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• Review: American Ballet Theater Opens Season at Lincoln Center - New York Times

  12-05-2015 23:44
  New York Times
  Review: American Ballet Theater Opens Season at Lincoln Center
  New York Times
  Other cities around the world have more than one major ballet company, but no balletomane delirium compares to that arising from the annual Lincoln Center fever. For four weeks, American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet play simultaneously ...
  
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• Nero Aims to Shift From Dance Act to Live Electronic Band on Second Album - Billboard

  12-05-2015 23:36
  
  Billboard
  Nero Aims to Shift From Dance Act to Live Electronic Band on Second Album
  Billboard
  The U.K. electronic trio plots a tour that will showcase their live band abilities over their DJ skills. When Nero released its ambitious debut album Welcome Reality in 2011, the LP spent 65 weeks on the Dance/Electronic charts, spawned a Grammy ...and more »
  
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• A Ballet to Open Versailles's New Water Theater Grove - New York Times (blog)

  12-05-2015 22:51
  New York Times (blog)
  A Ballet to Open Versailles's New Water Theater Grove
  New York Times (blog)
  The Château de Versailles's newly renovated Water Theater grove opened with an original performance by the new Paris Opera Ballet director Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project. Charlotte Tanguy; From left: the landscape architect Louis Benech and ...
  
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• Briefly: What do a fish fry and ballet have in common? - The Daily News Journal

  12-05-2015 21:59
  
  The Daily News Journal
  Briefly: What do a fish fry and ballet have in common?
  The Daily News Journal
  Fish fry to benefit Smyrna Library. SMYRNA – The Sam Davis Masonic Lodge No. 661 will host a fish fry, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6. Proceeds will benefit Friends of the Smyrna Library and will be donated in the memory of Walter King ...
  
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• Maddie Ziegler On How Fame Has Affected Her Life And Childhood; Admits She ... - Reality Tea

  12-05-2015 21:53
  
  Reality Tea
  Maddie Ziegler On How Fame Has Affected Her Life And Childhood; Admits She ...
  Reality Tea
  It's hard to imagine that Maddie Ziegler is only 12-years-old. The Dance Moms star has already experienced more than most of us do in a lifetime thanks to the popularity of her reality show and a decade-long dedication to dance. Despite all the upsides ...
  'Dance Moms' Cast Members Mackenzie Ziegler, Nia Frazer Meet Kim ...Design & Trend
  'Dance Moms' Cast Members Meet Kim K
  
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• Lakeridge High hires new dance team coach - Portland Tribune

  12-05-2015 21:48
  
  Portland Tribune
  Lakeridge High hires new dance team coach
  Portland Tribune
  SKIDMORE University of Oregon graduate Michelle Skidmore has been named the new head coach of the Lakeridge High School Dance Team, the school district announced Tuesday. Skidmore previously has served as a Pacer and Junior Pacer dance team ...and more »
  
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• Watch A Man In A Light-Up Suit Dance With Drones [Video] - Popular Science

  12-05-2015 21:48
  Popular Science
  Watch A Man In A Light-Up Suit Dance With Drones [Video]
  Popular Science
  It looks like magic, from a distance: flying lights traveling in a circle around a single illuminated human. In ages past it would seem to be full of spirits, but to a modern eye it seems just as likely a weird form of alien attack. The spectacle is ...and more »
  
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• TV review: Holes, sincerity in American Ballet Theatre film - SFGate

  12-05-2015 21:21
  
  SFGate
  TV review: Holes, sincerity in American Ballet Theatre film
  SFGate
  The days when ballet presentations were at least monthly adornments on PBS, via either “Dance in America” or “Live From Lincoln Center,” are long past. So, despite its many problems, this 90-minute documentary celebrating American Ballet Theatre's 75th ...
  Esther Cepeda: Bravo to a masterful film on balletGazettextraall 2 news articles »
  
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• Huntington youth ballet troupe tries on new moves in 'Cinderella' - Huntington Beach Independent

  12-05-2015 20:56
  
  Huntington Beach Independent
  Huntington youth ballet troupe tries on new moves in 'Cinderella'
  Huntington Beach Independent
  A timeless classic will get a touch of modern movements when Huntington Beach dance company Ballet Etudes presents "Cinderella" next week. The nonprofit ballet company for teenagers, part of the Huntington Academy of Dance, has been around for ...
  
