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• G-Wiz clinches epic dance-off at Howard with backflip - Washington Post (blog)

  25-02-2015 21:48
  
  G-Wiz clinches epic dance-off at Howard with backflip
  Washington Post (blog)
  It's been a rough month for the Wizards and their fans, but G-Wiz seems to be immune to the depressing effects of 11 losses in 15 games. The mascot's dancing skills certainly haven't suffered. G-Wiz, who celebrated his birthday earlier this month ...
  
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• Johnson's Barn, a North Dakota Institution, Plans Its Last Dance - New York Times

  25-02-2015 21:45
  Johnson's Barn, a North Dakota Institution, Plans Its Last Dance
  New York Times
  Arthur, N.D. — In November, just off State Highway 18 in the pancake-flat heart of eastern North Dakota, Brian Johnson was sipping red wine from a Mason jar as he watched 500 people swing-dance in the hayloft of his barn. The band was playing a sturdy ...
  
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• SF Ballet review: Dancers stellar in program that misses mark - SFGate

  25-02-2015 21:38
  
  SFGate
  SF Ballet review: Dancers stellar in program that misses mark
  SFGate
  It is, after all, possible for an evening of ballet, even one presented by the San Francisco Ballet, to be too tasteful — eminently respectful of classical values, yet somehow less than incendiary in effect. Until the curtain rose on “The Kingdom of ...
  Review: San Francisco Ballet's Program 3 exquisitely explores the clockworks ...San Jose Mercury News
  
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• Dance artist expresses complex ideas through movement - Golden Gate Xpress

  25-02-2015 20:36
  
  Golden Gate Xpress
  Dance artist expresses complex ideas through movement
  Golden Gate Xpress
  The dancer raised one arm and held it in the air to meet the pinch of sunlight creeping through the window. The slow piano music resonated out of the speakers, but it did not move her, she moved on her own terms. Her contoured muscles were redefined ...
  
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• Trockadero ballet troupe brings comedy, dance to SLO - The San Luis Obispo Tribune

  25-02-2015 20:07
  The San Luis Obispo Tribune
  Trockadero ballet troupe brings comedy, dance to SLO
  The San Luis Obispo Tribune
  Ida Nevasayneva (Paul Ghiselin) performs "The Dying Swan," a signature piece for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. GENE SCHIAVONE — Courtesy of Indianpolis Ballet Theater. Events Calendar. Events Calendar. TODAY · 25 · THU · 26 · FRI · 27.
  
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• Royal Ballet Choregrapher to Open Studio Space in London - New York Times (blog)

  25-02-2015 19:40
  Financial Times
  Royal Ballet Choregrapher to Open Studio Space in London
  New York Times (blog)
  LONDON — Wayne McGregor, the resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet who also has his own troupe, Random Dance, will open a new arts space in 2016 in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The space, Studio Wayne McGregor, will form part of an ...
  Royal Ballet Draft Works, Linbury Studio, London — reviewFinancial Times
  Royal Ballet Choreographer to Open New Arts Space in LondonArtforum
  
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• Chiefs' Travis Kelce did The Carlton, but lost a dance-off to someone named ... - Kansas City Star (blog)

  25-02-2015 19:36
  
  Kansas City Star (blog)
  Chiefs' Travis Kelce did The Carlton, but lost a dance-off to someone named ...
  Kansas City Star (blog)
  I confess to having never been to a Professional Bull Riders event, so maybe this kind of thing is normal. But the PBR was in town last weekend at the Sprint Center, and Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce attended on Friday night. Kelce took part in a Fan ...
  Travis Kelce Lost a Rodeo Dance Contest to a Guy Who Calls Himself “Skim Milk ...Total Pro Sports
  
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• Pictures show ballet dancer Mickael Jou pirouetting through the air - Daily Mail

  25-02-2015 19:10
  
  Daily Mail
  Pictures show ballet dancer Mickael Jou pirouetting through the air
  Daily Mail
  A ballet dancer is on target to waltz his way to fame with a series of gravity-defying photographs which could well be the ultimate self portraits. Tourists wandering through the cobbled streets of Paris would stand in awe as they saw Mickael Jou ...
  
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• Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble performs this weekend in Knoxville - WATE-TV

  25-02-2015 19:09
  
  WATE-TV
  Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble performs this weekend in Knoxville
  WATE-TV
  The Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble will be performing this weekend at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Seymour Volunteer Fire Department honorably retiring American flags. Updated: 25 mins ago. Blount County photographer, weather watcher Jeff ...
  
