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• Athlete of the Week: Hip-hop dance team is on a mission - WISH-TV

  07-04-2015 23:52
  
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  Athlete of the Week: Hip-hop dance team is on a mission
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  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In late April, The Senior Dance Champions, an all-star hip hop team from Whiteland, Indiana, will try to show they're the best in the world. At the end of the month, they'll head to Orlando, Florida to compete in the U.S. All ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Missouri, New York Studio Performances Support Dance Therapy

  07-04-2015 23:44
  Dancers’ Alley of Jefferson City, Missouri, and Astoria Dance Centre of Astoria, New York, will both hold benefit performances for the Andréa Rizzo Foundation’s nationwide fundraising effort, Dance Across America. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: PNB Dancers’ Photo Series Highlights Interesting Seattle Locales

  07-04-2015 23:19
  A historic hotel in the heart of Seattle, a forest outside Redmond, Seattle’s EMP Museum: all are settings for Humans of Ballet, an ambitious project that melds the beauty of the human form with interesting and beautiful places, reports King 5 News. Continue reading
  
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• Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition nearly killed by the Khmer Rouge - PBS NewsHour

  07-04-2015 23:02
  
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  Watch the 1000-year-old dance tradition nearly killed by the Khmer Rouge
  PBS NewsHour
  Charya Burt trained in and taught classical Cambodian dance in Phnom Penh, where her family suffered oppression by the Khmer Rouge. Now in the Bay Area, she's passing on her art — and pushing it in new directions. Video produced and edited by ...and more »
  
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• A double dance hit at the Strand Theatre: Boston Ballet to 'Rethink Ballet' on ... - Dorchester Reporter

  07-04-2015 22:47
  
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  A double dance hit at the Strand Theatre: Boston Ballet to 'Rethink Ballet' on ...
  Dorchester Reporter
  The forecast for Fri., April 10, is for lightning – balletic lightning, that is – to strike twice at the Strand Theatre: once in the morning and once in the evening. That is the day when Boston Ballet returns to Uphams Corner for the sixth time with ...
  
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• Storm Troopers, Vader himself may get down at Project Dance - Chicago Tribune

  07-04-2015 22:47
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Storm Troopers, Vader himself may get down at Project Dance
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  Hundreds of participants in Stevenson High School's Project Dance got down during the 2013 edition. This weekend's event will include Star Wars costumers. Hundreds of participants in Stevenson High School's Project Dance got down during the 2013 ...
  
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• 5-Day Musical Theater, Ballet, or Music Video Camps for ages 3-12 starting at ... - San Diego Reader

  07-04-2015 22:28 via sandiegoreader.com
  5-Day Musical Theater, Ballet, or Music Video Camps for ages 3-12 starting at ...
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  #Scripps Performing Arts Academy is offering a variety of fun and interactive 5-day summer camps with a nurturing and talented faculty for ages 3-12. Choose from several sessions running Monday through Friday from June 15th through August 21st:.and more »
  
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• Moscow Ballet coming to Albany - Albany Times Union (blog)

  07-04-2015 22:19 via blog.timesunion.com
  
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  Moscow Ballet coming to Albany
  Albany Times Union (blog)
  It barely even feels like spring yet, but winter will be back eventually (sorry). And with it: Nutcrackers. The Palace Theatre has just made room on its calendar for a 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, appearance by the Moscow Ballet performing “The Great ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Marijuana Odors Concern Michigan Studio Owner, Parents

  07-04-2015 21:17
  Bethany Hellen, who owns a dance studio in Bessemer, Michigan, attended Monday’s city council meeting along with several parents of dance students to voice concerns about the medical marijuana caregiver who resides above the studio, reported the Daily Globe. Continue reading
  
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• How Ballet Helped Me Heal After I Was Sexually Abused - Huffington Post

  07-04-2015 21:01 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  How Ballet Helped Me Heal After I Was Sexually Abused
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  Ballet requires dedication, strength, confidence, bravery, endurance, grace, hope, joy, passion, concentration, memory, self-esteem, flexibility, knowing who you are, critical analysis, adaptability, ability to learn quickly, pain tolerance and ...
  
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• Michelle Obama upstages Easter bunny with 'Uptown Funk' dance - Christian Science Monitor

  07-04-2015 20:02
  
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  Michelle Obama upstages Easter bunny with 'Uptown Funk' dance
  Christian Science Monitor
  Michelle Obama showed off her boogie bonafides by upstaging both the president and the Easter bunny at Monday's White House Easter Egg Roll. By Husna Haq, Correspondent April 7, 2015. About video ads. First Lady Busts a Move at Egg Roll. This year's ...
  First Lady Michelle Obama shows off egg-cellent dance moves during annual ...ABC Action News
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• Boston Ballet at the Strand Theatre - BayStateBanner

  07-04-2015 19:58 via baystatebanner.com
  
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  Boston Ballet at the Strand Theatre
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  BOSTON – Boston Ballet, in partnership with the City of Boston and Boston Public Schools, will present two performances at Dorchester's Strand Theatre on Friday, April 10. This annual showcase includes an 11 AM matinee for public school audiences.
  
