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

    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
  • DSL NewsWire: Fictional Gumshoe Springs to Life in Guy Noir: The Ballet

    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
  • See The Dress That Got This Utah High Schooler in Trouble at a Dance - People Magazine

    See The Dress That Got This Utah High Schooler in Trouble at a Dance - People Magazine
    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 ...
    Teen forced to cover 'inappropriate' bare shoulders at dancemyfox8.com
    Utah HS makes female student cover up shoulders at
  • John Brown can dance – he's got a trophy to prove it - AZCardinals.com (blog)

    John Brown can dance – he's got a trophy to prove it - AZCardinals.com (blog)
    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

    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
  • Dance company prepares for winter concert - Battle Creek Enquirer

    Dance company prepares for winter concert - Battle Creek Enquirer
    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 ...
  • January 2015 | Breath, Energy, Soul

    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
  • 'Ballet 422,' a Dance Documentary by Jody Lee Lipes - New York Times

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    '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

    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
  • January 2015 | Change in Direction

    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
  • Auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance' hit Dallas on Valentine's Day - Dallas Morning News (blog)

    Auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance' hit Dallas on Valentine's Day - Dallas Morning News (blog)
    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 ...
  • Moriah Evans's 'Social Dance 1-8: Index' at Issue Project Room - New York Times

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    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 ...
  • SIUE's theater, dance 'Friends' present 'Box and Cox' - Alton Telegraph

    SIUE's theater, dance 'Friends' present 'Box and Cox' - Alton Telegraph
    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

    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
  • Mariinsky Ballet's lush, bright and visually spectacular 'Rite of Spring' - Washington Post

    Mariinsky Ballet's lush, bright and visually spectacular 'Rite of Spring' - Washington Post
    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

    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
  • UW staff trying to break world 'umbrella dance' record - KIRO Seattle

    UW staff trying to break world 'umbrella dance' record - KIRO Seattle
    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

    Salem dance studio accepting scholarship applications - Statesman Journal
    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 ...
  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre broadens range for season - Tribune-Review

    Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre broadens range for season - Tribune-Review
    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

    Northland's NewsCenter
    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)

    'Dance Moms' Recap: Will Abby Do Anything for a Win at Nia's Expense? - BuddyTV (blog)
    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)

    Who was that dancing with Seahawks Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson at ... - seattlepi.com (blog)
    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

    Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County on for Thursday - SCNow
    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

    16-year-old told dress not appropriate for Lone Peak dance - Daily Herald
    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

    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

    New places bring in new faces for several Orlando arts groups - Orlando Sentinel
    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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