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• Review: City Ballet's Balanchine Dances Open Spring Season - New York Times

  29-04-2015 23:52 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Review: City Ballet's Balanchine Dances Open Spring Season
  New York Times
  In 1972, the great music critic Andrew Porter, who died on April 3, opened a New Yorker essay with these words: “Why, they ask me, do you so much enjoy living in New York?” There was the light, he wrote, which “makes each day a visual adventure,” and ...
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• As NFL starts draft, fans will get to play, dance and eat at festival - Chicago Tribune

  29-04-2015 22:58
  
  Chicago Tribune
  As NFL starts draft, fans will get to play, dance and eat at festival
  Chicago Tribune
  One day before the NFL draft weekend officially kicks off in Chicago, there are a series of events celebrating pro football in Pioneer Court on Michigan Avenue and at "Draft Town" in Grant Park. One day before the NFL draft weekend officially kicks off ...and more »
  
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• The Spandau Ballet returns in 'Soul Boys' documentary - New York Post

  29-04-2015 22:31 via nypost.com
  
  New York Post
  The Spandau Ballet returns in 'Soul Boys' documentary
  New York Post
  The Spandeau Ballet, here at Live Aid, are the center of the documentary "Soul Boys of the Western World." Photo: Wellingmax Ltd 2014/Sundance Selects. MOVIE REVIEW. Soul Boys of the Western World. Running time: 102 minutes. Not Rated (adult ...
  Review: Spandau Ballet spins Pure Gold at 9:30 ClubMetro Weekly
  Hitmakers Spandau Ballet, Candlebox re-emergeLowell Sunall 5 news articles &raq
  
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• DSL NewsWire: City of Orlando Supports Ballet With Creation of Art Gallery

  29-04-2015 22:16
  In another sign of the city’s ongoing commitment to promoting the arts, Orlando will be loaning memorabilia to Orlando Ballet to help it create a permanent gallery display at its new home. Continue reading
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller At WAR With Producers - TMZ.com

  29-04-2015 21:25
  
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  'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller At WAR With Producers
  TMZ.com
  "Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller thinks her producers are trying to ruin her show by creating phony, unnecessary conflicts. Abby went on TMZ Live Wednesday and trashed her production team. She says she's plenty capable of making kids cry ... she knows ...
  'Dance Moms' Star Nia Frazier Releases First Video, Fans Embrace 'Star In Your ...The Inquisitr
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• Adam Lambert's 'Ghost Town' Video Is the Creepiest Dance Party You'll Ever ... - TIME

  29-04-2015 21:24
  
  TIME
  Adam Lambert's 'Ghost Town' Video Is the Creepiest Dance Party You'll Ever ...
  TIME
  Sometimes a pop music video matches its accompanying song so perfectly you have a hard time telling which came first. Do the witchy contortionist club-goers of Adam Lambert's “Ghost Town” video seem familiar because their dance moves and outfits suit ...
  Adam Lambert's 'Ghost Town' Video Is a Total Dance Party: WatchAlice @ 97.3
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• New Dance Education Documentary PS DANCE! Reveals Transformative Power ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  29-04-2015 21:06
  
  PR Newswire (press release)
  New Dance Education Documentary PS DANCE! Reveals Transformative Power ...
  PR Newswire (press release)
  Step inside the halls of five NYC public schools and celebrate dance! Hosted by veteran TV journalist Paula Zahn, PS DANCE! is the new documentary that captures what happens when students have dance in their curriculum. The journey is one of ...and more »
  
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• Dance audiences are too caught up in the performance to be rude - Washington Post

  29-04-2015 20:59
  
  Dance audiences are too caught up in the performance to be rude
  Washington Post
  I must confess: I am probably the rudest person at any dance performance I attend. Critics can be odd seatmates. We slip in at the last minute; we're too busy scribbling notes to applaud; we dash out before the bows. On top of that, we're flipping ...
  
