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• Ballet Apetrei to perform at Regional Dance America Festival - NOLA.com

  16-03-2015 23:30 via nola.com
  
  Ballet Apetrei to perform at Regional Dance America Festival
  NOLA.com
  The members of Ballet Apetrei, St. Tammany's resident non-profit ballet company, will be sharing their talents with those outside of the New Orleans area when they perform this spring as part of the Regional Dance America Festival in Monroe. Fifteen ...
  
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• Irish Dance practice - Arizona Daily Star

  16-03-2015 23:14
  
  Irish Dance practice
  Arizona Daily Star
  Eric Crone, 12, has won the regional title in Irish Dance for his age group for the third time. Now he is preparing to compete in the Worlds competition, along with five other students of Tir Conaill Academy of Irish Dance. Video by Angela Pittenger. 8 ...
  
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• Dance review: Dutch National Ballet's Cinderella - South China Morning Post (subscription)

  16-03-2015 23:06 via scmp.com
  
  South China Morning Post (subscription)
  Dance review: Dutch National Ballet's Cinderella
  South China Morning Post (subscription)
  Cinderella. Dutch National Ballet Grand Theatre. HK Cultural Centre. Reviewed: March 12. The Dutch National Ballet returned to the Hong Kong Arts Festival with a much-anticipated production of Cinderella created in 2012 by leading international ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Illinois Actors and Actresses Sought for National Awards Competition

  16-03-2015 21:27
  Applications are due April 15 for schools and students from the state of Illinois wishing to be considered for the fourth annual Illinois High School Musical Theater Awards, to be held June 1 at the Broadway Playhouse at Chicago’s Water Tower Place. Continue reading
  
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• A St. Paul Irish dance school kicks off St. Patrick's Day - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  16-03-2015 21:24
  
  A St. Paul Irish dance school kicks off St. Patrick's Day
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  A St. Paul dance school trains tots and teen champions — while getting ready for St. Patrick's Day. hide. Dancers from O'Shea Irish Dance (including, at top, Evan Lowe, Amy Green and Liam Slattery) rehearsed last week at Celtic Junction in St. Paul ...
  
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• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Does this ballet stand the test of time? - The Globe and Mail

  16-03-2015 21:16 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Does this ballet stand the test of time?
  The Globe and Mail
  As expected, the National Ballet of Canada's production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland earned an immediate standing ovation accompanied by cheers and bravos. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and his creative team have given the National a ...
  
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• Centenary Stage Company celebrates the art of dance with Dance Fest, March ... - NJ.com

  16-03-2015 21:09
  
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  Centenary Stage Company celebrates the art of dance with Dance Fest, March ...
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  Centenary Stage Company celebrates the art of dance in the Sitnik Theatre with a weekend full of unique performances by accomplished professional dance companies and individuals. This year's annual Dance Fest will feature the talents of Moe - tion ...
  
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• The Royal Ballet's Gorgeous SWAN LAKE in Cinemas 3/19 Only - Broadway World

  16-03-2015 21:05 via broadwayworld.com
  
  The Royal Ballet's Gorgeous SWAN LAKE in Cinemas 3/19 Only
  Broadway World
  Anthony Dowell's Production of the Greatest Romantic Ballet in History. This production draws upon the opulence of 1890s Russia. #ROHSwanLake. Date: Thursday, March 19 In Select Cinemas Nationwide Time: 7:00 p.m. (local time) Run Time: 3 hours 30 ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Precious Puppies Help to Ease Job Stress at American Ballet Theatre

  16-03-2015 20:42
  Ballet dancers have a tough life: so how about a softer, cuddlier look at the dance life, thanks to Instagram. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Supporters Speak Out with Checkbooks, Save Financially-Strapped Ballet San Jose

  16-03-2015 20:26
  California’s Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley successfully overshot its do-or-die fundraising goal over the weekend by almost $100,000, reported the Contra Costa Times. Continue reading
  
