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• DSL NewsWire: RI Elementary Students Walk in Support of Dance Therapy Program

  31-03-2015 22:36
  Harold F. Scott Elementary School of Warwick, Rhode Island, will holds its annual Scott School Walkathon on April 8 in support of the Andréa Rizzo Foundation’s nationwide fundraising effort, Dréa’s Dream, a tax-exempt organization dedicated to bringing dance therapy to children with cancer and special needs at public schools and pediatric hospitals across the country. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Choreographer Lucinda Childs’ Archival Materials Available Online

  31-03-2015 22:28
  A Steady Pulse: Restaging Lucinda Childs, 1963–78 is a new web-based publication that reexamines the early dances of one of America’s most influential contemporary choreographers. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: “Two Tips” Columnist Thelma Goldberg is BDA 2015 “Dance Champion”

  31-03-2015 22:19
  Dance Studio Life columnist and Massachusetts studio owner Thelma Goldberg will receive the 2015 Dr. Michael Shannon Dance Champion Award from the Boston Dance Alliance at the organization’s May 14 gala. Continue reading
  
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• Try This: Dance fitness requires no special talent - Florida Today

  31-03-2015 20:08
  
  Florida Today
  Try This: Dance fitness requires no special talent
  Florida Today
  When was the last time you danced yourself into a sweaty, grinning frenzy? I'd bet that for many of you, your answer might be linked to the last time you had too many cocktails. This week's Try This feature just so happens to be one of my favorite ways ...
  
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• March-April 2015 | Tap Festivals

  31-03-2015 15:38
  If you’re looking for an intensive tap experience for you or your students, we’ve got you covered. Just browse through our annual listing of national and international festivals, most of which include workshop classes, performances, and more. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Bright Biz Idea |Dance & Diversify

  31-03-2015 15:36
  For small-business owner Hillary Parnell, business is anything but small. The owner and artistic director of Academy for the Performing Arts (APA) in Apex, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, Parnell has grown her school from a 4,000-square-foot dance-focused facility to one with 10,000 square feet and multiple programs. Continue reading
  
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• Highlands Ballet Company had the audience on its toes - TriCities.com

  31-03-2015 15:35 via tricities.com
  Highlands Ballet Company had the audience on its toes
  TriCities.com
  The Highlands Ballet Company's original production of “The Wizard of Oz” was performed to a packed house at the Mary W. Lawson Auditorium at Southwest Virginia Community College. It was a smashing finale for the Citizens for the Arts 2014-15 season.and more »
  
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• March-April 2015 | 2 Music Tips for Teachers | The Classical Period: Part 2

  31-03-2015 15:35
  When using a piece of music for class or choreography, it’s helpful to understand its form. Two important musical forms created by 18th-century composers are the sonata and rondo forms. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | 2 Tips for Hip-Hop Teachers | Drop-Freeze and Dolphin Dive

  31-03-2015 15:33
  The drop-freeze to the back is an important basic ground move. From a neutral standing position, dancers squat down on the balls of their feet and balance with heels raised. Remind them to keep the spine straight and the weight centered over the toes. One hand goes to the floor, a few inches in front of the toes. The hand takes most of the weight as the dancers shoot the legs backward, away from the supporting hand, to land in a one-handed push-up position. The body isn’t stiff or straight as
  
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• March-April 2015 | 2 Tips for Modern & Contemporary Teachers | Focus and Shaping Momentum

  31-03-2015 15:31
  Training an awareness of focus is a vital part of developing students into dancers and artists. As my students work in class, I often notice their eyes and their focus first. Their focus can tell me how they’re receiving corrections and information, and also whether they understand shifts from one style or technique to another. While training the physical body, make sure you’re also training students to be mindful of being present in their focus. Encourage them to think about whether the tec
  
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• March-April 2015 | 2 Tips for Tap Teachers | Soft Shoe

