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• CalArts World Music And Dance Festival Coming This May - KHTS Radio

  09-04-2015 23:44
  
  KHTS Radio
  CalArts World Music And Dance Festival Coming This May
  KHTS Radio
  The CalArts World Music and Dance Festival where Santa Clarita residents can experience music from around the globe is coming this May. Don't miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Since the early 1970s ...
  
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• Police surprise girls with daddy-daughter dance - USA TODAY

  09-04-2015 23:38
  
  USA TODAY
  Police surprise girls with daddy-daughter dance
  USA TODAY
  Kuna, IDAHO - It's a rite of passage for many young girls, the daddy-daughter dance. But not all girls get the chance to go. That's where three big-hearted Kuna, Idaho police officers come in. School resource officer Det. Mark Hudson saw his chance to ...
  
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• What Is a DJ's Role in Today's Dance Music Festivals? - VICE

  09-04-2015 22:58
  
  VICE
  What Is a DJ's Role in Today's Dance Music Festivals?
  VICE
  It's no secret that festivals have a crucial place in today's dance music culture. These super-sized events aren't just an entry-level gateway for new fans; they're also a powerful platform for the spread of new ideas and sounds, and a glimpse into ...
  
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• New York City Ballet's life-affirming new works boost the spirit - Washington Post

  09-04-2015 22:32
  
  Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  New York City Ballet's life-affirming new works boost the spirit
  Washington Post
  Powerhouse. That's the word that came to mind after I saw New York City Ballet's program of 21st-century works at the Kennedy Center Opera House on Wednesday night. Personality, warmth, style: Those qualities burst out of the dances by Alexei Ratmansky ...
  'Ballet 422' a drama in danceSanta Rosa Press Democratall 2 news articles »
  
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• New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble to open new facility in Summit this summer - NJ.com

  09-04-2015 21:37
  
  New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble to open new facility in Summit this summer
  NJ.com
  This summer, Artistic Director Nancy Turano's vision for the New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble (NJDTE) as the pre-eminent youth dance company in the region will be realized. Now in its 45th year, the Ensemble will open its brand new, state-of-the-art ...
  
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• Another dance funds recipient mourned - Glens Falls Post-Star

  09-04-2015 21:36
  Glens Falls Post-Star
  Another dance funds recipient mourned
  Glens Falls Post-Star
  The South High Marathon Dance community is mourning the death of another one of its funding recipients. Matthew Sorano died March 30 after a long battle with juvenile Parkinson's disease. His family was a recipient of funds from last year's event in ...and more »
  
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• ND couple to carry on with 63-year-old barn dance tradition - U-T San Diego

  09-04-2015 20:38
  
  U-T San Diego
  ND couple to carry on with 63-year-old barn dance tradition
  U-T San Diego
  In this Wednesday, April 8, 2015 photo, Delon and Julie Cahoon show off a Wurlitzer juke box inside her business, Julie's Radio Ranch, in Fargo, N.D. The Cahoons recently purchased a farmstead near Arthur, N.D., where they plan to continue a 63-year ...and more »
  
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• The Community House Ballet Ensemble wins multiple honors at two state ... - The Oakland Press

  09-04-2015 20:24
  
  The Community House Ballet Ensemble wins multiple honors at two state ...
  The Oakland Press
  The Community House Ballet Ensemble placed in the statewide ìTurn It Around Tourî competition in Anchor Bar. Photo submitted by Gigi Nichols. Posted: 04/09/15, 11:21 AM EDT |. # Comments. The Community House Ballet Ensemble of Birmingham recently ...
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Star Kendall Vertes Had Maddie Ziegler Help Choreograph 'Wear ... - International Business Times

  09-04-2015 19:38
  
  International Business Times
  'Dance Moms' Star Kendall Vertes Had Maddie Ziegler Help Choreograph 'Wear ...
  International Business Times
  Kendall Vertes (R) will premiere her first music video later this month. Above: Kendall poses with her "Dance Moms" co-stars (L to R) JoJo Siwa, Nia Frazier and Kalani Hilliker. Getty. With three professional music videos under her belt, it's no wonder ...
  