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• VOD: It's a Utah spring football dance party - Yahoo Sports (blog)

  16-03-2015 20:05
  
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  VOD: It's a Utah spring football dance party
  Yahoo Sports (blog)
  In honor of all the teams going dancing in the NCAA Tournament this week, we thought we'd show off some moves on the Dr. Saturday readership courtesy of the Utah football team. Yep, the Utes had a DJ spinning tracks while the teams held a dance-off on ...
  Bleeding Red: Back to the dance at last for the Runnin' UtesSt George News
  
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• Meet Grace Shibley, Corps De Ballet Dancer At SF Ballet - Hoodline

  16-03-2015 20:01 via hoodline.com
  
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  Meet Grace Shibley, Corps De Ballet Dancer At SF Ballet
  Hoodline
  Hayes Valley is lucky enough to have some the city's biggest cultural venues, like Davis Symphony Hall and the War Memorial Opera House, right in its backyard. With the San Francisco Ballet season in full swing, we thought it was time to catch up with ...
  
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• Lindsey Kelley Dance performs Ladle Weiss at the Masonic Temple - Mountain Xpress

  16-03-2015 19:35
  
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  Lindsey Kelley Dance performs Ladle Weiss at the Masonic Temple
  Mountain Xpress
  HOMAGE: The title piece to Ladle Weiss, a performance by local troupe Lindsey Kelley Dance, is "an ode to various significant female figures in my own life,” says choreographer Lindsey Kelley. Photo by Natasha Serrao Meduri. Dancer and choreographer ...
  
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• 'Shut Up' and Watch this Movie Dance Supercut! - Daily Beast

  16-03-2015 19:34
  
  Daily Beast
  'Shut Up' and Watch this Movie Dance Supercut!
  Daily Beast
  It's enough to get you over Monday. It's Monday. Tax Day is less than a month away. Spring is almost here… but not quite. Boost your mood by watching a supercut of some of the most memorable dance scenes in movie history. Set to Walk the Moon's song ...
  
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• Health events: Dance Your Heart Out, health fair - The News Journal

  16-03-2015 18:37
  
  The News Journal
  Health events: Dance Your Heart Out, health fair
  The News Journal
  Dance Your Heart Out. Christiana Care Health System will present a free health event, Dance Your Heart Out, Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, 815 Justison St., Wilmington. There will be instructor-led dance routines ...
  
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• Houston Ballet Academy presents a special Autism-friendly performance of My ... - Your Houston News

  16-03-2015 18:34 via yourhoustonnews.com
  Houston Ballet Academy presents a special Autism-friendly performance of My ...
  Your Houston News
  This performance, in the Margaret Alkek Williams Dance Lab at the Center for Dance in downtown Houston, is the first of its kind to be offered by Houston Ballet Academy and complements the year-round Adapted Dance programs, dance classes that adapt ...
  
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• On Sunday, March 29 at 11:30 am, Houston Ballet II will offer a performance of ... - Your Houston News

  16-03-2015 18:31 via yourhoustonnews.com
  On Sunday, March 29 at 11:30 am, Houston Ballet II will offer a performance of ...
  Your Houston News
  This performance, in the Margaret Alkek Williams Dance Lab at the Center for Dance in downtown Houston, is the first of its kind to be offered by Houston Ballet Academy and complements the year-round Adapted Dance programs, dance classes that adapt ...
  
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• Q & A: Rocky Mountain Diamond dance team - KTVB

  16-03-2015 18:04
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  Q & A: Rocky Mountain Diamond dance team
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  Rocky Mountain dance team captain Nikki Almanza talks about what it is going to take for the Diamonds repeat as state champions. Loading… Post to Facebook. Q & A: Rocky Mountain Diamond dance team Rocky Mountain dance team captain Nikki ...
  