  31-03-2015 15:30
  Soft shoe should be integral to all tap curriculums. Appropriate for all levels and ages, studying soft shoe increases awareness of tempo, tone, and placement. Originally done in soft shoes, sometimes on sand, this style is known for a slow, dignified, and graceful approach, made popular in the vaudeville years by George Primrose and in the 1930s and 1940s by the artists known as “class acts.” A famous routine is Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins’ slow soft shoe, known for its beautiful precisi
  
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• March-April 2015 | 2 Tips for Ballet Teachers | Finger Turns

  31-03-2015 15:28
  For successful finger turns, it’s important for the female partner to ronde de jambe her working leg a full 90 degrees, from devant to à la seconde, before pulling it back into a turned-out passé. If she rushes this movement and cuts short its path in space, she’ll sacrifice needed force and energy. Have students visualize tapping an imaginary wall with the toe at the farthest point in à la seconde before pulling the leg back into passé. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Ask Rhee Gold

  31-03-2015 15:25
  I’ve owned my school for 28 years. One of my teachers has two teenage assistants who work with her. She teaches many classes with kids ages 8 to 12; class sizes vary from 8 to 16 students. Often, her classes are out of control—the room is noisy, the kids aren’t listening, and sometimes the teacher talks to a small group while the other students run around and the assistants stand around looking bored. I’ve brought up my concerns with her, and she says she needs another assistant to help
  
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• March-April 2015 | College Close-Ups | Boston University

  31-03-2015 15:23
  Boston University (BU) offers an extensive program of dance and movement courses through its Department of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (PERD) and School of Theatre in the College of Fine Arts. Although BU, a private institution, does not offer a dance major, it offers a dance minor program to undergraduate students in all majors. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Classroom Connection

  31-03-2015 15:21
  “I can’t turn anymore!” is a lament you may occasionally hear, and a problem many dancers face at some point in their training. This statement means more than “I am having a bad class,” or “I am not on my leg today.” This student knows that her turns have been consistently off for a series of classes, has probably tried some preliminary troubleshooting, and is now feeling anxious. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Teacher in the Spotlight | Ellen Dyer

  31-03-2015 15:19
  NOMINATED BY: Sara Carbo, owner, River Oaks Dance: “I own a dance program that caters to children ages 3 to 8, and Ellen has been an integral part from day one. She performs in many theater productions in the Houston area, and brings that energy and animation into class. I know my program wouldn’t be as successful without her dedication.” Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Mail

  31-03-2015 15:17
  I love your magazine, Facebook posts, and [Rhee Gold’s] recent webinar. This is my fourth year as a studio owner. I cannot agree more with you regarding inappropriate costumes, music, and movement for young dancers. Then I open your magazine and see an ad for a competition with a 7-year-old in a bra top with her hip thrown out, or holding her leg up without proper alignment. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Moving Images

  31-03-2015 15:16
  In the 1930s, dance pioneer Ted Shawn founded Jacob’s Pillow on a mountaintop farm in the Berkshires. Its long-running summer festival is a rural destination for dance in all its forms, drawing artists and audiences from around the world. This documentary depicts the Pillow’s magic through performances, interviews, and behind-the-scenes and archival footage. Narrated by Bill T. Jones, it features Merce Cunningham, Suzanne Farrell, Mark Morris, Bill Irwin, and many others. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | Page Turners

  31-03-2015 15:14
  Sometimes art is made by one artist working alone, and sometimes it’s the result of artists working together—collaborating—to forge something new. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the collaboration that created the 1944 modern dance classic Appalachian Spring, between choreographer Martha Graham, composer Aaron Copland, and sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Continue reading
  
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• March-April 2015 | EditorSpeak

  31-03-2015 15:11
  I’m writing this the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, at a time when world events make me wonder whether we, as individuals and societies and nations, will ever think of one another as equals. Serendipitously, I came across an interview with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle in which he speaks about dance’s role as an equalizer. (See charlierose.com, air date December 25, 2014.) Continue reading
  
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• Watch Gonzo from The Muppets Perform “The Humpty Dance” - Slate Magazine (blog)