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• 12 Music Videos With Mesmerizing Synchronized Dance Routines - Styleite

  29-04-2015 20:55
  
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  12 Music Videos With Mesmerizing Synchronized Dance Routines
  Styleite
  We get it — it's hard enough to make your schedules match up, let alone your dance moves. And maybe it's one of the more obvious side effects of our increasingly busy lives and our decreasing attention spans, but the lack of synchronized dancing in ...
  
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• Dion Lim gets dance move named after her - WTSP 10 News

  29-04-2015 19:58
  
  WTSP 10 News
  Dion Lim gets dance move named after her
  WTSP 10 News
  Jolt Dance Fitness featured Dion with a special dance named after her and the winning name is -- ANCHOR SWAG! Loading… Post to Facebook. Dion Lim gets dance move named after her Jolt Dance Fitness featured Dion with a special dance named after ...
  
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• 3 reasons to see Ballet Arizona's 'All Balanchine' - azcentral.com

  29-04-2015 19:57 via azcentral.com
  
  3 reasons to see Ballet Arizona's 'All Balanchine'
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  The company's season finale spotlights groundbreaking works by the legendary New York City Ballet choreographer. Loading… Post to Facebook. 3 reasons to see Ballet Arizona's 'All Balanchine' The company's season finale spotlights groundbreaking ...and more »
  
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• Grand Rapids Ballet presents 'Beethoven' - WOODTV.com

  29-04-2015 19:12 via woodtv.com
  
  Grand Rapids Ballet presents 'Beethoven'
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  You can join UNICEF to help the almost 1 million children who require humanitarian assistance in Nepal after the earthquake. Live Arts 042415 · Photos: Live Arts. April 27, 2015. Live Arts was one night, on one stage with 1,500 performers performing an ...and more »
  
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• UTPA Dance Ensemble spring concert this weekend - Monitor

  29-04-2015 18:53
  Monitor
  UTPA Dance Ensemble spring concert this weekend
  Monitor
  The University of Texas-Pan American Dance Ensemble will present its annual Spring Dance Concert at the new state-of-the-art UTPA Performing Arts Complex. The concert, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, will include works by guest ...
  ULM to host Spring Dance Fusion FridayULM NewsCenterall 5 news articles »
  
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• Eifman Ballet brings "Rodin” to Northrop in Minneapolis - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  29-04-2015 18:44 via startribune.com
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Eifman Ballet brings "Rodin” to Northrop in Minneapolis
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Dance review: Russia's Eifman Ballet explores the passion between sculptor Auguste Rodin and his muse. hide. Lyubov Andreyeva as Camille Claudel and Oleg Gabyshev as Auguste Rodin in Eifman Ballet's “Rodin.” Photo: NIKOLAY KRUSSER,. Camera ...
  
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• An African version of Spartacus ballet to hit the stage - Centre Daily Times

  29-04-2015 18:37 via centredaily.com
  Centre Daily Times
  An African version of Spartacus ballet to hit the stage
  Centre Daily Times
  South African ballet dancer Casey Swales, playing the role of Spartacus, rehearses with other members of the cast for the show “A Spartacus in Africa” in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday April 2, 2015. A new South African production of the ...
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• Dance-pop's AVAN LAVA debut sleek 'Wanna Live' video -- exclusive - Entertainment Weekly (blog)

  29-04-2015 17:59
  
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  Dance-pop's AVAN LAVA debut sleek 'Wanna Live' video -- exclusive
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  New York dance-pop outfit AVAN LAVA's biography sums them up perfectly: The band—signed to Le Tigre member and rock-scene fixture JD Samson's label Atlas Chair—call themselves a “natural bridge between late night club culture and kaleidoscopic ...
  