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• Hip to be square: Ridge couple keeping rural dance alive - Brooklyn Paper

  16-03-2015 17:33
  
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  Hip to be square: Ridge couple keeping rural dance alive
  Brooklyn Paper
  Not her first rodeo: Dot Coy leads the Al E Mo's square dancing group, which meets weekly in the basement at Gravesend church St. Simon and Jude's. Her mother taight American folk dance at Fort Hamilton High School. Enlarge this image. Photo by Steve ...
  
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• 'So You Think You Can Dance' Alums Travis Wall, Twitch To Mentor in Season 12 - Variety

  16-03-2015 17:00
  
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  'So You Think You Can Dance' Alums Travis Wall, Twitch To Mentor in Season 12
  Variety
  “So You Think You Can Dance” will be bringing two of its alumni on board when it returns this summer for season 12. Travis Wall and Stephen “Twitch” Boss will join the competition dance series as mentors to the top 20 finalists. The two join new judges ...
  So You Think You Can Dance Vets Twitch and Travis Wall Joining Season 12 as ...TVOvermind
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• Selection Sunday: Temple Left Out Of NCAA's Big Dance - CBS Local

  16-03-2015 16:53
  
  CBS Local
  Selection Sunday: Temple Left Out Of NCAA's Big Dance
  CBS Local
  Temple was not selected to play in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images). Related Tags: College Basketball, Fran Dunphy, Joseph Santoliquito, March Madness, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, Temple Basketball, Temple Owls, ...
  
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• Stay healthy, learn to dance at EuroRhythm Dance Studio - ABC15 Arizona

  16-03-2015 16:51
  
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  Stay healthy, learn to dance at EuroRhythm Dance Studio
  ABC15 Arizona
  ((SL Advertiser)) Learn to dance at EuroRhythm Dance Studio. Visit www.euroRhythm.com or call 480-443-0205 for more information. KNXV. ((SL Advertiser)) Learn to dance at EuroRhythm Dance Studio. Visit www.euroRhythm.com or call 480-443-0205 for ...
  
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• In 20 years, there will be no ballet in Egypt: Ahmed Yehia - Daily News Egypt

  16-03-2015 16:09 via dailynewsegypt.com
  Daily News Egypt
  In 20 years, there will be no ballet in Egypt: Ahmed Yehia
  Daily News Egypt
  When the curtains rise and the coloured lights turn on, with the orchestra playing its enchanting piece in the background, you'll see him entering the stage in the prince's costume, dominating the audience's attention with his remarkable aura and ...
  
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• Student returns as guest dancer with Duchy Ballet - Western Morning News

  16-03-2015 15:34 via westernmorningnews.co.uk
  Western Morning News
  Student returns as guest dancer with Duchy Ballet
  Western Morning News
  A dance student described by his tutors as “outstanding” will be returning to Cornwall this week to perform as guest artist in Duchy Ballet's production of Cinderella. Owen Morris (pictured), from Liskeard, is currently a second-year student at Ballet ...
  
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• Ragamala Dance fuses jazz and traditional Indian dance - Albany Times Union

  16-03-2015 15:19
  
  Albany Times Union
  Ragamala Dance fuses jazz and traditional Indian dance
  Albany Times Union
  Albany. Ragamala Dance brought a Mississippi masala of sorts to the Egg Saturday evening — a fusion of jazz, South Indian rhythms and classical Bharat Natyam dance. At times, the music and the movement created a strange and beautiful dissonance; ...
  
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• Finland's National Opera invites the Moomins onstage for a ballet show - Newser

  16-03-2015 14:27 via newser.com
  Finland's National Opera invites the Moomins onstage for a ballet show
  Newser
  HELSINKI (AP) — In their home country, Finland, the popular white Moomin characters are everywhere: on television, mugs, wallpaper and bedding. They have a theme park and a museum, and even adorn airplanes of the national carrier. Article continues ...
  