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• 'So You Think You Can Dance' Sneak Peek: It's the Street Dancers vs. Stage ... - Entertainment Tonight

  12-05-2015 20:38
  
  Entertainment Tonight
  'So You Think You Can Dance' Sneak Peek: It's the Street Dancers vs. Stage ...
  Entertainment Tonight
  There's a huge twist coming to this season of So You Think You Can Dance! Not only are we welcoming Paula Abdul and Jason Derulo to the judges table, for the first time in the series' 11-season history, the dancing hopefuls will be split into two ...
  
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• Ariana Grande Will Headline New York's Dance On The Pier In Honor Of LGBT ... - Huffington Post

  12-05-2015 20:13
  
  Out Magazine
  Ariana Grande Will Headline New York's Dance On The Pier In Honor Of LGBT ...
  Huffington Post
  Ariana Grande will bring her steadfast support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to the New York stage. The 21-year-old pop princess is set to headline the Dance on the Pier, which caps off New York's LGBT Pride Week, ...
  Ariana Grande to Headline NYC Pride's Dance on the PierOut Magazine
  NYC Dance on the Pier: Ariana Grande Criticized for Head
  
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• Flanders Fields, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera, Ghent — review - Financial Times

  12-05-2015 19:25
  Financial Times
  Flanders Fields, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera, Ghent — review
  Financial Times
  Dominating this impressive mixed programme by the Royal Ballet of Flanders to commemorate the first world war is a major revival of The Green Table, Kurt Jooss's seminal 1932 work created in its aftermath and also in the fear of Hitler's seemingly ...
  
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• Royal Ballet: Woolf Works five-star review – exhilarating and ravishingly ... - The Guardian

  12-05-2015 18:48
  
  The Guardian
  Royal Ballet: Woolf Works five-star review – exhilarating and ravishingly ...
  The Guardian
  Hi-tech, time-bending fantasy … Eric Underwood and Sarah Lamb in Part 2: Becomings from Woolf Works by the Royal Ballet. Photograph: Tristram Kenton. Judith Mackrell · @judithmackrell. Tuesday 12 May 2015 07.18 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 12 ...
  Woolf Works, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden: 'an expensive-looking folly'Telegraph.co.uk
  Virginia Woolf inspires new Max Richte
  
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• Phoenix Ballet mixes classical discipline, reality-TV flair - azcentral.com

  12-05-2015 18:07
  
  azcentral.com
  Phoenix Ballet mixes classical discipline, reality-TV flair
  azcentral.com
  The ambitious troupe features contemporary choreography in 'Rising' at Mesa Arts Center. The program repeats later this month in Sedona and in Poland. Loading… Post to Facebook. Phoenix Ballet mixes classical discipline, reality-TV flair The ambitious ...
  
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• Dance Students At Boody JHS Take Home Bronze Medal In Ballet Competition - Bensonhurstbean

  12-05-2015 16:07
  
  Bensonhurstbean
  Dance Students At Boody JHS Take Home Bronze Medal In Ballet Competition
  Bensonhurstbean
  Eight graders from the Dance Magnet of I.S. 228 David A. Boody took home the bronze medal with the performance number called “Ladies' Choice” at the Long Island Ballet Competition, in Islip, NY on May 2. The competition was open to all ballet students ...
  
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• Beyond Bollywood review – Munich to Mumbai epic is lost in a fog of dry ice

  12-05-2015 15:10
  
  London Palladium
  Offering endless exhortations to follow your heart, swirling movement and a chorus of blokes in skimpy shorts, this lavish spectacle is in search of a storyIt is a brave move to bring a total of 45 dancers, technicians and musicians from India to the Palladium for a two-month run. But, while this show offers an undeniably lavish spectacle, you wish that the company had remembered to pack a decent script. There is a story by Rajeev Goswami, who is also the director and choreograp
  
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• 'DWTS' recap: Demi Moore joins Rumer Willis backstage after Black Swan dance - Fox News