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• 'Desert Dancer': Risking everything to dance in Iran - SFGate

  09-04-2015 19:34
  
  SFGate
  'Desert Dancer': Risking everything to dance in Iran
  SFGate
  With Iran in the news, the timing of “Desert Dancer” couldn't be better. The real-life story of a young man who started an underground dance troupe, despite dancing being forbidden in the Islamic republic, the film is also an extended look into how ...
  Freida Pinto suffers head injury on set of new dance moviePage Sixall 100 news articles »
  
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• Akram Khan criticises quality of UK dance training - BBC News

  09-04-2015 19:10
  
  BBC News
  Akram Khan criticises quality of UK dance training
  BBC News
  Three top choreographers have criticised the quality of contemporary dance training in the UK, and said they have to recruit dancers from abroad. Akram Khan revealed that just four of the 51 dancers his company has employed since 2000 were UK trained.
  'Dance training in UK is so poor we have to hire foreign performers'Evening Standard
  Choreographers warn of 'declining standards' at UK dance schoolsWhatsOnStage.
  
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• Starz's Ballet Drama 'Flesh And Bone' Gets Premiere Date - Deadline.com

  09-04-2015 19:07
  
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  Starz's Ballet Drama 'Flesh And Bone' Gets Premiere Date
  Deadline.com
  FLESH BONE ART Starz's Flesh And Bone follows a young dancer with a distinctly troubled past as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The eight-part limited series will make its debut pirouette November 8 on the network with an episode ...
  Breaking Bad producer's ballet drama Flesh and Bone to debut November 8 on ...Entertainment Weekly (blog)
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• American Dance Center receives international recognition - Chicago Tribune

  09-04-2015 18:30
  
  Chicago Tribune
  American Dance Center receives international recognition
  Chicago Tribune
  American Dance Center dancers perform a classical ballet number during the recent Dance Excellence International Dance Festival in Los Angeles. American Dance Center dancers perform a classical ballet number during the recent Dance Excellence ...
  Miami Dance Festival features performances, panels and eventsMiami Herald
  Miami Dance Festival Kicks Off at the Colony TheaterMiami New Times
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• Teenager shares how ballet helped her heal after she was sexually abused - ChristianToday

  09-04-2015 18:07
  ChristianToday
  Teenager shares how ballet helped her heal after she was sexually abused
  ChristianToday
  When Ophelia Martin Weber dances, she feels free. And the passionate ballet dancer now shares how dancing has helped her overcome a traumatic childhood experience. "When I was 5, long before I was dancing, a teenage boy whose family had been very ...
  
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• Ballet-inspired looks for spring - FOX 9 News

  09-04-2015 17:52
  
  FOX 9 News
  Ballet-inspired looks for spring
  FOX 9 News
  Barre classes - which combine components of ballet, yoga, and pilates - are the latest exercise trend, and it looks like designers followed suit. Spring looks included some beautiful nods to dance-inspired style that can be re-created without pointe ...
  
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• 'An American in Paris' Musical Brings Ballet to Broadway with French Flair - Variety

  09-04-2015 17:30
  
  Variety
  'An American in Paris' Musical Brings Ballet to Broadway with French Flair
  Variety
  The producers behind “An American in Paris,” the $11.5 million Broadway musical currently in previews and opening April 12, are betting that now that other Stateside producers have gotten a look at the show, there'll be interest in following its ...
  
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• David Hallberg Talks Ballet and How Collaborations Fuel Creativity - Phoenix New Times (blog)

  09-04-2015 17:01
  
  Phoenix New Times (blog)
  David Hallberg Talks Ballet and How Collaborations Fuel Creativity
  Phoenix New Times (blog)
  David Hallberg, principal dancer with both American Ballet Theatre in New York City and the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, returns to Phoenix this April to teach master classes, coach emerging dancers, and help raise funds for his eponymous scholarship at ...
  