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• Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Palais des Congrès, Paris — review - Financial Times

  07-04-2015 19:26 via ft.com
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  Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Palais des Congrès, Paris — review
  Financial Times
  Pop stars tend not to age well. For more than half a century, choreographer Maurice Béjart filled concert halls across France with the same ease as the biggest names in music; in the eight years since his death, however, his name has slipped quietly ...
  
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• This DJ Turned a Subway Car Into a Dance Party - TIME

  07-04-2015 19:02
  
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  This DJ Turned a Subway Car Into a Dance Party
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  As any commuter can tell you, riding the New York City subway is normally “a small death.” After suffering through endlessly bleak trips on the train, one DJ decided to shake things up by turning a subway fare into the hottest ticket in town. With the ...
  Here's What Happened When Some Folks Threw A Dance Party In A New York ...Huffington Post
  Partiers throw a DJ dance rager on the NYC subwayMashable
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• Suzanne Somers Dedicates Three's Company Dance to Late Costar John Ritter ... - Us Magazine

  07-04-2015 18:38
  
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  Suzanne Somers Dedicates Three's Company Dance to Late Costar John Ritter ...
  Us Magazine
  They'll always have Chrissy and Jack! Suzanne Somers threw back to the late '70s for her "emotional journey" performance on Dancing With the Stars on Monday, April 6. The actress (with Chrissy pigtails!) dedicated her foxtrot to her late Three's ...
  Suzanne Somers and Tony Dovolani Dance 'Foxtrot' on Dancing With The StarsZeibizall 20 news articles »
  
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• Tiger Woods Works On Dance Moves, Short Game During Masters Practice (GIF) - NESN.com

  07-04-2015 17:36
  
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  Tiger Woods Works On Dance Moves, Short Game During Masters Practice (GIF)
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  Rhythm is a key element to the golf swing, which might explain Tiger Woods' performance Monday at Augusta. The former world No. 1 is in Georgia for Masters week and after announcing he'd be returning to play the season's first major, it was time for ...and more »
  
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• Pennsylvania Ballet Presents a Tribute to West Side Story Choreographer ... - The Dance Journal (blog)

  07-04-2015 17:27 via philadelphiadance.org
  Pennsylvania Ballet Presents a Tribute to West Side Story Choreographer ...
  The Dance Journal (blog)
  Pennsylvania Ballet celebrates the versatility and genius of famed American choreographer, Jerome Robbins, with A Tribute to Jerome Robbins that includes the company premiere of In G Major, and performances of The Concert and Fancy Free on the ...
  
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• Willow Shields & Mark Ballas Do 'Hunger Games' Inspired Dance on 'DWTS ... - Just Jared

  07-04-2015 16:01
  
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  Willow Shields & Mark Ballas Do 'Hunger Games' Inspired Dance on 'DWTS ...
  Just Jared
  Willow Shields and Mark Ballas performed an extraordinary Hunger Games inspired dance on Dancing with the Stars on Monday (April 6) live from Hollywood. The 14-year-old actress and her pro partner received the highest score of the season – a whopping ...
  Willow Shields and Mark Ballas's DWTS Week 4 Hunger Games Dance (VIDEO)Wetpaint
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• Let’s Tanz: Pina Bausch’s dancers on her unearthed 80s creations

  07-04-2015 15:54
  
  Thirty years after they were first staged, two of the great German choreographer’s shows are getting a UK premiere. Expect mud, sweat, tears and giant cactuses“You come on with a certain energy and then as soon as you get on stage it’s like – whoomp! – someone’s kind of holding you down. The heaviness is really present.” Scott Jennings is explaining what it’s like to make an entrance on a stage that’s buried beneath a deep layer of earth. “Just to stand there, you already fee
  
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• Adorable Twin Baby Girls Dance Ecstatically When Their Mom Starts Singing - Huffington Post

  07-04-2015 15:42
  
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  Adorable Twin Baby Girls Dance Ecstatically When Their Mom Starts Singing
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  Feeling down? Just watch these devastatingly cute twin baby girls dissolve into happy dancing as their mother sings the theme song to the BBC soap "EastEnders." Amira and Amel gleefully flap their arms. They laugh. They shimmy and shake. It's so ...
  
