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• Video: Orlando Ballet opens comic 'Coppélia' - Orlando Sentinel

  24-04-2015 23:41
  
  Orlando Sentinel
  Video: Orlando Ballet opens comic 'Coppélia'
  Orlando Sentinel
  WHAT: Orlando Ballet presents the classic ballet "Coppélia," a comedy based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffman. He's a big name in the ballet world as "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," the inspiration for the world's best-known ballet, was also written by ...
  
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• Ballet Theatre of Maryland ends season with a strut - CapitalGazette.com

  24-04-2015 23:17
  
  CapitalGazette.com
  Ballet Theatre of Maryland ends season with a strut
  CapitalGazette.com
  Her hair and makeup done, Kate Baier prepared to make an appearance in front of the crowd. It wouldn't be the first time the Ballet Theatre of Maryland apprentice performed in front of an audience — but something was different. Instead of a leotard ...
  
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• Campus notes: Evening of Dance at BYU - Daily Herald

  24-04-2015 23:05
  Campus notes: Evening of Dance at BYU
  Daily Herald
  Evening of Dance -- "Gifts from My Father" will be presented by The Young DanceMakers, the performing company of the BYU Children's and Teen's Creative Dance program. It will be at 7:30 p.m. May 8-9 in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts ...
  
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• WWII-style dance to mark VE anniversary - Corvallis Gazette Times

  24-04-2015 22:23
  Corvallis Gazette Times
  WWII-style dance to mark VE anniversary
  Corvallis Gazette Times
  Guests in period uniforms and attire mingle in the OSU Women's Building before the start of the Camp Adair commemorative swing dance last year. 2015-04-24T11:56:00Z 2015-04-24T13:58:03Z WWII-style dance to mark VE anniversaryCorvallis ...
  
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• Reunited Spandau Ballet enjoying 'unexpected' U.S. reception - Newsday

  24-04-2015 21:44
  
  Boston Globe (subscription)
  Reunited Spandau Ballet enjoying 'unexpected' U.S. reception
  Newsday
  Spandau Ballet guitarist and chief songwriter Gary Kemp laughs as he remembers a conversation he had with Duran Duran bassist John Taylor when both New Wave bands were taking over pop culture in the '80s. "He said, 'We've got America. You've got ...
  Spandau Ballet returns to life onstage and on screenBoston Globe (subscription)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Do ballet skills translate to other dancing? Not so much (Video) - WTOP

  24-04-2015 21:28
  
  WTOP
  Do ballet skills translate to other dancing? Not so much (Video)
  WTOP
  These dancers from the National Ballet of Canada were asked to show off some non-ballet moves. (Screengrab via Globe and Mail). WASHINGTON – The adage tells us to dance like no one's watching. That might not always be such a great idea, even for ...
  
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• Nashville Ballet romances 'Midsummer Night's Dream' - The Tennessean

  24-04-2015 21:09
  
  The Tennessean
  Nashville Ballet romances 'Midsummer Night's Dream'
  The Tennessean
  Theater review. Nashville Ballet's esteemed dancer Sadie Bo Sommer broke more than a few hearts this spring when she announced plans to retire at the end of this performance season. But never fear, because the company has prepared a fitting farewell ...and more »
  
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• MCC to host dance concert on innovation - NJ.com

  24-04-2015 21:08
  
  NJ.com
  MCC to host dance concert on innovation
  NJ.com
  EDISON — The Middlesex County College Dance Ensemble will present its 14th annual spring dance concert, "Innovation & Celebration," April 26 at 2 p.m.. The performance, part of the college's 50th anniversary celebration, will focus on innovation.
  Hood College Dance Ensemble Celebrates 15 YearsFrederick News Post (subscription)all 2 news articles »
  
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• Shindigger: A Princess Party and a Dance at the Museum - New York Observer

  24-04-2015 21:03
  
  New York Observer
  Shindigger: A Princess Party and a Dance at the Museum
  New York Observer
  Hailey Baldwin, Amy Astley, Bella Thorne and Hamish Bowles attend the Stars of Tomorrow Meet The Stars of Today Gala. (Photo: Patrick McMullan). “I figured if I can make a child, a bag can't be that difficult,” my fellow Syracuse University alum Brett ...
  