  31-03-2015 14:36
  
  Slate Magazine (blog)
  Watch Gonzo from The Muppets Perform “The Humpty Dance”
  Slate Magazine (blog)
  Anyone who watched The Muppets knows Gonzo was a bit of a weirdo. But in this video from mashup artist Mylo the Cat (yes, the very same YouTuber that made the Muppets “rap” the Beastie Boys), Gonzo's freak flag flies higher than ever as he performs ...
  Gonzo From The Muppets Is Really Good at The Humpty DanceTIME
  Gonzo goes wild in new 'Humpty Dance' video, plus more Mupp
  
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• Vienna Orchestra, Kremlin Ballet and Alexander Labas – What to Do on Monday - The Moscow Times

  31-03-2015 14:32 via themoscowtimes.com
  The Moscow Times
  Vienna Orchestra, Kremlin Ballet and Alexander Labas – What to Do on Monday
  The Moscow Times
  ROZA AzoraAlexander Labas. Etudes: Works by this acclaimed Russian avant-garde artist, to April 19. Located at Roza Azora Gallery. Beauty and the Beast (Krasavitsa i Chudovishche): Kremlin Ballet production based on the fairy tale. Choreographer Wayne ...
  
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• BWW Reviews: Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Presents Harlequinade and Cavalry Halt - Broadway World

  31-03-2015 12:23 via broadwayworld.com
  
  BWW Reviews: Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Presents Harlequinade and Cavalry Halt
  Broadway World
  On March 27 & 28, 2015, Co-Artistic Directors, Gelsey Kirkland and Michael Chernov presented, at Peter Norton Symphony Space, a double bill of Marius Petipa's ballets of another era, well chosen for their young company, a large number of whom are ...
  
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• A world of enchantment in Ballet Theatre UK's Aladdin, at Dartford's Orchard ... - Kent Online

  31-03-2015 11:16 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A world of enchantment in Ballet Theatre UK's Aladdin, at Dartford's Orchard ...
  Kent Online
  Following a successful tour of their adaptation of Swan Lake, Ballet Theatre UK are back with a production more normally associated with pantomime. Aladdin is a dazzling re-telling of this exotic classic tale boldly brought to life through the magic of ...
  
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• Dance team looks to gain respect - The Appalachian Online

  31-03-2015 07:32
  
  The Appalachian Online
  Dance team looks to gain respect
  The Appalachian Online
  One of the groups that works to achieve crowd enthusiasm and interaction at Appalachian State University is the ASU Elite Dance Team, which performs at home football, basketball and wrestling games and matches. The team has been performing for more ...
  
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• First annual Daddy-Daughter Dance held - York News-Times

  31-03-2015 07:07
  First annual Daddy-Daughter Dance held
  York News-Times
  News-Times/Maegan Detlefs - Ryan Krumbach puts a corsage around the wrist of his daughter, Lily Nuss , 9, at the Daddy-Daughter Dance last Saturday night. Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 12:01 am, Tue Mar 31, 2015. First annual ...and more »
  
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• 'Dancing With The Stars' couples feel the heat for 'Latin Week': Dance-by ... - KABC-TV

  31-03-2015 07:06
  
  KABC-TV
  'Dancing With The Stars' couples feel the heat for 'Latin Week': Dance-by ...
  KABC-TV
  'Latin Week' on 'Dancing With The Stars' saw a tie for first and a tie for the worst. See who went home. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid=590877" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. KABC. By Cari ...
  Dancing with the Stars 2015 Spoilers: Week 3 Dance Styles Reveal
  
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• An Evening of Dance: Orchesis Impresses with Students' Choreography - The Flat Hat

  31-03-2015 07:04
  
  The Flat Hat
  An Evening of Dance: Orchesis Impresses with Students' Choreography
  The Flat Hat
  Even in their modern, abstract nature, the pieces performed at Orchesis' "An Evening of Dance" were striking and powerful. GRAPHIC BY BRIAN KAO / THE FLAT HAT. Orchesis Dance Company's spring showcase, “An Evening of Dance,” offered a diverse ...
  