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• WATCH: Noah Galloway dedicates 'DWTS' dance to difficult recovery - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  07-04-2015 09:37
  
  WATCH: Noah Galloway dedicates 'DWTS' dance to difficult recovery
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  During "Dancing With the Stars" on Monday, war veteran Noah Galloway dedicated an emotional modern dance to a time he'll never forget. It was 2005 — the year a violent roadside bomb blast in Iraq claimed his left arm and left leg and his long road to ...and more »
  
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• Teenage dancers' diaries: ‘Looking at the schedule makes your body hurt’

  07-04-2015 09:00
  
  Three National Youth Dance Company students describe having their minds opened and their skills tested while working with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui ahead of a UK-wide tourA group of 30 young dancers from around the UK were selected to join the National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) and work with the choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui on a new dance piece, which will premiere at Sadler’s Wells in London on 10 April and then tour around the country.Here, three of the dancers, Jahmarley Bac
  
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• 'Dancing With The Stars' week 4: Dance-by-dance recap - KABC-TV

  07-04-2015 07:13
  
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  'Dancing With The Stars' week 4: Dance-by-dance recap
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  It was game over for one couple on week four of 'Dancing With The Stars.' See who went home. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid=635298" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. KABC. By Cari Skillman.
  The Story Behind Michael Sam's Emotional Final Dancing with the Stars ...People Magazineall 314 news articles&n
  
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• All the world's a stage for Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers - KING5.com

  07-04-2015 06:04 via king5.com
  
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  All the world's a stage for Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers
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  From the galleries of EMP Museum to the forests outside Redmond, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers are showing up where you least expect them. Loading… Post to Facebook. All the world's a stage for Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers From the galleries of ...
  
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• Riker Lynch and Allison Holker Dance 'Tango' on Dancing With The Stars - Zeibiz

  07-04-2015 05:46
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  Riker Lynch and Allison Holker Dance 'Tango' on Dancing With The Stars
  Zeibiz
  Riker Lynch and Allison Holker danced the 'Tango' on Dancing With The Stars Season 20 DWTS Most Memorable Year themed episode, Monday, April 6, 2015. Riker Lynch and Allison Holker DWTS. Here's what the judges had to say about their dance ...and more »
  
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• Ballet star Tamara Rojo says modern children lack discipline - BBC News

  07-04-2015 03:10 via bbc.com
  
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  Ballet star Tamara Rojo says modern children lack discipline
  BBC News
  The principal dancer at the English National Ballet says many of today's pupils lack the discipline to succeed. Tamara Rojo told Radio Times magazine that children were often praised for quick results rather than hard work. "We live in a society that ...and more »
  
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• Chris Soules To Dedicate 'DWTS' Dance To Whitney Bischoff, Like Noah ... - International Business Times

  07-04-2015 02:03
  
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  Chris Soules To Dedicate 'DWTS' Dance To Whitney Bischoff, Like Noah ...
  International Business Times
  Former "Bachelor" Chris Soules will follow Noah Galloway's lead and dedicate his dance Monday night to fiancée Whitney Bischoff. ABC. Reality star Chris Soules dedicated his “Dancing with the Stars” performance to fiancée Whitney Bischoff for the ...
  Chris Soules Dedicating 'DWTS' Dance To Whitney Bischoff — So SweetHollywo
  
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• City Council Pushes Emergency Vote to Save San Jose Ballet - San Jose Inside (blog)

  07-04-2015 00:34 via sanjoseinside.com
  
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  City Council Pushes Emergency Vote to Save San Jose Ballet
  San Jose Inside (blog)
  Thanks to an outpouring of public support, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley will stay afloat. (Photo via Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley). Silicon Valley's resident dance troupe has endured financial storms over the years—piling-up debt, losing its ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: American Dance Institute to Shutter School; Focus on Presenting Dance

  07-04-2015 00:33
  American Dance Institute, founded 15 years ago in Rockville, Maryland, plans to spend less time teaching dance and more time supporting dancers and presenting new work—including with a New York season next year, the organization announced Friday. Continue reading
  
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• Fight like a Pirate with ME State Ballet's Le Corsaire - WCSH-TV

  07-04-2015 00:29 via wcsh6.com
  
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  Fight like a Pirate with ME State Ballet's Le Corsaire
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  Rob and Caroline duel with the help of Maine State Ballet's production of 'Le Corsaire.' (Photo: 207). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Friday through Sunday, you can catch the final performances of Maine State Ballet's new production, ...
  BWW Reviews: Maine State Ballet Mounts Swashbuckling LE CORSAIREBroadway Worldall 3 news articles »
  
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• DSL NewsWire: OBT Readies New Work by Former Beyoncé and Savion Glover Choreographer

  07-04-2015 00:25
  Darrell Grand Moultrie, a Brooklyn-based choreographer who has worked with Beyoncé on her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour two years ago, and with the Tony Award–winning dancer Savion Glover, is now rehearsing Oregon Ballet Theatre (OBT) for a new work. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Shen Yun Dance Show: Spectacle With a Side of Politics

  07-04-2015 00:14
  What may be Seattle’s most publicized event in the last year, a dance performance called Shen Yun Performing Arts, also is a goad in the side of the Chinese government, reports the Puget Sound Business Journal. Continue reading
  
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