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• This Black, Gay Dance Team Was Banned From Marching In An Alabama ... - BuzzFeed News

  24-04-2015 21:03
  
  BuzzFeed News
  This Black, Gay Dance Team Was Banned From Marching In An Alabama ...
  BuzzFeed News
  “We have three strikes: We're gay, we're black, and we're in Mobile, Alabama,” say the Prancing Elites. “But we won't stop dancing.” posted on April 24, 2015, at 10:56 a.m.. Ema O'Connor. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Tweet. Bookmark it. Tweet. Tweet ...
  
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• American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland Answers Our Culture Questionnaire - Gothamist

  24-04-2015 20:02
  
  American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland Answers Our Culture Questionnaire
  Gothamist
  Welcome back to our new Q&A feature, Culture Quest, where we're asking the same set of questions to some of the notables stopping by the 92nd Street Y. Below, we find out the culture habits of Misty Copeland of the American Ballet Theatre, and Amy ...and more »
  
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• Wild Space will mix dance and storytelling in 'Reckless Wonders' shows - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  24-04-2015 18:14
  
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Wild Space will mix dance and storytelling in 'Reckless Wonders' shows
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  The dance company is known for site-specific performances and cross-disciplinary collaborations that challenge the imagination — essentially putting modern dance performances into spaces such as the interior and exterior of the Milwaukee Historical ...
  
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• Consumer groups dance on the grave of Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal - PCWorld

  24-04-2015 17:53
  
  PCWorld
  Consumer groups dance on the grave of Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal
  PCWorld
  Consumer groups are cheering the news that Comcast abandoned its proposed US$45 billion acquisition of fellow cable and broadband provider Time Warner Cable, saying it's good for customers and demonstrates the power of Internet activism. Comcast's ...and more »
  
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• David Guetta Gets His First No. 1, Zedd Zooms on Dance Charts - Billboard

  24-04-2015 17:02
  
  Billboard
  David Guetta Gets His First No. 1, Zedd Zooms on Dance Charts
  Billboard
  David Guetta performs during the Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park Amphitheater on March 29, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images. 0. 0. 0. David Guetta delivers his first No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated ...and more »
  
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• Ireland's ballet boy - Irish Times

  24-04-2015 17:01
  
  Irish Times
  Ireland's ballet boy
  Irish Times
  It's a long way from Waynestown to Covent Garden. On a sunny Sunday morning this quiet townland in Co Meath feels like more of an arable than an arabesque sort of place. Come September, though, one of its younger residents – 15-year-old Gearóid Solan ...
  
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• Watching Hugh Jackman's dance moves is the perfect way to end your week - Today.com

  24-04-2015 16:23
  
  Watching Hugh Jackman's dance moves is the perfect way to end your week
  Today.com
  The cheery Aussie posted yet another adorable video on Instagram Friday, in which he writes, "I plead the 5th on explaining away these awesomely embarrassing dance moves." We all know Jackman can dance, so it's fun to see him goof it up for no ...
  
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• She's a Tiny Dancer: 4-Year-Old Heaven King Premieres New Dance Video - The Root (blog)

  24-04-2015 15:47
  
  The Root (blog)
  She's a Tiny Dancer: 4-Year-Old Heaven King Premieres New Dance Video
  The Root (blog)
  ... The Root 100 2014 · Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Ben Affleck Offer Regrets in Slave-Owner Flap · Defendant to Judge in Legal Brief: 'You Are a Hoe. This Court Is a Hoe' · After 5-Month Delay, Loretta Lynch Becomes 1st Black Female Attorney General · La.
  