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• Review: Spandau Ballet spins Pure Gold at 9:30 Club - Metro Weekly

  29-04-2015 17:20 via metroweekly.com
  
  Metro Weekly
  Review: Spandau Ballet spins Pure Gold at 9:30 Club
  Metro Weekly
  Tuesday night at 9:30 Club, British band Spandau Ballet, the iconic vanguard of the “new romantic” subset of the early '80s new wave era, took the stage in Washington, D.C. for the first time ever. It was a triumphant performance. The original lineup ...and more »
  
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• Maine native beats P. Diddy in Vegas nightclub dance-off - Bangor Daily News

  29-04-2015 17:15
  
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  Maine native beats P. Diddy in Vegas nightclub dance-off
  Bangor Daily News
  Twenty-nine year old Maine native Will McCandless got the thrill of a lifetime this past weekend at the Omnia Nightclub in Las Vegas when world famous hip-hop and entertainment mogul P. Diddy challenged him to a dance off on stage. P. Diddy1 ...
  P. Diddy in a Dance Challenge, Naomi Campbell on the Turntables at Omnia ...Eaterall 12 news articles »
  
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• Dance performance reveals journey of incarceration to redemption - Charlotte Observer

  29-04-2015 16:49
  
  Charlotte Observer
  Dance performance reveals journey of incarceration to redemption
  Charlotte Observer
  Choreographer Martha Connerton transformed former inmates' tales into dance with 'Moving Stories/Changing Lives' May 2 at the Gantt Center. Martha Connerton/Kinetic Works is also presenting 'Danstallation' May 2 at Mint Uptown. By Page Leggett.
  
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• An African Version of Spartacus Ballet to Hit the Stage - ABC News

  29-04-2015 15:59 via abcnews.go.com
  An African Version of Spartacus Ballet to Hit the Stage
  ABC News
  Spartacus is getting an African makeover. In the 1960 movie "Spartacus," Kirk Douglas played the gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Romans. A ballet version with music by composer Aram Khachaturian was first staged in the 1950s and has also ...and more »
  
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• Go backstage with the Cincinnati Ballet - Cincinnati.com

  29-04-2015 15:42 via cincinnati.com
  
  Go backstage with the Cincinnati Ballet
  Cincinnati.com
  What a night! Your evening starts with a backstage tour at 7:00pm before the show. Then at 8 o'clock, take your seats and enjoy an evening of director's choice presentations from the Cincinnati Ballet, including two regional premieres and the return of ...
  
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• Newcastle schoolchildren dance with nationally renowned ballet star Edward ... - ChronicleLive

  29-04-2015 15:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Newcastle schoolchildren dance with nationally renowned ballet star Edward ...
  ChronicleLive
  A talented school dance troupe in the North East has been inspired by the work of a nationally-renowned ballet dancer. Pupils at Dame Allan's School, in Newcastle, staged performances including powerful choreography by Edward Pearce from BalletBoyz, ...
  
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• “Crystal Cut and Clean” — Former Ballet Star Teaches Master Class at University - Town Topics

  29-04-2015 14:57 via towntopics.com
  Town Topics
  “Crystal Cut and Clean” — Former Ballet Star Teaches Master Class at University
  Town Topics
  ballet whelan Wendy Whelan's retirement from the New York City Ballet last fall was marked with great fanfare and emotional tributes. In her 28 years with the company, she performed a broad range of repertory and won loyal fans for her individualistic ...and more »
  
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• Before The Tear Gas, Tuesday's Protests In Baltimore Turned Into A Dance Party - ThinkProgress

  29-04-2015 14:48
  
  ThinkProgress
  Before The Tear Gas, Tuesday's Protests In Baltimore Turned Into A Dance Party
  ThinkProgress
  The streets were considerably calmer in Baltimore Tuesday night in the hours before a citywide 10 p.m. curfew, as protesters responding to the death of Freddie Gray balanced out their chants for “no justice, no peace” with moments of levity to ...
  