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• Childhood Gender Impressions: The Historical Conflict of Ballet 1 - Huffington Post

  09-04-2015 16:50
  
  Childhood Gender Impressions: The Historical Conflict of Ballet 1
  Huffington Post
  I had been begging my mother for ballet slippers for weeks. Now that I was registered for Ballet 1, she had run out of excuses. I was around five years old and already had an impressive costume collection composed of hand-me-downs, wigs, masks, capes ...
  
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• William Forsythe Questions The Rules Of Ballet - The Dance Journal (blog)

  09-04-2015 16:37
  William Forsythe Questions The Rules Of Ballet
  The Dance Journal (blog)
  Philadelphia dance audiences will have the welcome opportunity to see “The second detail,” choreographed by William Forsythe, when the Pennsylvania Ballet presents a company premiere of the work on a triple-bill in early June. The piece is set to a ...
  
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• Center Stage: 'Bristol's Music in Motion' a new Bristol Ballet show - TriCities.com

  09-04-2015 15:57
  TriCities.com
  Center Stage: 'Bristol's Music in Motion' a new Bristol Ballet show
  TriCities.com
  BRISTOL, Va. — A.P. Carter's “Will the Circle be Unbroken” filtered throughout the second floor of Bristol Ballet late Monday afternoon. About a dozen dancers applied elegance that befit the Appalachian country classic. Add costumes and a crowd and ...
  
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• New York City Ballet sparkles and blurs in opening program - Washington Post

  09-04-2015 15:38
  
  New York City Ballet sparkles and blurs in opening program
  Washington Post
  Asked about George Balanchine's ultra-modern ballet “Agon,” Arthur Mitchell once said, “It's not so much the difficulty of the steps or how flexible you are, it's the precariousness.” Anxiety was in the air in 1957, when “Agon” premiered. It was the ...
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Star Melanie Huelsman Speaks Out About Abby Lee Miller Book ... - International Business Times

  09-04-2015 15:18
  
  International Business Times
  'Dance Moms' Star Melanie Huelsman Speaks Out About Abby Lee Miller Book ...
  International Business Times
  "Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition" Season 2 contestant Haley Huelsman and her mother Melanie Huelsman at a "Dance Moms" Season 5 taping in Warren, New Jersey, Oct. 25, 2014. Rebecka Schumann. The stars of Abby Lee Miller's spinoff competition ...
  
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• Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet brings 'Cinderella' to Harrisburg - The Sentinel

  09-04-2015 14:04
  The Sentinel
  Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet brings 'Cinderella' to Harrisburg
  The Sentinel
  Abby Jayne DeAngelo practices portraying Cinderella for the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet's production, to be held at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg at 1 and 7 p.m. April 18 and 2 p.m. April 19. 2015-04-09T08:00:00Z ...
  
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• A local 17-year-old reps the Vegas ballet scene on a national stage - Las Vegas Weekly (satire) (blog)

  09-04-2015 09:14
  
  A local 17-year-old reps the Vegas ballet scene on a national stage
  Las Vegas Weekly (satire) (blog)
  Ballerina Monika Haczkiewicz, 17, extends a pose while in dance class inside the Keith Kleven Institute on Wednesday, March, 25, 2015. She's going to New York City in April with instructor Tara Foy to compete for a chance to attend a prestigious dance ...
  
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• IU Opera and Ballet announces 2015-2016 season - Indiana Daily Student

  09-04-2015 05:44
  
  IU Opera and Ballet announces 2015-2016 season
  Indiana Daily Student
  Upon the closing of IU Opera and Ballet Theater's 2014-2015 season, Gwyn Richards, dean of the IU Jacobs School of Music and general manager of the program, announced productions for the 2015-2016 season. The 67th season of the opera and ballet ...
  