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• Djokovic Shows Off Players' Party Dance Moves - ATP World Tour

  25-02-2015 19:05
  
  Mirror.co.uk
  Djokovic Shows Off Players' Party Dance Moves
  ATP World Tour
  It looks like Novak Djokovic had some late-night inspiration before making quick work of his second-round opponent at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday. His 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Andrey Golubev came hot on the heels of Tuesday ...
  Andy Murray gets a full-on belly dance - and STILL he doesn't smileMirror.co.uk
  What will Kim say? Andy Murray enjoys an after-dinner exotic dance in DubaiExpress.c
  
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• Review: Los Angeles Ballet's 'Sleeping Beauty' awakens L.A. to a first-class ... - The Daily Breeze

  25-02-2015 18:49
  
  Review: Los Angeles Ballet's 'Sleeping Beauty' awakens L.A. to a first-class ...
  The Daily Breeze
  Julia Cinquemani and Luke Schaufuss perform in Los Angeles Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty." Photo by Reed Hutchinson. By Dany Margolies. Posted: 02/24/15, 12:54 PM PST | Updated: 44 secs ago. # Comments ...
  
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• Watch: Father, daughter come up with dance routine on snow day - kfor.com

  25-02-2015 18:20
  
  Watch: Father, daughter come up with dance routine on snow day
  kfor.com
  If you have the blues because of the forecast, one family in Dallas has the perfect solution for when you are stuck inside because of winter weather. The Hoffman family didn't want to be bored because of the cold, so when Ali saw her father, Michael ...
  
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• Dancer Savion Glover talks TV dance shows and his tour coming to Straz Center - Tampabay.com

  25-02-2015 18:15
  
  Dancer Savion Glover talks TV dance shows and his tour coming to Straz Center
  Tampabay.com
  In his latest tour, tap master Savion Glover takes his flying feet to sets of staircases, slamming the bass line and surfing the melodies of everyone from funkmaster Prince to Russian composer Shostakovich.
  
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• Concert of Dance at Stockton PAC Sunday - Press of Atlantic City

  25-02-2015 18:10
  Grand Island Independent
  Concert of Dance at Stockton PAC Sunday
  Press of Atlantic City
  Geanna DiMauro, 23, of Galloway Township, performing Rain Ross's "Sentimentally Yours" in 2013. She will perform in the Stockton Dance Company's concert Feb. 27 through March 2. Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 11:53 am. Concert of Dance at ...
  School board OKs middle school dance teamTimes Daily
  Centura wins first in high kick at state dance championshipsGrand Island Independent
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• Wahoo repeats as state dance pom champs - Wahoo Newspaper

  25-02-2015 18:08
  Wahoo Newspaper
  Wahoo repeats as state dance pom champs
  Wahoo Newspaper
  The Wahoo High School Dance Team (above)catches some air during halftime of the girls' subdistrict basketball game last Thursday evening at Elkhorn South High School. The team used the performance as a dress rehearsal for Saturday's appearance at ...
  
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• Daddy Daughter Dance - Sunbury Daily Item

  25-02-2015 18:03
  Sunbury Daily Item
  Daddy Daughter Dance
  Sunbury Daily Item
  Chris Snyder took a break from spinning tunes as a DJ to taking a spin around the dance floor with his daughters Kayleigh and Kaidence at the Daddy Daughter Dance, held Feb. 13 and hosted by Amy's Heavenly Angels Relay For Life team.
  
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• Columbia City Ballet brings Jonathan Green's painting to life this Saturday - Charleston City Paper

  25-02-2015 17:42
  
  Charleston City Paper
  Columbia City Ballet brings Jonathan Green's painting to life this Saturday
  Charleston City Paper
  This Sat. Feb. 28, the Columbia City Ballet is performing one of their most heralded — and rarely produced — original ballets, Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green. Created and choreographed by CCB director William ...
  
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• Chloe Lukasiak Finds Success After 'Dance Moms,' Lands Starring Role In 'Fool ... - International Business Times

  25-02-2015 17:15
  
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  Chloe Lukasiak Finds Success After 'Dance Moms,' Lands Starring Role In 'Fool ...
  International Business Times
  Singer Jess Godwin (left) and Chloe Lukasiak on the set of the music video "Fool Me Once." Chloe Lukasiak YouTube. Who needs “Dance Moms” when you have a career like Chloe Lukasiak? The former “Dance Moms” star appears to be having no trouble ...
  'Dance Moms' Girls Reunited: Chloe Lukasiak, Nia Frazier, And Paige Hyland ...The In
  
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• Dance Moms Recap: Tears Of A Clown - Reality Tea

