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• Ballet class at the Q expands the arts in Dunbar - The News-Press

  04-05-2015 22:47
  
  Ballet class at the Q expands the arts in Dunbar
  The News-Press
  Pirouettes and pliés are helping children in an after-school program at the Quality Life Center possibly find a future in classical dance. On Monday nights at 6 p.m. the Q's second floor becomes a training ground for ballet in Dunbar's historically ...
  
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• Gym Trainer Performs Jaw-Dropping Michael Jackson Dance Routine On ... - Huffington Post

  04-05-2015 22:03
  
  Huffington Post
  Gym Trainer Performs Jaw-Dropping Michael Jackson Dance Routine On ...
  Huffington Post
  Nothing says #fitnessgoals like a moonwalk on a treadmill. A video of an Ontario trainer's gym routine is going viral -- not just for its spectacular showcase of human strength and endurance -- but for its impeccably choreographed dance routine to ...
  
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• S.F. Ballet's 'Romeo and Juliet' fresh and vital - San Francisco Examiner

  04-05-2015 21:32
  San Francisco Examiner
  S.F. Ballet's 'Romeo and Juliet' fresh and vital
  San Francisco Examiner
  COURTESY ERIK TOMASSON; San Francisco Ballet's lavish "Romeo and Juliet" is choreographed by Helgi Tomasson and designed by Jens-Jacob Worsaae. Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is more than four centuries old: Ballet versions first appeared in ...
  Romeo and Juliet Has Gorgeous Technique But Lacks DepthSan Francisco Classical Voiceall 2 news articles &r
  
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• Smuin Ballet unwraps 'Unlaced' for Bay Area tour - San Jose Mercury News

  04-05-2015 21:01
  
  Smuin Ballet unwraps 'Unlaced' for Bay Area tour
  San Jose Mercury News
  Eight years after Michael Smuin's death, the ballet company he founded continues to forge an independent identity. The process is a precarious one, balancing its crowd-pleasing past with new choreographic relationships essential for the company's ...and more »
  
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• Sienna Miller slips into a flirty floral scarlet minidress and ballet pumps as ... - Daily Mail

  04-05-2015 17:42
  
  Daily Mail
  Sienna Miller slips into a flirty floral scarlet minidress and ballet pumps as ...
  Daily Mail
  She'll be joining the great and good of the entertainment and fashion worlds at the 2015 Met Gala on Monday night. And Sienna Miller put on a typically stylish parade as she stepped out to grab a coffee on Monday morning in New York City, just hours ...and more »
  
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• Check Out How the 'Evolution of Dance' Guy Has Evolved 9 Years After His Viral ... - moviepilot.com

  04-05-2015 17:12
  
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  Check Out How the 'Evolution of Dance' Guy Has Evolved 9 Years After His Viral ...
  moviepilot.com
  It may interest you to know, as it did me, that YouTube celebrates its 10th birthday this year! That's right, the website that has given so many hours of entertainment to all of us has only just hit double digits. While in recent years being a YouTube ...
  
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• Trailer For Starz's Ballet Drama Flesh And Bone Is More Black Swan Than ... - We Got This Covered

  04-05-2015 16:51
  
  We Got This Covered
  Trailer For Starz's Ballet Drama Flesh And Bone Is More Black Swan Than ...
  We Got This Covered
  Black Swan didn't exactly spark a spree of crazy-ballerina dramas, but the Darren Aronofsky-directed film's influence can be keenly felt in the new trailer for Starz's upcoming drama Flesh and Bone, from Breaking Bad producer Moira Walley-Beckett.
  Trailer: Starz's New Ballet Drama 'Flesh and Bone'Pop Insomniacsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Inside Allen's walk through Warriors kids dance team's routine - FOXSports.com

  04-05-2015 16:11
  
  Yahoo Sports (blog)
  Inside Allen's walk through Warriors kids dance team's routine
  FOXSports.com
  After a timeout during Sunday's Game 1 vs. the Warriors, the Gizzlies' Tony Allen unwittingly walked through a group of kids dancing to 'Can't Touch This.' FOX Sports Tennessee Brandon Speck. Share This Story. Tweet. Updated MAY 04, 2015 10:09a ET.
  Tony Allen will walk right through your dance routine, children (Video)Yahoo Sports (blog)
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• Mardin Governor's Office organizes free admission opera, ballet performances ... - Today's Zaman