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• International Dance Day SMS Images Wallpapers FB Whatsapp DP 2015 - Dekh News (blog)

  29-04-2015 13:50
  
  Dekh News (blog)
  International Dance Day SMS Images Wallpapers FB Whatsapp DP 2015
  Dekh News (blog)
  International Dance Day SMS Images Wallpapers FB Whatsapp DP 2015 : Hey friends!!! Today here in this awesome article we and our team provides you complete details of International Dance Day 2015. International Dance Day was introduced in 1982 by ...
  International Dance Day: Get your groove on with these five incredible world ...Guinness World Records
  Celebrate International Dance Day: 4 way
  
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• Carolina Ballet's streamlined Swan Lake celebrates its 10th anniversary at the ... - The Independent Weekly

  29-04-2015 13:00 via indyweek.com
  The Independent Weekly
  Carolina Ballet's streamlined Swan Lake celebrates its 10th anniversary at the ...
  The Independent Weekly
  How does the rest of the story go again?" a young audience member asked during intermission at Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium. Her mother recapped: The prince will be tricked into declaring his love for the wrong girl, who looks identical to his love ...and more »
  
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• Dance of neurons: How brain cell vibrations could help treat diseases like ... - The Week Magazine

  29-04-2015 12:57
  
  The Week Magazine
  Dance of neurons: How brain cell vibrations could help treat diseases like ...
  The Week Magazine
  Think of a squid's jet of water and ink. The nerve that powers this reflex is so huge that it looks like a blood vessel. When a British zoologist began experimenting with it in the 1930s, the squid neuron transformed what we knew about the brain. The ...
  
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• Southwest Virginia Ballet presents Cinderella this weekend - WDBJ7

  29-04-2015 12:25 via wdbj7.com
  
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  Southwest Virginia Ballet presents Cinderella this weekend
  WDBJ7
  at the Berglund Performing Arts Center in Roanoke the Southwest Virginia Ballet is performing Cinderella. wdbj7 Mornin's Alison Parker is live in Roanoke now to show us how the dancers get into character. First, here's all you need to know about the ...and more »
  
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• Local doctors see more dance-related injuries - KETV Omaha

  29-04-2015 10:52
  
  KETV Omaha
  Local doctors see more dance-related injuries
  KETV Omaha
  THAT IS YOUR TRAFFIC TO GO. JOHN: A LOCAL TEEN SPENDS 20 TO 30 HOURS PRACTICING FOR DANCE. DANCERS BECOMING SIDELINED AFTER GETTING HURT. CASSIDY JORGENSON LOVES TO DANCE. I DID CAP, BALLET, ...
  
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• Learning ballet with Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, the prima ballerina - GMA News

  29-04-2015 10:32 via gmanetwork.com
  
  GMA News
  Learning ballet with Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, the prima ballerina
  GMA News
  After celebrating her 50th birthday last year, and with 30 years' experience in professional dancing, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde has now turned to teaching full-time at her Ballet Manila School, which is currently holding summer intensives ...
  
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• PBS details path of ballet's artistic director - Bend Bulletin

  29-04-2015 09:09 via bendbulletin.com
  
  Bend Bulletin
  PBS details path of ballet's artistic director
  Bend Bulletin
  Hee Seo, Cory Stearns and Joseph Gorak are members of the American Ballet Theatre, celebrating its 75th anniversary with a special documentary May 15 on PBS. Click to enlarge photo. PBS details path of ballet's artistic director. By Luaine Lee ...and more »
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler Covers Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood ... - Design & Trend

  29-04-2015 09:02
  
  Design & Trend
  'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler Covers Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood ...
  Design & Trend
  (Photo : Getty Images/Jason Merritt) "Dance Moms" star Maddie Ziegler recently sat down for an interview with Nylon Magazine. "Dance Moms" star Maddie Ziegler was recently interviewed by Nylon Magazine where she talked about her dancing career, the ...
  
