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• 'Ellen' Dance Dare Contestant Sues NYPD For Assault - TMZ.com

  05-02-2015 23:05
  
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  'Ellen' Dance Dare Contestant Sues NYPD For Assault
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  Ellen Dance Dare Contestant Sues NYPD The guy shoved to the ground by an NYPD cop while filming a dance dare vid for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" is now suing the city. As TMZ first reported ... back in December dancer/prankster Alexander BOK was ...
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• 'Ballet 422' Is A Dance Documentary Long On Art, Not Drama - NPR

  05-02-2015 23:03
  
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  'Ballet 422' Is A Dance Documentary Long On Art, Not Drama
  NPR
  Tucked into the dance documentary Ballet 422, there's a nice cutaway you might miss if you blinked: An ordinary-looking young man wearing a backpack waits quietly for his late-night train on a New York platform. Another weary student or barista on his ...
  Dance to My Measure: Ballet 422Huffington Post
  'Rōdē,ō: Four Dance Episodes, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center, New York ...Financial Times
  
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• Community thrives in dance - The University News

  05-02-2015 22:55
  
  Community thrives in dance
  The University News
  A hidden, but welcoming community of dancers swings away month after month in St. Louis, celebrating the music and dance styles of the '20s, '30s and '40s. Lindy Hop St. Louis is an organization that hosts classes, live music and social dance ...
  
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• DANCE REVIEW: Dandy dancing -- and funny too - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  05-02-2015 22:21
  
  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  DANCE REVIEW: Dandy dancing -- and funny too
  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  It was 1974 when a group of fans with an ardent love for ballet and a flair for comedy began putting on late late night shows in Off-Broadway lofts. In its 40th anniversary season, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is now far more proficient and ...
  
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• Arts & Issues will celebrate dance - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

  05-02-2015 20:11
  
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  Arts & Issues will celebrate dance
  The Edwardsville Intelligencer
  The 30th anniversary of SIUE's Arts & Issues continues this month when a trio of dance companies – all with connections to SIUE – come together for a night full of performances. MILLS/works, Compulsion Dance Theatre and the Modern American Dance ...
  
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• Diablo Ballet: Sonya Delwaide's premiere - SFGate

  05-02-2015 19:58 via sfgate.com
  
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  Diablo Ballet: Sonya Delwaide's premiere
  SFGate
  Miserable weather aside, why would a native Quebecoise choreographer desert French Canada? Why would she abandon Montreal's teeming contemporary dance scene, with its abundance of performance spaces and its traditionally generous grants to ...
  
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• Why Do the Same Science Stories Pop Up Again and Again? - Slate Magazine

  05-02-2015 19:54
  
  Slate Magazine
  Why Do the Same Science Stories Pop Up Again and Again?
  Slate Magazine
  What makes men attractive on the dance floor? A video posted on Slate last Monday, among the site's most popular for the week, promised a scientific answer. For a study conducted at Northumbria University in England, psychologists brought young men ...
  
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• Father-Daughter Valentine Dance and Dinner by Kalamazoo Junior Girls ... - MLive.com

  05-02-2015 19:35
  
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  Father-Daughter Valentine Dance and Dinner by Kalamazoo Junior Girls ...
  MLive.com
  The dance will take place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Bernhard Center at Western Michigan University. "This event is so much fun and we are so excited to be a part of these dad and daughters' Valentine's Day," said Pamela Roland, Executive ...
  
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• OSU dance program takes first steps - Stillwater News Press

  05-02-2015 18:37
  
  Stillwater News Press
  OSU dance program takes first steps
  Stillwater News Press
  Part-time Oklahoma State University faculty member Alexandra Bergman teaches two classes, ballet and modern dance at the Stillwater YMCA. Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015 11:30 am. OSU dance program takes first steps By Megan Sando/Stillwater ...
  
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• Ballet Dads - Huffington Post

  05-02-2015 18:24 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  Ballet Dads
  Huffington Post
  2015-01-29-EmBasketballCULite.jpg We've got three sons and a daughter. They arrived in that order. By the time our daughter Emily was born, I had coached and/or refereed multiple seasons of Little League, Muni Basketball and AYSO. When our daughter ...
  
