial. As a cold abstraction of a social gesture ...
  
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• SIUE's theater, dance 'Friends' present 'Box and Cox' - Alton Telegraph

  28-01-2015 19:46
  
  SIUE's theater, dance 'Friends' present 'Box and Cox'
  Alton Telegraph
  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Friends of Theater and Dance will present the Victorian farce “Box and Cox,” of which the cast and the director are all SIUE Theater and Dance alumni, returning to campus for a one-night performance Sunday ...
  
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• January 2015 | From Temple Dance to Today’s Stages

  28-01-2015 19:06
  What is belly dance and how did it develop? The answer isn’t simple. Multiple stories, some with little evidence, are told about the origins of belly dance—as an ancient temple dance, a folk dance for social occasions, even a ritual to assist women in childbirth—and so many styles have developed in recent years that a definition is difficult to pin down. Continue reading
  
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• Mariinsky Ballet's lush, bright and visually spectacular 'Rite of Spring' - Washington Post

  28-01-2015 17:56 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Mariinsky Ballet's lush, bright and visually spectacular 'Rite of Spring'
  Washington Post
  Watching the Mariinsky Ballet on Tuesday night perform “The Rite of Spring” with decor and costumes — hats, bunchy woolen tunics — taken from Roerich's designs, I was struck by how similar the primitive Russia onstage was to the provincial Russia of ...
  Russia's Mariinsky Ballet to Discuss 2016 Visit to Washington This WeekSputnik International
  
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• January 2015 | Fun and Games

  28-01-2015 17:48
  Most teachers of musical theater classes have had students who are hesitant to commit to new acting challenges. Maybe they’re shy or intimidated; maybe they question their ability to do improvisational exercises. It’s not easy to get all of your students invested in something new—but if you want your dancers to take a risk, you’ve got to be willing to put yourself on the line. Continue reading
  
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• UW staff trying to break world 'umbrella dance' record - KIRO Seattle

  28-01-2015 17:08
  
  UW staff trying to break world 'umbrella dance' record
  KIRO Seattle
  Staff at the University of Washington will try to set an unusual Guinness World Record Wednesday. The UW faculty is trying to break the record for largest umbrella dance. The record to break was set in Japan last year. The attempt is being made in ...
  
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• Salem dance studio accepting scholarship applications - Statesman Journal

  28-01-2015 05:56
  
  Statesman Journal
  Salem dance studio accepting scholarship applications
  Statesman Journal
  A Salem dance and fitness studio is now making scholarships available for kids dreaming of dance. The Lotus Studio, 2775 19th St. SE, offers yoga, Zumba, fitness and dance classes for all ages. But it's the youth dance program that has really taken off ...
  
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• Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre broadens range for season - Tribune-Review

  28-01-2015 05:47 via triblive.com
  
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre broadens range for season
  Tribune-Review
  The increasing strength of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has emboldened artistic director Terrence Orr to offer up an ambitious range of dance for the company's 2015-16 season. The company will perform works from 1856 to 2010 by nine choreographers, ...
  For next season, Pittsburgh Ballet lines up a demanding repertoirePittsburgh Post Gazette
  
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• Superior Ballroom Dance Studio earns top honors - Northland's NewsCenter

  28-01-2015 05:10
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  Superior Ballroom Dance Studio earns top honors
  Northland's NewsCenter
  DULUTH, Minn. (NNCNOW.com) -- "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing with the Stars" are two TV shows keeping ballroom dance in vogue. A dance studio in Duluth is doing its part, too. Andrea Kuzel's Superior Ballroom Dance Studio in Duluth got ...
  Duluth Dance Studio Takes Home National AwardsWDIO-TV
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Recap: Will Abby Do Anything for a Win at Nia's Expense? - BuddyTV (blog)

  28-01-2015 04:58
  
  BuddyTV (blog)
  'Dance Moms' Recap: Will Abby Do Anything for a Win at Nia's Expense?
  BuddyTV (blog)
  Dance Moms has been rumored to be moving to Los Angeles and it looks like it's true. In "Bye Bye Pittsburgh," Abby has one more competition on the East Coast before moving out to Hollywood. With the big reveal that Abby thinks only MacKenzie, Maddie ...
  Dance Moms Recap - Jessalynn Won't Ever Shut Up: Season 5 Episode 4 "Bye ...Celebrity Dirty Laundry
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• Who was that dancing with Seahawks Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson at ... - seattlepi.com (blog)

  28-01-2015 04:12
  
  seattlepi.com (blog)
  Who was that dancing with Seahawks Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson at ...
  seattlepi.com (blog)
  Russell Wilson can play quarterback and dance. Georgina Holguin? Well, she can dance. Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com. Those Patriots were dull — paint-drying-watching dull compared to the Seahawks. Richard Sherman and Russell Wilson were dancing.
  
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• Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County on for Thursday - SCNow

  28-01-2015 02:51
  
  Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County on for Thursday
  SCNow
  The dance teams, which have been rehearsing for several months, will perform a variety of dance styles, from salsa to disco. Each team has a “professional” member and a celebrity dancer, much like the “Dancing with the Stars” television show on ABC ...
  
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• 16-year-old told dress not appropriate for Lone Peak dance - Daily Herald

  28-01-2015 02:15
  
  Daily Herald
  16-year-old told dress not appropriate for Lone Peak dance
  Daily Herald
  North Utah County – An American Fork High School student had to wear her winter coat to a semi-formal dance because she was told by a Lone Peak High School representative it did not appropriately meet the school's dress code. Gabi Finlayson, 16, had ...
  Utah girl, 15, forced to wear a coat to school dance because teachers felt ...Daily Mail
  
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• Big things happening with 'How to Dance in Ohio' - The Park Record

  28-01-2015 00:40
  Big things happening with 'How to Dance in Ohio'
  The Park Record
  This year, Shiva focused on teens diagnosed with autism in "How to Dance in Ohio." The film, which is one of the Sundance Film Festival's U.S. Documentary Competition pieces and was recently acquired by HBO Documentary Films, follows three girls who ...
  
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• New places bring in new faces for several Orlando arts groups - Orlando Sentinel

  28-01-2015 00:16 via orlandosentinel.com
  
  Orlando Sentinel
  New places bring in new faces for several Orlando arts groups
  Orlando Sentinel
  Orlando Ballet also reported a big boost in ticket sales for its first show at the center, "The Nutcracker" in late December. Sales were up 21 percent from 2013, the ballet says, making the most recent run the organization's highest-grossing ...
  
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