  04-05-2015 16:01
  
  Today's Zaman
  Mardin Governor's Office organizes free admission opera, ballet performances ...
  Today's Zaman
  A scene from the ballet entitled “Haram,” which is scheduled for the finale of the Mardin Opera and Ballet Days on May 15 and 16.(Photo: Tarkan Serengül). May 04, 2015, Monday/ 16:46:08/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL. Share. Tweet. Share. Print. A. A.
  Mardin Governor's Office organizes free admission opera, ballet performancesCihan News Agencyall 3 news articles »
  
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• SONG PREMIERE: The Lonesome Band – “Make 'Em Dance” - Glide Magazine

  04-05-2015 16:00
  
  Glide Magazine
  SONG PREMIERE: The Lonesome Band – “Make 'Em Dance”
  Glide Magazine
  Austin's The Lonesome Band proudly classify themselves as Texas Cosmic Honky Tonk Country, and this is a pretty damn accurate label. The group embraces the progressive country sound that helped put the “Live Music Capital of the World” on the map, ...and more »
  
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• Derek Hough 'DWTS' FRUSTRATION: Inability To Dance And Anger Over ... - Fashion & Style

  04-05-2015 15:57
  
  Fashion & Style
  Derek Hough 'DWTS' FRUSTRATION: Inability To Dance And Anger Over ...
  Fashion & Style
  (Photo : ABC/Craig Sjodin) Derek Hough and Nastia Liukin will face a double elimination on tonight's "Dancing with the Stars" as the duo face off against their competitors in an "America's Choice" dance as well as their first official trio performance.
  “Dancing with the Stars” Couples to Perform Trio Dance on Monday NightmyCentralOregon.comall 3 news arti
  
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• Maya Plisetskaya, One Of The 20th Century's Best Ballet Dancers, Dies At 89 - Huffington Post

  04-05-2015 15:49
  
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  Maya Plisetskaya, One Of The 20th Century's Best Ballet Dancers, Dies At 89
  Huffington Post
  MOSCOW (AP) — Maya Plisetskaya, regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and whose career at the Bolshoi Theater spanned more than 35 years, has died at age 89. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin told the state news agency Tass that ...
  Russia mourns ballet legendManila Standard Today
  Composer Arif Melikov: Maya Plisetskaya was epochal in Russian balletvestnik
  
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• Prom 2015: Mona Shores High School students dance 'Al Fresco' - MLive.com

  04-05-2015 15:32
  
  MLive.com
  Prom 2015: Mona Shores High School students dance 'Al Fresco'
  MLive.com
  Students from Mona Shores dance during their high school prom at the Trillium Banquet Centein Spring Lake, Mich., Saturday, May 2, 2015. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com). Joel Bissell · Print Email · John S. Hausman | [email protected] By John S. Hausman ...
  United We Dance: A Special Prom In The Big CountryBig Country Homepageall 105 news articles »
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Midseason Finale Spoilers: Abby Lee Miller's Team Fails To Show ... - International Business Times

  04-05-2015 14:41
  
  International Business Times
  'Dance Moms' Midseason Finale Spoilers: Abby Lee Miller's Team Fails To Show ...
  International Business Times
  The ALDC girls and their mothers, pictured at the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards in March, will attend their final Pittsburgh dance competition in Tuesday's Season 5 midseason finale of "Dance Moms." Getty. It appears the ALDC girls have gotten a little too ...
  Dance Moms Cast Update: Abby Lee Miller Slams ProducersMovie News Guide
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• Story Behind the Song: Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit single 'True' - Fox News

  04-05-2015 14:16
  
  Fox News
  Story Behind the Song: Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit single 'True'
  Fox News
  NEW YORK – "Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said. I know this much is true." Those lyrics from the hit Spandau Ballet song "True" have made their way into music history. The title track from their third album ...
  Spandau Ballet triumphs at Beacon TheatreNewsdayall 4 news articles »
  
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• 'DWTS' Contestants Will Dance to America's Choice Tonight! - Just Jared