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• 'Swan Lake' - Grand Rapids Ballet opens new production of world's most popular ... - MLive.com

  05-02-2015 17:52 via mlive.com
  
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  'Swan Lake' - Grand Rapids Ballet opens new production of world's most popular ...
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  Siegfried (Nicholas Schultz) and Odette (Dawnell Dryja), front, and the dancers rehearse for 'Swan Lake' performance at the Grand Rapids Ballet Company in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, February 3, 2015. 'Swan Lake' will premiere this Friday at 7:30 p.m ...
  See Bolshoi Ballet 'live' from MoscowAllentown Morning Call
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• The rising princes of ballet - Chicago Tribune

  05-02-2015 17:26 via chicagotribune.com
  
  The rising princes of ballet
  Chicago Tribune
  TOKYO — A male ballet dancer suited to the role of a prince is called a "danseur noble." Such a man's immaculate bearing also seems to suit the fresh air of the New Year. The Yomiuri Shimbun recently talked to two 22-year-old danseurs nobles, Hideo ...
  
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• The Ballet Genius Who Took on the Soviets - Daily Beast

  05-02-2015 17:21 via thedailybeast.com
  
  Daily Beast
  The Ballet Genius Who Took on the Soviets
  Daily Beast
  Largely overshadowed by his colleagues who fled, Leonid Yakobsin spent his career in the Soviet Union provoking authorities with his work. The following excerpt from a fantastic new book on his work and life introduces this Jewish artist, who fought to ...
  
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• Hooray for Bollywood! Dance classes available at Downtown Arts - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

  05-02-2015 17:17
  
  Hooray for Bollywood! Dance classes available at Downtown Arts
  Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
  Aleeza Syed, 11, and other members of the class for ages 8 and older practice a dance to a song from the Bollywood movie 'Happy New Year.' ×. Photo. Aleeza Syed, 11, and other members of the class for ages 8 and older. Purchase Photos. Aimee Dilger ...
  
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• Evidence dance company founder has faith in power of dance, love - Tribune-Review

  05-02-2015 17:07
  
  Evidence dance company founder has faith in power of dance, love
  Tribune-Review
  Some people prefer encountering new artists and works. Others look forward to entertainment they already know they love. Both types have much to look forward to in the return of Ronald K. Brown and his dance company, Evidence. Brown founded his ...
  
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• Modern dance program a success - Coos Bay World

  05-02-2015 16:07
  
  Coos Bay World
  Modern dance program a success
  Coos Bay World
  Amie Brecheisen, a student in North Bend High School's upper level modern dance class, rehearses on Jan. 29. 2015-02-05T07:00:00Z Modern dance program a successCHELSEA DAVIS The World Coos Bay World. 6 hours ago • CHELSEA DAVIS The ...
  
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• 'AUNTSFORCAMERA' to focus on audience interaction with dance - CU Columbia Spectator

  05-02-2015 15:59
  
  CU Columbia Spectator
  'AUNTSFORCAMERA' to focus on audience interaction with dance
  CU Columbia Spectator
  EXQUISITE CORPSE | Audience members will be able to participate in the exhibit by recording their own dances after viewing the videos on display. By; Cheeyeon Park. Columbia Daily Spectator. February 5, 2015, 2:50am. A unique perspective on the ...
  
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• BlackLight Dance welcomes more than 150 guests - Livingston Daily

  05-02-2015 15:12
  
  Livingston Daily
  BlackLight Dance welcomes more than 150 guests
  Livingston Daily
  Students from many regional schools attended the BlackLight Dance put on recently by the Dance Project. (Photo: SUBMITTED PHOTO). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. The 2015 Dance Project Hartland BlackLight Dance on Jan.
  
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• A Dance With Draghi - New York Times (blog)

  05-02-2015 13:04
  A Dance With Draghi
  New York Times (blog)
  Family stuff, which leaves me with almost no time for posting just as stuff goes semi-crazy in the Greek drama. But a quick note. What happened was that the ECB declared that it will no longer accept Greek government bonds as collateral when lending to ...
  
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• Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre opens dance classes in Dot - Dorchester Reporter

  05-02-2015 13:03 via dotnews.com
  
  Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre opens dance classes in Dot
  Dorchester Reporter
  The Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre Company opened its first-ever Dorchester-based classes for children ages 3-5 last Saturday. The Young Dancers program features two sessions of “pilot classes” from January through May and will begin expanding in ...
  