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• California strippers win $6.5M payout in private dance tip dispute (VIDEO) - New York Daily News

  24-04-2015 15:27
  New York Daily News
  California strippers win $6.5M payout in private dance tip dispute (VIDEO)
  New York Daily News
  Strippers in California have won an eye-popping $6.5 million payout from their club after a judge ruled they'd been stiffed over their private dance fees. Some 249 exotic dancers launched the class-action lawsuit against the Paradise Showgirls venue in ...and more »
  
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• La Fille mal gardée, Royal Ballet, review: 'Natalia Osipova defies gravity' - Telegraph.co.uk

  24-04-2015 13:37
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  La Fille mal gardée, Royal Ballet, review: 'Natalia Osipova defies gravity'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  The ongoing fascination with Natalia Osipova lies not just in her brilliance, though brilliant she certainly is. Put simply, she defies gravity more completely and more serenely than any other ballerina I have ever seen, and yet, as an interpreter, the ...and more »
  
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• Ahnen review – cactuses, cartoon fights and choreography on speed

  24-04-2015 13:24
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  Tanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers negotiate a prickly set in Pina Bausch’s cruel but tender comedyCharacters in the work of Pina Bausch can often pass aeons of stage time doing very little, but in Tanztheater Wuppertal’s Ahnen (created in 1987) everyone seems busy. Men and women build walls and drill floors, they scrub and rub, they dance in galvanised bursts of activity. A manservant irons a newspaper for a blind woman who randomly fires a pistol into the crowd. And
  
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• 6 ways youths, leaders can reboot the church dance - Deseret News

  24-04-2015 13:03
  
  Deseret News
  6 ways youths, leaders can reboot the church dance
  Deseret News
  A recent article in the New Era encourages youths to get out on the dance floor, but for many young people, this can be terrifying. With youths texting and spending time on social media, it's difficult for them to interact face-to-face. How do we get ...and more »
  
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• Review: Pilobolus fuses modern dance, age-old philosophy - Omaha World-Herald

  24-04-2015 12:02
  Omaha World-Herald
  Review: Pilobolus fuses modern dance, age-old philosophy
  Omaha World-Herald
  That's how last night's performance by the widely hailed modern dance troupe opened at the Orpheum Theater. It takes its name from a fungus that grows rapidly on barnyard dung, and because this is the first thing usually mentioned about the company ...
  
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• The real Sleeping Beauty takes center stage in Reno ballet - Reno Gazette Journal

  24-04-2015 06:23
  
  Reno Gazette Journal
  The real Sleeping Beauty takes center stage in Reno ballet
  Reno Gazette Journal
  Before Sleeping Beauty ever was a classic Disney movie, it was a classic, stunning ballet. Originally a Russian work with music composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty premiered in St. Petersburg in 1890. The ballet was based on ...
  VIDEO: Ballet Theatre of Ohio brings back own style of 'Sleeping Beauty'Twinsburg Bulletin
  'Sleeping Beauty' Ballet Ready For Fort
  
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• Santa Cruz kicks off National Dance Week - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  24-04-2015 06:15
  
  Santa Cruz kicks off National Dance Week
  Santa Cruz Sentinel
  Naseem Nangoli and her fellow performers from Worldanz kick it up as Santa Cruz Dance Week gets underway on three stages downtown Thursday. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel). National Dance Week Santa Cruz. Upcoming events. Friday: Flash ...and more »
  
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• Robert Moses piece looks great on Alvin Ailey dance company - SFGate

  24-04-2015 01:40
  
  SFGate
  Robert Moses piece looks great on Alvin Ailey dance company
  SFGate
  The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989; under his successor, Judith Jamison; and since 2011, under former dancer Robert Battle. For the ...and more »
  
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• Dance Listings for April 24-30 - New York Times

  24-04-2015 01:05
  New York Times
  Dance Listings for April 24-30
  New York Times
  Full reviews of recent dance performances: nytimes.com/dance. A searchable guide to these and other performances is at nytimes.com/events. Ballet Hispanico (Through Sunday) This ardent company has returned to the Joyce Theater with works by Spanish ...and more »
  
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