  04-05-2015 13:54
  
  Just Jared
  'DWTS' Contestants Will Dance to America's Choice Tonight!
  Just Jared
  Rumer Willis wears a floral dress while heading to her Dancing With the Stars rehearsal on Saturday (May 2) in Hollywood. The 26-year-old entertainer was joined by her pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy. She was also spotted at the studio on Thursday and ...
  Rumer Willis Will Dance to America's Choice on Tonight's 'DWTS'Just Jared Jr.all 17 news articles »
  
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• Music, dance and pride on display - SW News Media

  04-05-2015 13:06
  SW News Media
  Music, dance and pride on display
  SW News Media
  Dancers pass in their regalia during the grand entry march of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's 2014 Wacipi celebration. Buy this photo. Posted: Monday, May 4, 2015 6:00 am. Music, dance and pride on display · Hjones. Posted on May 4, ...
  
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• 'Dancing With The Stars' Season 20 SPOILERS: 'Dance Moms' Star Maddie ... - Design & Trend

  04-05-2015 12:48
  
  Design & Trend
  'Dancing With The Stars' Season 20 SPOILERS: 'Dance Moms' Star Maddie ...
  Design & Trend
  (Photo : Getty Images/Brendon Thorne) Maddie Ziegler will perform with Josh Groban on Tuesday night's episode of "Dancing With the Stars." "Dancing With the Stars" will return with its eighth and ninth episodes this coming Monday and Tuesday, a first ...
  'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler Heads To 'Dancing With The Stars'The Inquisitr
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• Billboard Dance Picks: Disclosure, Ten Walls, ATTLAS & More - Billboard

  04-05-2015 09:30
  
  Billboard
  Billboard Dance Picks: Disclosure, Ten Walls, ATTLAS & More
  Billboard
  Disclosure's Howard and Guy Lawrence photographed by Austin Hargrave on June 17th at Milk Studios in Los Angeles. Austin Hargrave. 0. 0. 0. Each week, Billboard Dance curates a diverse selection of the best new tunes in dance/electronic music. Take a ...
  
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• Eifman Ballet sculpts a moving 'Rodin' - Boston Globe (subscription)

  04-05-2015 06:47
  
  Boston Globe (subscription)
  Eifman Ballet sculpts a moving 'Rodin'
  Boston Globe (subscription)
  Established in 1977, Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg has over the past 15 years brought to Boston a slew of Boris Eifman's tormented psychodramas: “Tchaikovsky,” “Red Giselle,” “Russian Hamlet,” “Don Juan & Molière,” “Anna Karenina,” “The Seagull,” and ...and more »
  
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• Rockford Dance Company's artistic director encourages diversity through ballet - Rockford Register Star

  04-05-2015 05:35
  
  Rockford Register Star
  Rockford Dance Company's artistic director encourages diversity through ballet
  Rockford Register Star
  ROCKFORD — Playing the lead in "Swan Lake" or "Giselle" is a dream role for many professional ballet dancers. But for Wayland Anderson, Rockford Dance Company's artistic director, that dream role came true as a principal in "Off the Wall & Onto the ...and more »
  
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• Dance-Theater Work to Remember Aids Epidemic Survivors Opens This Month ... - KRON4.com

  04-05-2015 05:26
  
  Dance-Theater Work to Remember Aids Epidemic Survivors Opens This Month ...
  KRON4.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)– Sean Dorsey Dance will be performing “The Missing Generation” May 14th to the 17th at the Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco, according to the GLBT Historical Society. The GLBT Historical Society gathers, preserves and ...and more »
  
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• Ginobili, Duncan, Popovich dance around questions about Spurs' future - NBCSports.com

  04-05-2015 05:01
  Ginobili, Duncan, Popovich dance around questions about Spurs' future
  NBCSports.com
  As you might expect, it was Gregg Popovich who had the best answer about the future of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and the Spurs. “People ask me about Tim and Manu and myself for the last five years, what we're going to do. It's all psychobabble. I have ...and more »
  
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• The week in arts: Judith Lucy, Alt-J on tour and Fremantle heritage festival