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• Music, Irish dance on calendar for Monday - Greenville News

  16-03-2015 14:03
  
  Greenville News
  Music, Irish dance on calendar for Monday
  Greenville News
  Music and dance are the highlights of Monday's calendar, with a performance by the Furman Singers, along with an Irish-themed dance program in Newberry. Here's a look at what's going on: * Furman University Singers. Furman's 90-voice ensemble has ...
  
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• Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley succeeds with 'do-or-die' fundraising effort - The Argus

  16-03-2015 13:52 via insidebayarea.com
  
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  Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley succeeds with 'do-or-die' fundraising effort
  The Argus
  Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley successfully overshot its do-or-die fundraising goal over the weekend by almost $100,000. Many see it as a much-needed shot in the arm for the valley's fragile art scene. "The community does not want to lose another arts ...
  Ballet San Jose raises funds to stay aliveSFGate
  Silicon Valley's debt-plagued ballet company gets reprieveBradenton Herald
  
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• McGinley School of Irish Dance “steps” into the studio to promote Irish heritage - FOX43.com

  16-03-2015 13:26
  
  McGinley School of Irish Dance “steps” into the studio to promote Irish heritage
  FOX43.com
  Ahead of St. Patrick's Day, dancers from The McGinley School of Irish Dance strutted, stepped, and stomped in Fox43 studio with sparkling sequined outfits. The goal of the school is to promote Irish heritage through dance. What originally began as a ...
  
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• The Dance of Liberals and Radicals - Huffington Post

  16-03-2015 13:19
  
  The Dance of Liberals and Radicals
  Huffington Post
  March 15 was the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's best speech, his "We Shall Overcome" address applying the final round of pressure on Congress to enact the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Much of the speech invoked the bravery, dignity and historical ...
  
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• Maroon Magic Dance Team Successful Season Ends - SurfKY News

  16-03-2015 13:13
  SurfKY News
  Maroon Magic Dance Team Successful Season Ends
  SurfKY News
  MADISONVILLE, Ky. (3/16/15) ― The Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroon Magic Dance Team just completed a very successful season with a trip to the National Dance Association Nationals in Orlando. “Our goal from the beginning of the season was to ...
  
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• How to Dance One of Dancing With The Stars' Jazziest Performances - TIME

  16-03-2015 13:01
  
  TIME
  How to Dance One of Dancing With The Stars' Jazziest Performances
  TIME
  Boogie, Suzy-Q, Mooch and Shorty George may sound like nicknames for a group of after-school buddies from the 1950s—and they may well have been—but they are actually some of the building blocks of the Lindy Hop, a dance that developed during the ...
  
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• Birmingham Royal Ballet's Serenade and Carmina Burana – in pictures

  16-03-2015 12:15
  
  To mark their 25th anniversary, Birmingham Royal Ballet are staging Balanchine’s classic Serenade alongside BRB director David Bintley’s own Carmina Burana at the Coliseum Continue reading...
  
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• Heath Gill takes on Tennessee Williams' boxer Kilroy in Atlanta Ballet premiere - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

  16-03-2015 11:55 via artsculture.blog.ajc.com
  
  Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
  Heath Gill takes on Tennessee Williams' boxer Kilroy in Atlanta Ballet premiere
  Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
  Heath Gill has played some robust characters in his five-year career with Atlanta Ballet, but none quite like Kilroy, the former light heavyweight boxing champion who lands in the eerie port town of Camino Real. It's Gill's first time to originate a ...
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• BWW Reviews: Houston Ballet Proves World-Class Status With MODERN ... - Broadway World

  16-03-2015 11:35 via broadwayworld.com
  
  BWW Reviews: Houston Ballet Proves World-Class Status With MODERN ...
  Broadway World
  Houston Ballet welcomes springtime with MODERN MASTERS, an eclectic repertory showcase featuring George Balanchine's classic Ballo della Regina, Nacho Duato's earthy Jardi Tancat, and Harald Lander's technically exacting ballet, Etudes. Ballo Della ...
  