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• Kim Kardashian's photos of North West at ballet class are TOO cute - Cosmopolitan UK

  05-02-2015 09:51 via cosmopolitan.co.uk
  
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  Kim Kardashian's photos of North West at ballet class are TOO cute
  Cosmopolitan UK
  While most of us peasants spend our free time watching TV and eating last night's pizza, Miss North West is broadening her young, creative mind for the future by training in all the classical arts, with private ballet classes and a bit of piano playing ...
  Kim Kardashian's Daughter North West Ready For BalletAccess Hollywood
  Massive cute overload alert – Kim Kardashian's shared photos of
  
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• Burlington Ballet's Winter Concert event is this weekend - Burlington Times News

  05-02-2015 09:12 via thetimesnews.com
  Burlington Ballet's Winter Concert event is this weekend
  Burlington Times News
  Burlington Ballet will perform its Winter Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Paramount Theater, 128 E. Front St., Burlington. The program will include “Excerpts from Les Sylphide,” “Tubby the Tuba Meets a Jazz ...
  
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• Exhale still breathing life into contemporary dance - Cincinnati.com

  05-02-2015 08:36
  
  Cincinnati.com
  Exhale still breathing life into contemporary dance
  Cincinnati.com
  “It's all kind of a blur,” says Missy Lay Zimmer. That's hardly surprising. Zimmer and her husband, Andrew Hubbard have spent the past 10 years so intently focused on building their dance company, Exhale Dance Tribe, and its sister school, Planet Dance ...
  
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• Ballet 422 captures the punishing hardship of putting on a show - A.V. Club

  05-02-2015 07:05 via avclub.com
  
  New York Daily News
  Ballet 422 captures the punishing hardship of putting on a show
  A.V. Club
  “Art isn't easy,” wrote Stephen Sondheim, and in Jody Lee Lipes' bleak beauty of a documentary, the act of creation is a resolutely joyless one—a tedious grind with little lasting reward. The film's primary subject is 25-year-old Justin Peck, who ...
  'Ballet 422': Movie reviewNew York Daily News
  'Ballet 422' shows the hard-working reality of NYC balletNew York Post
  
  
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• Dance instructor accused of sending inappropriate texts to student fired - WPXI Pittsburgh

  05-02-2015 05:19
  
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  Dance instructor accused of sending inappropriate texts to student fired
  WPXI Pittsburgh
  Target 11 has learned that a dance instructor at a local charter school has been fired following allegations that he sent inappropriate texts to a student. Jameson Corrie, 22, worked at Pittsburgh Musical Theater and taught dance at Propel Braddock ...
  Police: Dance Instructor Arrested After Sexting Middle School StudentCBS Local
  Police: Braddock Hills dance instructor sent student, 13, sexual tex
  
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• North West, Penelope Disick Taking Dance, Piano Classes: Proud Moms Kim ... - Us Magazine

  05-02-2015 02:49
  
  North West, Penelope Disick Taking Dance, Piano Classes: Proud Moms Kim ...
  Us Magazine
  Perfecting their pirouettes! Kim and Kourtney Kardashian are proud dance moms to their daughters North West and Penelope Disick. The reality sisters shared several photos on social media from their kids' dance lesson this week, including one adorable ...
  
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• Alberta Ballet leaps at chance to dance for Texas audience - CBC.ca

  05-02-2015 01:49 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC.ca
  Alberta Ballet leaps at chance to dance for Texas audience
  CBC.ca
  The nationally acclaimed Alberta Ballet is leaping to new heights after dancing in Houston, Texas at the end of January. Alberta Ballet is participating in an exchange with the Houston Ballet in the hopes of exposing audiences in both cities to vibrant ...
  
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• Ballet troupes from Missoula, China to perform - The Missoulian

  05-02-2015 01:03 via missoulian.com
  
  The Missoulian
  Ballet troupes from Missoula, China to perform
  The Missoulian
  The Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre left for China on Oct. 23. Over the past 11 days, the group of dancers and musicians has put on seven full-l… Read more · RMBT dancers get celebrity treatment after China performance. ZHENGZHOU – The Rocky ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Awareness and Understanding Lead to Safe Turnout, Story Says

  05-02-2015 00:33
  The activity of turning out, or external hip rotation, is one that is highly desired by dancers of every genre at one time or another, but especially by dancers of classical ballet. Although dancers are taught to turn their feet out, it is often unclear to what degree and how to properly achieve the desired turnout. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Southern Dance Connection Event Supports Dréa’s Dream

  05-02-2015 00:12
  Southern Dance Connection of Greer, South Carolina, will hold its second annual fundraising event for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation’s “Dance Across America” later this month. Continue reading
  
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