  04-05-2015 04:09
  
  David Malouf talks about his novel-turned opera, Judith Lucy laughs through the tears, Alt-J tours the east coast, Fremantle gets festiveMelbourne City Ballet presents a two-week showcase of new contemporary dance pieces from four top choreographers. Former Royal New Zealand ballet dancer Brendan Bradshaw combines early 20th-century opera, intricate pas de deux and vintage footage for his piece Caruso, and ballet dancer Iona Marques pays tribute to her Brazilian heritage for Ciranda, a work insp
  
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• Dance review: Ballet Biarritz fuses wide range of moves into compelling scenes - Dallas Morning News

  04-05-2015 02:08
  
  Dallas Morning News
  Dance review: Ballet Biarritz fuses wide range of moves into compelling scenes
  Dallas Morning News
  The Ballet Biarritz performs a piece titled Estro, choreographed by Thierry Malandain with music by Vivaldi. By MANUEL MENDOZA. Special Contributor. Published: 03 May 2015 07:05 PM. Updated: 03 May 2015 07:05 PM. Over the course of three pieces ...
  
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• Dance Happy gives homeless kids a bouncy escape - Orlando Sentinel

  04-05-2015 01:59
  
  Orlando Sentinel
  Dance Happy gives homeless kids a bouncy escape
  Orlando Sentinel
  Georgia Bernbaum created the Dance Happy Project for children at The Coalition for the Homeless. Georgia Bernbaum created the Dance Happy Project for children at The Coalition for the Homeless. 12-year-old humanitarian creates dance program for ...
  
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• My First Father-Daughter Dance: Standing Ground (#BaltimoreUprising) - Huffington Post

  04-05-2015 01:20
  
  Huffington Post
  My First Father-Daughter Dance: Standing Ground (#BaltimoreUprising)
  Huffington Post
  On Friday morning, I was getting my seven-year-old daughter ready for school and chatting happily about our first father-daughter dance later that night. So when a friend of mine suggested later, "Remember where you were last year at this time. Give ...
  
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• Dance: Ballerinas take center stage in 'Romeo and Juliet' - SFGate

  04-05-2015 00:44
  
  SFGate
  Dance: Ballerinas take center stage in 'Romeo and Juliet'
  SFGate
  You have to wonder if anticipating a production of “Romeo and Juliet” excites audiences as much as it stirs ballerinas. At least, six of the breed will portray the Shakespeare-inspired adolescent heroine during the San Francisco Ballet's 10-day run of ...and more »
  
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• City Ballet to Present 'La Sylphide,' a Romantic Ballet Standard - New York Times

  04-05-2015 00:33
  New York Times
  City Ballet to Present 'La Sylphide,' a Romantic Ballet Standard
  New York Times
  Leave this world behind. All choreography takes us on a trip, but where? It's curious that in the Romantic ballets of the 19th century the journey takes us into the risky terrain of unconfined nature. Into the woods! All dance transforms the time and ...
  
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• A REVIEW: Dance premiere creates community of love, connection - Durham Herald Sun

  04-05-2015 00:22
  Durham Herald Sun
  A REVIEW: Dance premiere creates community of love, connection
  Durham Herald Sun
  Shaleigh Dance Works' world premiere of “Alo” conjured an experienceSaturday at Reality Ministries. This was the last in a two-day run presented under the auspices of Durham Independent Dance Artists. The space itself cast a spell even before this ...
  
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• Roseville Gratiot Cruise sets nostalgic mood with dinner-dance fundraiser - The Macomb Daily

  04-05-2015 00:18
  
  Roseville Gratiot Cruise sets nostalgic mood with dinner-dance fundraiser
  The Macomb Daily
  Classic cars are getting their motors running to head out on the highway, looking for adventure in the June 20 Roseville Gratiot Cruise. MACOMB DAILY FILE PHOTO. By Mitch Hotts, The Macomb Daily. Posted: 05/03/15, 6:08 PM EDT |. # Comments.
  
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• Review: 'Electronic Africa' Pushes Dance Rhythms to a Breakneck Speed - New York Times

  04-05-2015 00:02
  New York Times
  Review: 'Electronic Africa' Pushes Dance Rhythms to a Breakneck Speed
  New York Times
  Nozinja, a South African producer and D.J., started a chant during his set at Villain in Williamsburg on Friday night: “One! Eight! Nine!” That was for 189 beats per minute, the frenetic pace of the dance music he has pioneered, Shangaan Electro. “You ...
  
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