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• Dance pioneer 'Luigi' Faccuito dies at age 90; left imprint on film, Broadway - NorthJersey.com

  09-04-2015 05:32
  
  NorthJersey.com
  Dance pioneer 'Luigi' Faccuito dies at age 90; left imprint on film, Broadway
  NorthJersey.com
  Eugene Louis Faccuito, a dancer, teacher and choreographer who made paralysis the beginning — not the end — of an extraordinary career, died Tuesday at age 90. He was a resident of Woodcliff Lake since the mid-1960s. Eugene Louis “Luigi” Faccuito, ...
  Luigi Faccuito, Dance Teacher to Broadway Stars, Dies at 90Playbill.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• DSL NewsWire: April Marks 10th Anniversary for the Ailey Extension

  09-04-2015 05:13
  The Ailey Extension, created to fulfill Alvin Ailey’s life-long commitment of bringing dance to everyone by offering “real classes for real people,” celebrates 10 years of dance and fitness classes this April with new classes and special events. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: First ‘Dance Swap’ Encourages NC Artists to Seek Out New Students, Audiences

  09-04-2015 05:03
  Open classes and showings of new works will be featured during the inaugural Dance Swap, an event designed by the North Carolina Dance Alliance (NCDA), the state’s leading membership group serving and supporting the development of dance in North Carolina. Continue reading
  
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• This spring, Oregon's Tyrell Crosby takes on dance class and high expectations - OregonLive.com

  09-04-2015 04:00
  
  OregonLive.com
  This spring, Oregon's Tyrell Crosby takes on dance class and high expectations
  OregonLive.com
  Oregon Ducks offensive lineman Tyrell Crosby (73) practices for the Rose Bowl, a game that was one of his nine starts as a true freshman in 2014. (Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian). Print Email · Andrew Greif | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Andrew Greif | The ...and more »
  
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• CubaCaribe Festival: Dance from vibrant region - SFGate

  09-04-2015 02:52
  
  SFGate
  CubaCaribe Festival: Dance from vibrant region
  SFGate
  Like the Caribbean itself, the CubaCaribe Festival is a wonderland of infectious rhythm and movement. The 11th annual edition includes 16 companies over three weekends (with both S.F. and Oakland performances), a family-friendly workshop on the bomba ...
  
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• So You Think You Can Dance Welcomes Jason Derulo, Paula Abdul -- Watch ... - Us Magazine

  09-04-2015 00:49
  
  Us Magazine
  So You Think You Can Dance Welcomes Jason Derulo, Paula Abdul -- Watch ...
  Us Magazine
  They can dance, but can they judge? Jason Derulo and Paula Abdul joined the judges' panel for the 12th season of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, and now Us Weekly has the first look at the pair in action. PHOTOS: Stars returning to reality TV.
  
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• Washington Ballet to focus on diversity in upcoming season - Washington Post (blog)

  09-04-2015 00:45
  
  Washington Ballet to focus on diversity in upcoming season
  Washington Post (blog)
  Diversity is the theme of the Washington Ballet's 2015-2016 season, in more ways than one. It will include world premieres by Edwaard Liang and the Italian choreographer Mauro de Candio; a Latin Heat festival that launches an annual project to focus on ...
  
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• Pinball, ballet and classic rock: Eugene Ballet's 'Tommy' is coming to the ... - Oregon Daily Emerald

  09-04-2015 00:36
  
  Oregon Daily Emerald
  Pinball, ballet and classic rock: Eugene Ballet's 'Tommy' is coming to the ...
  Oregon Daily Emerald
  “They are as much a part of the performance for us as the dancers,” she said. The music is close to Pimble's heart. (Photo courtesy of Jon Christopher Meyers Photography). Set aside, for a moment, what do you think a ballet should look like. Replace ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Corporate Workers Look to Ballet to Counter High Pressure, Stress

  09-04-2015 00:29
  The recent influx of traditional ballet and ballet-based classes, squarely aimed at the busy corporate office worker, seems to say that pure classical ballet technique is the ultimate antidote to a high-pressure, stressful working environment, says the Guardian. Continue reading
  
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