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• Houston Ballet inhabits a fantasy of the east in La Bayadere - Calgary Herald

  29-04-2015 08:08 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary Herald
  Houston Ballet inhabits a fantasy of the east in La Bayadere
  Calgary Herald
  The Houston Ballet's production of La Bayadere, which blends Bollywood-style costumes with classical ballet, will be presented by the Alberta Ballet April 30-May 2. Amitava Sarkar / Calgary Herald. Share Adjust Comment Print. Casual dance fans might ...
  
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• Dance meet fallout: Eden Prairie coaches out, others reprimanded - Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews

  29-04-2015 05:31
  
  Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
  Dance meet fallout: Eden Prairie coaches out, others reprimanded
  Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
  Dance coaches at two more Minnesota high schools are being disciplined for their teams' snub of the Faribault squad at the state dance championships in February, and the entire coaching staff at a third school has resigned. The Star Tribune reports ...
  Chaska, Eastview dance coaches disciplined for state tournament protestMinneapolis Star Tribune
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• DSL NewsWire: Limón Dance to Bid Farewell to Artistic Director Carla Maxwell

  29-04-2015 04:37
  Heralding a new chapter in its 69-year history, the José Limón Dance Foundation has undertaken an international search for a new artistic director of the Limón Dance Company to follow Carla Maxwell. Continue reading
  
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• Senior Center to celebrate International Dance Day - Iowa City Press Citizen

  29-04-2015 04:36
  
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  Senior Center to celebrate International Dance Day
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  International Dance Day will be celebrated at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Senior Center's Assembly Room. The Center will showcase dance programs that it offers. Ten different forms of dance will be featured. This event is free and open to all ages. Read ...
  
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• Scientists observe deadly dance between nerves, cancer cells - Science Daily

  29-04-2015 03:19
  
  Science Daily
  Scientists observe deadly dance between nerves, cancer cells
  Science Daily
  Date: April 28, 2015; Source: University of Michigan; Summary: In certain types of cancer, nerves and cancer cells enter an often lethal and intricate waltz where cancer cells and nerves move toward one another and eventually engage in such a way that ...
  Public Release: 28-Apr-2015 U-Michigan scientists observe deadly dance ...EurekAlert (press release)
  Scientists observe deadly dance between nerves and ca
  
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• DSL NewsWire: School Founded by an Oprah “Local Hero” is Without a Home

  29-04-2015 03:18
  The founder of an African American ballet company and school in Austin, Texas, featured in Oprah Winfrey’s O magazine as a “Local Hero” in a 2012 article, will move her studio out of its space at the Highland Mall on Thursday when Austin Community College’s expansion plans begin. As of now, Ballet Afrique does not have a new place to go. Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Think Tank Addresses Scarcity of Female Ballet Choreographers

  29-04-2015 03:05
  A fellowship created to address the scarcity of female choreographers in ballet was announced on Monday night at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Continue reading
  
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• Photographs Of Dancers In Motion Show The Beauty Of Ballet In Urban Settings - Huffington Post

  29-04-2015 00:42 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  Huffington Post
  Photographs Of Dancers In Motion Show The Beauty Of Ballet In Urban Settings
  Huffington Post
  Omar Z. Robles has earned nearly 45,000 Instagram followers by patiently waiting for the perfect interplay of limb in air. For months, the 34-year-old photographer has documented dancers performing in gritty urban environments, where the contrast ...
  Photographer Omar Z. Robles captures graceful ballet dancers performing ...Daily Mailall 3 news articles »
  
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• Review: 'Soul Boys of the Western World' Revisits Spandau Ballet - New York Times

  29-04-2015 00:22 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Review: 'Soul Boys of the Western World' Revisits Spandau Ballet
  New York Times
  Perfectly timed to coincide with Spandau Ballet's current reunion tour, “Soul Boys of the Western World” is a cheekily self-serving account of the English group's rise to glory in the 1980s and its later dissolution. Working with only pre-existing ...
  Spandau Ballet hits 9:30 Club for first DC showWTOP
  32 years later, Spandau Ballet return to Massey HallToronto Sun
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