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• Lambada vs. The Forbidden Dance: The bizarre Hollywood rivalry that spawned ... - The Week Magazine

  16-03-2015 11:19
  
  The Week Magazine
  Lambada vs. The Forbidden Dance: The bizarre Hollywood rivalry that spawned ...
  The Week Magazine
  A quick skim through film history will highlight plenty of times when suspiciously similar films were released within weeks of each other. Armageddon and Deep Impact. Dante's Peak and Volcano. Antz and A Bug's Life. But in all of Hollywood history ...
  
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• Review: Spandau Ballet at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle - The Journal

  16-03-2015 10:10 via thejournal.co.uk
  
  The Journal
  Review: Spandau Ballet at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
  The Journal
  If you had told me, 25 years on, that I would be spending two hours on watching Spandau Ballet, I would have begged to differ. While the rest of the world was buying their records, I gravitated instead to spikey young men who wanted to change the world ...
  
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• Former 'Dance Moms' Star Chloe Lukasiak Leaves Abby Lee Dance Company ... - Design & Trend

  16-03-2015 09:33
  
  Design & Trend
  Former 'Dance Moms' Star Chloe Lukasiak Leaves Abby Lee Dance Company ...
  Design & Trend
  (Photo : YouTube/Chloe Lukasiak) Former "Dance Moms" cast member Chloe Lukasiak recently won big in her first few competitions under Studio 19. Former "Dance Moms" star Chloe Lukasiak previously left Abby Lee Miller's dance company to join Studio ...
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• Square Dancing May Become Nevada's Official Dance - Capital Public Radio News

  16-03-2015 08:11
  
  Square Dancing May Become Nevada's Official Dance
  Capital Public Radio News
  Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Ky Plaskon / Capital Public Radio. Couples are busting square dance moves in Eagles Hall east of Reno. What makes this ...
  
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• The week in arts: Offbeat, Newcastle Writers and Young at Heart festivals

  16-03-2015 07:44
  
  A film festival aimed squarely at older cinephiles, the final days of Dance Massive, and Newcastle’s writers festival make our picks of the arts weekA festival for anyone who loves good rhythm, this three day event will see percussion ensemble Defying Gravity create a mass soundscape, electronic and hip-hop artists perform alongside four-piece percussion group The Wheel Turns, and drummer Daniel Susnjar bang out his Afro-Peruvian inspired rhythms and jazz tunes.
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• Students with special needs thrive under Millcreek dance teacher - GoErie.com

  16-03-2015 05:14
  
  Students with special needs thrive under Millcreek dance teacher
  GoErie.com
  Dance instructor Erica Szymanowski (foreground) works with a dance group March 10 at Dance Vibe in Millcreek Township. She is shown here with Celia Strumila, 11. Szymanowski, 32, works with special-needs dancers during several weekly studio ...
  
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• Melbourne Ballet Company's Lucidity to star Adam Thurlow at Hawthorn Arts ... - Sydney Morning Herald

  16-03-2015 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
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  Melbourne Ballet Company's Lucidity to star Adam Thurlow at Hawthorn Arts ...
  Sydney Morning Herald
  It's been less than a decade since the Melbourne Ballet Company arrived on the scene but in that time the small organisation has proven surprisingly sure-footed. A new performance, Lucidity, will take place this month at Hawthorn Arts Centre featuring ...
  
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• Depth of Field review – Chunky Move scratches at the surface of Australia

  16-03-2015 00:54
  
  Malthouse theatre forecourt, Melbourne
  Rolling through clouds of sand dust, Anouk van Dijk’s dancers could be the apocalypse survivors of Mad Max but her choreography is markedly expatEver since she took on the reins of Melbourne’s flagship contemporary dance company, Anouk van Dijk seems to have been obsessively measuring the distance between Australia and her native Europe.All her work for Chunky Move has so far revolved around a few tightly interlinked themes: what it means to belong, bot
  
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