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• Dance Marathon to host Registration Day - Iowa City Press Citizen

  31-03-2015 06:52
  
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  Dance Marathon to host Registration Day
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  Dance Marathon will host a Registration Day from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Hubbard Commons and in Burge Lobby near the Marketplace. This event is an opportunity for prospective and returning dancers to learn more about the event and to register ...
  University of Iowa schedules Dance Marathon registration daykwwl.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• Police: Victim alleges Fort Mill dance instructor 'inappropriately touched' him - The Herald

  31-03-2015 05:14
  
  The Herald
  Police: Victim alleges Fort Mill dance instructor 'inappropriately touched' him
  The Herald
  The dance studio operator arrested Friday in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a student at the operator's North Carolina home also has been accused of inappropriately touching the boy over a five-year period at the Fort Mill recreation ...and more »
  
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• Gonzo And The Muppets Do Digital Underground's 'Humpty Dance' In New ... - Huffington Post (satire)

  31-03-2015 05:14
  
  Huffington Post (satire)
  Gonzo And The Muppets Do Digital Underground's 'Humpty Dance' In New ...
  Huffington Post (satire)
  All right, stop whatcha doin' because the latest Muppets mashup video is here and it features Gonzo taking on Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance." Gonzo, of course, plays the role of Shock G, which is fitting since the rapper is known to don an ...
  Watch Gonzo from The Muppets Perform “The Humpty Dance”Slate Magazine (blog)all 8 news a
  
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• 'Dancing With the Stars' 2015: Charlotte McKinney Departs Dance Floor In Week ... - ABC News

  31-03-2015 04:38
  ABC News
  'Dancing With the Stars' 2015: Charlotte McKinney Departs Dance Floor In Week ...
  ABC News
  Charlotte McKinney, the model who became a sensation after she starred in a racy Super Bowl commercial for Carl's Jr., was voted off ABC's “Dancing With the Stars” tonight. Even though she and Chris Soules were both in jeopardy of going home tonight ...and more »
  
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• "Trace" shows off Ballet BC's strong storytelling and diversity - The Vancouver Observer

  31-03-2015 04:27 via vancouverobserver.com
  
  The Vancouver Observer
  "Trace" shows off Ballet BC's strong storytelling and diversity
  The Vancouver Observer
  There is no doubt that Ballet BC's dancers are artists of note and that Emily Molnar's vision is exemplary. With Traces, running at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre March 26, 27 & 28, showcasing three pieces of choreography from William Forsythe, Walter ...
  
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• Peter Pan flies into Schroeder, courtesy the NYS Ballet company - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)

  31-03-2015 03:05 via democratandchronicle.com
  
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)
  Peter Pan flies into Schroeder, courtesy the NYS Ballet company
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)
  This is a great event for the Webster community, especially for families with young kids. NEW YORK STATE BALLET PERFORMING “PETER PAN”. The New York State Ballet will perform its completely original rendition of Peter Pan on Saturday,. April 25 at 2 ...
  
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• Joel Embiid dressed in Sixers warmups just to dance - SB Nation

  31-03-2015 02:47
  
  Joel Embiid dressed in Sixers warmups just to dance
  SB Nation
  Philadelphia fans had a minor freakout before tip-off against the Lakers when Joel Embiid -- still yet to play as a 76er -- did pre-game ceremonies in warm-ups: Look who's dressed. pic.twitter.com/sGlbvuHkUs. — Philadelphia 76ers (@Sixers) March 30, 2015.and more »
  
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• 'Dance Moms' episode may include Redlands troupe Dance Horizons - Redlands Daily Facts

  31-03-2015 02:33
  
  'Dance Moms' episode may include Redlands troupe Dance Horizons
  Redlands Daily Facts
  Dancers from Dance Horizons in Redlands perform at the Redlands Bowl on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Staff File Photo. Local fans of the Lifetime reality television series Dance Moms may be excited to hear that dancers with Redlands' Dance Horizons on ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: DTH Exists to Prove That, in Ballet, Color Doesn’t Matter

  31-03-2015 02:24
  “Panel after panel convenes to ask why there are not more dancers of color in ballet. My heart sinks every time. Where is Dance Theatre of Harlem in this conversation?” asks DTH artistic director and former professional dancer Virginia Johnson in a column in Huffington Post. Continue reading
  