  25-02-2015 15:32
  
  Reality Tea
  Dance Moms Recap: Tears Of A Clown
  Reality Tea
  I'd like to channel my inner Australian and boycott Abby Lee Miller. Seriously, Dance Moms was never exactly a picnic to watch, but this is getting, wait, no, this IS absolutely ridiculous and almost unbearable. We last left off with a disastrous ...
  'Dance Moms' Season 5, Episode 8 Recap: Kira Girard's Alleged Criminal ...International Business Times
  Dance Moms Season 5 Episode 8 recap: Out with a whimperChannel Guide M
  
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• Biba Bell proves yes, you actually can dance about architecture - Detroit Metro Times

  25-02-2015 14:16
  Biba Bell proves yes, you actually can dance about architecture
  Detroit Metro Times
  You've heard that old saying about "dancing about architecture," right? In a way, Biba Bell does that. Bell is gearing up for a series of performances that will be held in and influenced by a strange space — her Detroit apartment. We met Bell over ...
  
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• Little Penguins' Fan Relishing Attention After Dance Video Goes Viral - CBS Local

  25-02-2015 10:54
  
  CBS Local
  Little Penguins' Fan Relishing Attention After Dance Video Goes Viral
  CBS Local
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A boy from Butler County is getting noticed for the dancing he did during Sunday night's Penguins game. A video posted on Facebook is approaching one and a half million views.
  
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• Dance: Enter the Dragon - Jerusalem Post Israel News

  25-02-2015 10:24
  
  Dance: Enter the Dragon
  Jerusalem Post Israel News
  here are endless expressions regarding doors; that one closing opens a window or that you never know what's lurking behind one. Opening and closing doors is as ordinary an action as one can get, and yet choreographer Liu Lu finds it endlessly moving.
  
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• Ballet Evolution starts with collaboration - Charleston City Paper

  25-02-2015 10:05
  Charleston City Paper
  Ballet Evolution starts with collaboration
  Charleston City Paper
  What do you get when you combine a driven, neoclassical choreographer with a business-savvy impresaria and an Irish feminist composer? You get the newly formed Ballet Evolution, a collective of artists led by choreographer Jonathan Tabbert, Chamber ...
  
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• TEMECULA: Avocado Dance Theatre moves in Old Town Feb. 27 and 28 - Press-Enterprise

  25-02-2015 09:07
  
  Press-Enterprise
  TEMECULA: Avocado Dance Theatre moves in Old Town Feb. 27 and 28
  Press-Enterprise
  The company will put on its latest production, “body. clothes. armor.,” at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater on Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28. Today's PollWhat's this? Do you believe taking on student debt is worth it in the long run?
  
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• North Texas family's ice storm kitchen dance video goes viral - Dallas Morning News (blog)

  25-02-2015 08:18
  
  Dallas Morning News (blog)
  North Texas family's ice storm kitchen dance video goes viral
  Dallas Morning News (blog)
  A North Texas family, stuck home because of Monday's ice storm, refused to get depressed. Rather, the Hoffman family of Carrollton made a dance video in their kitchen and, much to their surprise, the video went viral. The YouTube video garnered more ...
  
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• Dance project with local roots now touring Europe - The Daily Advertiser

  25-02-2015 08:10
  
  The Daily Advertiser
  Dance project with local roots now touring Europe
  The Daily Advertiser
  Tonight in Schweinfurt, Germany, people are reading and hearing about Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel, University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Joe Savoie and other local names. Folks in Luxembourg and the Netherlands will do the same ...
  
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• Cal State Fullerton dance program overflowing with applicants - OCRegister

  25-02-2015 04:47
  
  OCRegister
  Cal State Fullerton dance program overflowing with applicants
  OCRegister
  CSUF dance instructor Muriel Joyce, left, assists a Ballet 3 student during a class. LEONARD ORTIZ, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. Debra Noble, CSUF's dance program director, has more dancers than she can handle – and it's a problem she's happy to have.
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Creator of Company That Honors All Body Shapes and Sizes Retires from Stage

  25-02-2015 01:51
  Maria Caruso has made her mark on the Pittsburgh dance scene by telling other people’s stories through her medical-themed ballets performed by her company, Bodiography Contemporary Ballet. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Carla Körbes This Year’s Artist-in-Residence at Vail Festival

  25-02-2015 01:43
  Carla Körbes, the Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer who announced last year that she would retire at the end of this season, will be the artist-in-residence at this year’s Vail International Dance Festival, according to the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: ENB Plans Revolutionary All-Female Choreographed Showcase

  25-02-2015 01:34
  Tamara Rojo, artistic director of English National Ballet, raised the game of the entire ballet profession last week by announcing a program of all-female choreography for ENB’s 2015–16 season. Continue reading
  
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