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• Review: Dance Theater of Harlem's Return Has Warm Reception - New York Times

  12-04-2015 23:50
  Review: Dance Theater of Harlem's Return Has Warm Reception
  New York Times
  One thing that Dance Theater of Harlem seems to understand is how to please its public. At City Center on Friday, as the troupe presented the second program of a four-show return to a theater that had long been its home, a receptive audience expressed ...
  
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• Olivier awards 2015: all the winners – in pictures

  12-04-2015 22:28
  
  From the Young Vic’s View from the Bridge to the hit Kinks show Sunny Afternoon and the Carole King musical, take a look at all the victorious productions at this year’s OliviersThe Olivier awards red carpet – in pictures Continue reading...
  
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• Olivier awards 2015 – list of winners

  12-04-2015 20:00
  
  Keep track of the winners at this year’s Olivier awards – as they are announcedThe Oliviers red carpet – in picturesBest revivalA View from the Bridge at the Young Vic and Wyndham’s theatre Continue reading...
  
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• Olivier awards 2015 – full list of winners

  12-04-2015 20:00
  
  This year’s Oliviers have been handed out – find out who won whatFrocks that deserve a round of applause: the Oliviers red carpet – in picturesPoll: Your favourites at the OliviersBest revivalA View from the Bridge at the Young Vic and Wyndham’s theatre Related: The Olivier awards 2015 red carpet – in picturesContinue reading...
  
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• The Olivier awards 2015 red carpet – in pictures

  12-04-2015 19:34
  
  Nicole! Gillian! Angela! The stars arrive at the Royal Opera House in London for the 2015 Olivier awardsComplete list of this year’s nomineesContinue reading...
  
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• Diana Vishneva: ‘It’s not my wish to run the Bolshoi’

  12-04-2015 17:59
  
  Russian dancer Diana Vishneva pirouettes between Moscow and New York – with masseurs on speed-dial around the world. The superballerina tells Judith Mackrell about why she’s worried about the future of Russian dance and wanting to start a familyDiana Vishneva could not be mistaken for anything but a Russian ballerina, when she walks into the New York hotel where we’ve arranged to meet. A white practice tutu dangles from one elegant wrist (she’s come straight from rehearsal), and she take
  
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• National Youth Dance Company review – a rewarding tour of Planet Cherkaoui

  12-04-2015 15:27
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The curiosity of choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is a smart fit with NYDC’s 38 young performers in a challenging large-scale projectLacking “rigour, technique and discipline”? “Consistently outclassed” by foreign dancers? Just days after three star choreographers publicly slammed UK contemporary dance training, there’s a chance to see the next generation in the third National Youth Dance Company show.Each year, NYDC work with a leading choreographer; this
  
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• Miann/Scottish Dance Theatre review – a Celtic Rite of Spring

  12-04-2015 08:00
  
  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
  Fleur Darkin’s heartfelt Miann grapples with form and mysticismFleur Darkin was moved to create Miann for Scottish Dance Theatre by the death of her father, and by the lonely beauty of the landscapes among which she has lived since becoming director of the Dundee-based company in 2012. The Gaelic word “miann” means “the ardent desire to know God”, and the piece is Darkin’s attempt to recreate, on stage, the ecstatic union of land and community that the Ce
  
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• On my radar: Sam Lee’s cultural highlights

  12-04-2015 07:59
  
  Musician Sam Lee on Robert Macfarlane’s books, Knockengorroch World Ceilidh, plant consciousness and the most amazing vegetarian breakfastSam Lee grew up in London and studied art at Chelsea College of Art. In 2008 he met the Scottish Traveller and ballad singer Stanley Robertson, who introduced him to folk music and became his mentor. Since then Lee has been collecting and restoring traditional songs, especially from Gypsies and Irish Travellers. His debut album Ground of Its Own was shortlis
  
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• Injured ballet dancer 'determined to return' to companies - Page Six

  12-04-2015 06:04 via pagesix.com
  
  Page Six
  Injured ballet dancer 'determined to return' to companies
  Page Six
  David Hallberg — the first American to be a principal dancer at the Bolshoi and American Ballet Theatre — has been temporarily sidelined from both companies due to injury. Modal Trigger. David Hallberg and Maria AlashPhoto: Getty. But sources tell us ...
  
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• Dance preview: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre to close season with 'La Bayadere' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  12-04-2015 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Dance preview: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre to close season with 'La Bayadere'
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre put its technical and artistic prowess center stage in a meaty mixed repertory program of Pittsburgh premieres in March. Now it's about to raise the rigor of its repertoire once again. To close its 45th anniversary season, the ...
  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre revives Russian classic 'La Bayadere'Tribune-Reviewall 4 news articles&n
  
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• Yuri Possokhov's 'Swimmer' adds a jolt to SF Ballet season - SFGate

  12-04-2015 05:11 via sfgate.com
  
  SFGate
  Yuri Possokhov's 'Swimmer' adds a jolt to SF Ballet season
  SFGate
  In case you felt this last quarter of the San Francisco Ballet subscription season needed a jolt, Yuri Possokhov supplied it Friday evening at the War Memorial Opera House. In the new multimedia orgy he calls “Swimmer,” the company's reliably ...
  Review: SF Ballet's multimedia 'Swimmer' employs music by Tom WaitsSan Jose Mercury News
  Dance: Possokhov's 'Swimmer' adds a jolt to Ba
  
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• Aspen Sante Fe Ballet Company to make first appearance at Wharton Center - Noise

  12-04-2015 02:49 via lansingstatejournal.com
  
  Noise
  Aspen Sante Fe Ballet Company to make first appearance at Wharton Center
  Noise
  Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company is a small company with two homes and an international reputation. Founded in 1996, this company started with three dancers who wanted to create a company in Aspen. From there they grew into a company that has two ...
  
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• Strictly no celebs: young dancers compete for the BBC’s new title

  12-04-2015 01:05
  
  Young Dancer 2015 contest hopes to find the next generation of stars for Royal Ballet and Sadler’s WellsThe British have a longstanding love of TV dance shows. Think only of the huge popularity of Come Dancing, one of television’s longest-running shows, and its more glitzy celebrity reincarnation, Strictly Come Dancing. Now the BBC is hoping that its latest, more serious, dance competition will be just as a big a hit.BBC Young Dancer 2015 is inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician
  
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