  12-05-2015 14:35
  
  Fox News
  'DWTS' recap: Demi Moore joins Rumer Willis backstage after Black Swan dance
  Fox News
  LOS ANGELES – Rumer Willis performed as a dazzling black swan on the Monday night semifinals of “Dancing with the Stars”—but her competition was stiff. And going into Tuesday's elimination show, all four remaining celebrity competitors looked like ...
  Rumer Willis and Val Reveal Semi-Finale Dance Routine and Talk 'DWTS ...Extra
  Rumer Willis Does a Sensual 'Fifty Shades of G
  
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• Watch Jean-Claude Van Damme recreate his 'Kickboxer' dance on 'Conan' - USA TODAY

  12-05-2015 14:29
  
  USA TODAY
  Watch Jean-Claude Van Damme recreate his 'Kickboxer' dance on 'Conan'
  USA TODAY
  Here's some amazing '80s nostalgia to start your Tuesday. Jean-Claude Van Damme stopped by Conan last night to revisit his famous dance sequence from Kickboxer — you know, the one where he beats a guy up while busting a split. And with Conan's ...
  Watch Conan, Van Damme Recreate Dorky 'Kickboxer' DanceRollingStone.com
  Jean-Claude Van Damme Recreated His Dance From
  
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• Dancing with Mrs Dalloway: Woolf Works by Wayne McGregor – in pictures

  12-05-2015 14:00
  
  The Royal Ballet’s stunning new show is inspired by the life and novels of Virginia Woolf. Alessandra Ferri, Natalia Osipova, Sarah Lamb and Edward Watson perform in a ‘brave and entirely exhilarating’ triptych Continue reading...
  
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• Royal Ballet: Woolf Works five-star review – ravishingly expressive

  12-05-2015 13:18
  
  Royal Opera House, London
  Wayne McGregor’s triptych based on Virginia Woolf’s life and writings is a haunting meditation on memory, madness and timeWayne McGregor doesn’t flinch from exposing the riskiness of his latest project – a full-length ballet inspired by the life and writings of Virginia Woolf.Related: Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Not the Royal BalletContinue reading...
  
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• Janice Lennard - A Lifetime of Ballet - Eurweb.com

  12-05-2015 12:51
  
  Eurweb.com
  Janice Lennard - A Lifetime of Ballet
  Eurweb.com
  *Born in 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana, I have been involved with ballet through supervised training, on-going instruction, and independent practice for over 65 years. These experiences are the underpinnings of my work as a ballet instructor. I am a ...
  
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• Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley on why he still gets excited about music - Sydney Morning Herald

  12-05-2015 09:33
  
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley on why he still gets excited about music
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Show business legend has it that Tony Hadley was so drunk at Bob Geldof's 1986 wedding to Paula Yates that Simon Le Bon pulled him up on his unruly behaviour. "Oh god, I was off my face," groans the Spandau Ballet frontman, speaking in Sydney ahead ...
  Spandau Ballet defy critics to play onNEWS.com.auall 3 news articles »
  
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• Tyson Beckford -- Not Just The Tip ... For Mariah Carey's Lap Dance - TMZ.com

  12-05-2015 09:26
  
  TMZ.com
  Tyson Beckford -- Not Just The Tip ... For Mariah Carey's Lap Dance
  TMZ.com
  Tyson Beckford has a tip for all the ladies coming to his Chippendales shows in Vegas -- don't do what Mariah Carey did when she came face-to-face with his dong. Tyson told our photog at LAX that even though Mimi slipped him $300 for a BIG peek at his ...
  Tyson Beckford Gives Mariah Carey A Sexy Lap Dance, Nick Cannon Honors ...OK Magazine
  Get It Girl! Mariah Carey Gets a Lap Dance From Tyson Beckfo
  
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• PHOTO: Dance recital at BHS Friday, Saturday - The Daily News Online

  12-05-2015 07:30
  The Daily News Online
  PHOTO: Dance recital at BHS Friday, Saturday
  The Daily News Online
  Suzanne's School of Dance and Tutu Tots will present ''Lights Camera Dance'' Recital 2015 beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15 and 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at Batavia High School. Pictured are members of the Tutu Tots class (2-year-olds)dancing to ''A ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: 100-Year-Old Dancer/Choreographer Starts New Career—In Music Videos