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• Electronic dance revolution at The Cellar Door - Visalia Times-Delta

  31-03-2015 02:17
  
  Visalia Times-Delta
  Electronic dance revolution at The Cellar Door
  Visalia Times-Delta
  Dan Littleton is used to being recognized — not just as the owner of the live music and entertainment venue The Cellar Door in downtown Visalia — but also as a teacher. So it comes as no surprise that he was interrupted while in the middle of a work ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Series Seeks To Address Lack of Female Ballet Choreographers

  31-03-2015 02:07
  CounterPointe3, the third edition of an annual curated performance series that features 11 women choreographers making new work en pointe, will run April 10 to 12 in downtown Brooklyn’s The Actors Fund Arts Center. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s Closing a Cautionary Tale

  31-03-2015 01:56
  With a wealthy patron who loved dance, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet was the envy of many in New York’s dance world. Continue reading
  
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• ISU fraternity suspended over barn dance last fall - Bloomington Pantagraph

  31-03-2015 01:51
  
  Bloomington Pantagraph
  ISU fraternity suspended over barn dance last fall
  Bloomington Pantagraph
  BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington shuttle service operator says he is out of the barn dance business. Read more · ISU fraternity could face sanctions in barn dance event. NORMAL — An Illinois State University fraternity faces possible sanctions for its ...
  
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• School of arts adds in-house ballet company - Tampa Bay Newspapers

  31-03-2015 01:28 via tbnweekly.com
  
  School of arts adds in-house ballet company
  Tampa Bay Newspapers
  CLEARWATER – Ruth Eckerd Hall and the Marcia P. Hoffman School of the Arts recently announced the addition of a new in-house ballet company, Tampa Ballet Theatre. Through this partnership, Tampa Ballet Theatre will work with the Marcia P. Hoffman ...
  
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• Must Watch: 12 Monkeys' Amazing Coke-Fueled Himalayan Mummy Dance Party - io9

  31-03-2015 01:18
  
  io9
  Must Watch: 12 Monkeys' Amazing Coke-Fueled Himalayan Mummy Dance Party
  io9
  Even apart from its many other delights, Syfy's decision to make a TV series of 12 Monkeys will have been worth it just for this weird-ass scene where businessmen wheel out a thousand-year-old frozen corpse in a Japanese nightclub. Now THAT's a party!and more »
  
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• LA Ballet delivers a classically pure 'Sleeping Beauty' - Los Angeles Times

  31-03-2015 01:10 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  LA Ballet delivers a classically pure 'Sleeping Beauty'
  Los Angeles Times
  Dancing through its first nine seasons, Los Angeles Ballet has bravely tackled one rite of passage after another — not merely the major Balanchine and Bournonville choreographies that are its stylistic birthright but, increasingly, the top-of-the-list ...
  Huntsville Ballet Company to present 'The Sleeping Beauty'Madison Record
  Gala night of ballet on offerEvesham Observerall 3 news arti
  
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• Dance review: Ballet Austin's “Director's Choice” - austin360 (blog)

  31-03-2015 01:01
  
  austin360 (blog)
  Dance review: Ballet Austin's “Director's Choice”
  austin360 (blog)
  Ballet Austin presented a mixed repertory program at the Long Center this weekend, collectively titled “Director's Choice.” Ballet Austin performed Jennifer Hart's "To Here." Photo by Tony Spielberg. Ballet Austin performed Jennifer Hart's “To Here ...
  
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• Pilobolus brings wit, acrobatics, athleticism to dance - Greenville News

  31-03-2015 00:33
  
  Greenville News
  Pilobolus brings wit, acrobatics, athleticism to dance
  Greenville News
  Pilobolus is a dance company that appeals even to people who've never attended a dance concert. A typical performance is full of wit, acrobatics, pretzel-like contortions and superb athleticism. Oh, and dance, too. “We're sort of a gateway company to ...
  Pilobolus Dance Theater to grace OCCC stage with contemporary danceEdmond Sunall 2 news articles »
  
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