  12-05-2015 06:22
  Starring in music videos at the age of 100, Eileen Kramer is probably the oldest working dancer and choreographer in Australia, if not the world—and the centenarian revels in her age, says Yahoo news. Continue reading
  
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• CLC release a special choreography dance video as a gift for their 'Pepe' MV ... - allkpop

  12-05-2015 06:17
  
  allkpop
  CLC release a special choreography dance video as a gift for their 'Pepe' MV ...
  allkpop
  First off, congratulations to new group CLC as their "Pepe" MV has surpassed well over 2 million views! As a gift to fans, the girls have released their special choreography video! This isn't just an ordinary choreography video however, as the members ...
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Rhythmic Movement of Hula Helps Babies Sleep While Moms Work Out

  12-05-2015 06:03
  The likelihood is pretty good that your baby, lulled by the soothing music and the swaying of hips, will fall asleep at Hula Babies class. If your baby cries instead, the moms there don’t mind; babies hiccupping and intermittently crying is the gentle background to the hula, says the Seattle Times.Continue reading
  
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• DSL NewsWire: Rhythmic Movement of Hula Helps Babies Sleep While Mom Works Out

  12-05-2015 06:03
  The likelihood is pretty good that your baby, lulled by the soothing music and the swaying of hips, will fall asleep at Hula Babies class. If your baby cries instead, the moms there don’t mind; babies hiccupping and intermittently crying is the gentle background to the hula, says the Seattle Times. Continue reading
  
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• Dancing With the Stars Week 9 Recap: Len Goodman Shines As Judges Hit the ... - Us Magazine

  12-05-2015 05:52
  
  Us Magazine
  Dancing With the Stars Week 9 Recap: Len Goodman Shines As Judges Hit the ...
  Us Magazine
  DWTS week 9 recap Dancing With the Stars judges Len Goodman, Julianne Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli took the stage with the final four couples. Credit: Adam Taylor/ABC via Getty Images. And then there were four! After last week's Dancing ...
  Julianne Hough Will Dance with Riker Lynch Tonight on 'DWTS'!Just Jared Jr.
  'Dancing With The Stars' 2015 Spoilers: J
  
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• DSL NewsWire: View From the Wings Inspired Filmmaker to Create ABT Documentary

  12-05-2015 05:10
  There are many ballet documentaries—including a couple on the American Ballet Theatre—but none has ever described the essence and beauty of dance as masterfully as Ric Burns’ American Ballet Theatre: A History, premiering May 15 at 9pm on PBS’ American Masters. Continue reading
  
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• Jean-Claude Van Damme Recreated His Dance From 'Kickboxer' On 'Conan' - UPROXX (press release) (blog)

  12-05-2015 05:00
  
  UPROXX (press release) (blog)
  Jean-Claude Van Damme Recreated His Dance From 'Kickboxer' On 'Conan'
  UPROXX (press release) (blog)
  There are plenty of things Jean-Claude Van Damme could do to create a memorable late night appearance, but Conan might've found the pick of the litter. Flashback to the late 1980s and a little film called Kickboxer. In that movie, Van Damme shows more ...
  
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• Danaka Dance, Catherine Tharin and More Set for Green Space This June - Broadway World

  12-05-2015 03:04
  
  Danaka Dance, Catherine Tharin and More Set for Green Space This June
  Broadway World
  Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in June. Fertile Ground will present new work by various artists and Take Root will present an evening of work by Danaka Dance and Dances by Catherine Tharin.
  
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• City council to hear dance hall ordinance - WCNC

  12-05-2015 02:45
  
  WCNC
  City council to hear dance hall ordinance
  WCNC
  On Monday night, the Charlotte City Council is expected to take up a change to a longtime city ordinance that affects nightclub owners. Loading… Post to Facebook. City council to hear dance hall ordinance On Monday night, the Charlotte City Council is ...and more »
  
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• Anita McCoy will present her 40th dance revue Saturday - Canon City Daily Record

  12-05-2015 01:59
  
  Anita McCoy will present her 40th dance revue Saturday
  Canon City Daily Record
  Anita McCoy will present her 40th annual Cañon City Dance Revue, 'Stayin' Alive' at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Cañon City High School, 1313 College Ave. (Carie Canterbury / Daily Record). Regional Competition Results. Twenty-two routines from Anita McCoy ...and more »
  
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