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• 60-year-old high school dance teacher nails routine to Bruno Mars' hit song ... - 6abc.com

  13-06-2015 23:18 via 6abc.com
  
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  High school dance teacher Shirley Clements, 60, impressed students with her hip-hop routine to Bruno Mars' hit song, "Uptown Funk." (Artistic Edge Dance Academy/YouTube). Saturday, June 13, 2015 05:13PM. A 60-year-old high school dance teacher in ...
  60-year-old crushes "Uptown Funk" hip hop dance routine, on The Feed!CBS News
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• EXCHANGE: Artistic director encourages diversity with ballet - Albany Times Union

  13-06-2015 20:10
  
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  EXCHANGE: Artistic director encourages diversity with ballet
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  ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — 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 ...and more »
  
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• Boulder Ballet co-director bows out as troupe opens outdoor season - Boulder Daily Camera

  13-06-2015 20:07
  
  Boulder Ballet co-director bows out as troupe opens outdoor season
  Boulder Daily Camera
  As the Boulder Ballet launches its 11th annual Ballet in the Park today, a staple with the dance company will be launching in a different direction. Peter Davison had become a well-known face with the local group, mostly because of his quirky, unusual ...
  
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• Game of Thrones Episode 509—"The Dance of Dragons" GIF Recap - Winter Is Coming

  13-06-2015 19:16 via winteriscoming.net
  
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  Game of Thrones Episode 509—"The Dance of Dragons" GIF Recap
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  Welcome back to another Game of Thrones GIF recap! This week, while taking on Episode 509, “The Dance of Dragons,” we've decided to do something a bit different and go with GIFs made by the awesome folks over at Coub.com. We think you'll like them, ...and more »
  
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• Francesco Ventriglia: NZ ballet's leading man - Stuff.co.nz

  13-06-2015 19:02
  
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  Francesco Ventriglia: NZ ballet's leading man
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  Francesco Ventriglia, artistic director of The Royal New Zealand Ballet, at Wellington's St James Theatre. Visiting the Royal New Zealand Ballet is a little like falling down a rabbit hole. At the bottom, you emerge in a world of tulle and whimsy, of ...
  
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• E3 2015: Just Dance 2016 Outed Ahead of E3 - IGN

  13-06-2015 17:38 via ign.com
  
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  E3 2015: Just Dance 2016 Outed Ahead of E3
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  Instagram user Averagelatindude posted the image, as seen below, revealing a promotional banner containing the logo for Just Dance 2016 alongside Assassin's Creed Syndicate and The Division logos. He included the hashtags “justdance2016,” “E32015,” ...
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• American Contemporary Ballet Takes on George Balanchine and Fred Astaire - LA Magazine

  13-06-2015 16:20
  
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  American Contemporary Ballet Takes on George Balanchine and Fred Astaire
  LA Magazine
  For the first time, American Contemporary Ballet is performing in the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building downtown, presenting a program of George Balanchine and Fred Astaire. The historic space, built in 1905, no longer operates as a center of high ...
  
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• Today in TV History: 'So You Think You Can Dance' Took a Leap Into the Unknown - Decider

  13-06-2015 16:06 via decider.com
  
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  Today in TV History: 'So You Think You Can Dance' Took a Leap Into the Unknown
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  Of all the great things about television, the greatest is that it's on every single day. TV history is being made, day in and day out, in ways big and small. In an effort to better appreciate this history, we're taking a look back, every day, at one ...
  
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• Join Miss Michigan contestants today for Royal Dance Mob at downtown stage - MLive.com

  13-06-2015 15:11 via mlive.com
  
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  Join Miss Michigan contestants today for Royal Dance Mob at downtown stage
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  Contestants taking part in the Most Outstanding Teen and Miss Michigan competitions will partake in a Royal Dance Mob held today at 1:30 p.m. at the Olthoff Street Stage in Muskegon. The event, hosted by MLive Muskegon Chronicle, serves as a kickoff ...
  
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• O-Zone: Dance ... dance - Jacksonville Jaguars

  13-06-2015 14:26 via jaguars.com
  
  O-Zone: Dance ... dance
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  John: I thought throughout last season that Allen Robinson could be a solid, long-term starter in the NFL. That's a good thing for a second-round selection – or any player, for that matter – to be, and it appeared during the games he played that he had ...and more »
  
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• Final bow for middle school Ballroom Dance Project today in Springfield - MassLive.com

  13-06-2015 13:09 via masslive.com
  
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  Final bow for middle school Ballroom Dance Project today in Springfield
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  SPRINGFIELD — A 10-year-old ballroom dance program that has introduced more than 5,000 middle-schoolers to the ins and outs of the cha-cha, waltz and tango will take its final bow on Saturday afternoon at Symphony Hall as more than 100 fifth graders ...and more »
  
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• Annie Mac: 'I'm more than just the dance girl' - The Guardian

  13-06-2015 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Annie Mac: 'I'm more than just the dance girl'
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  She's Radio 1's champion of new music, the successor to Zane Lowe and John Peel, but she's also the boss of a booming clubbing brand. We go poolside in Palm Springs to find out: what does Annie Mac know that other DJs don't? Annie Mac. Mixing it up: ...and more »
  
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• HomeBill T. Jones's Slow Dance Through History - Jewish Daily Forward

  13-06-2015 11:04 via forward.com
  
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  HomeBill T. Jones's Slow Dance Through History
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  'You like them kosher, don't you, Bill?” Edith Zane observed when she learned that her late son's partner, the African-American dancer Bill T. Jones, had taken up with another Jew. Jones recalls this conversation drily, not bothered by the teasing. She ...
  
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• “Cinderella” made manifest in dance - Rutland Herald

  13-06-2015 09:06 via rutlandherald.com
  “Cinderella” made manifest in dance
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  Students rehearse for the upcoming production of Cinderella at the Vermont Center for Dance Education in Rutland on Thursday evening. Last summer Stefania Nardi started planning the production of her dance students' performance of Cinderella.
  
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• The Pennsylvania Ballet's season-closer stuns - Philly.com

  13-06-2015 09:05
  
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  The Pennsylvania Ballet's season-closer stuns
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  From the opening curtain to the final darkening of the lights, exuberant reactions - both subjectively visceral and objectively profound - rippled through the Merriam Theater at the Pennsylvania Ballet's season closer Thursday night. Choreographer ...
  Pennsylvania Ballet's Keigwin, Fonte, & Forsythe: A Virtuosic Thrill!The Dance Journal (blog)all 4 news articles »
  
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• Salsa music, stories, dance highlight Caponi Art Park summer shows - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  13-06-2015 08:25 via startribune.com
  
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  Salsa music, stories, dance highlight Caponi Art Park summer shows
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  Steve Peterson Music: Salsabrosa, a Cuban-style salsa band, will perform with dancer Chini Yeniel Perez, left, in June. Text size. comment. share. tweet. email. Print. more. Share on: Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest. Copy shortlink:.
  
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• ATHLETICS: Maxwell to dance for Lindenwood - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

  13-06-2015 07:23 via theintelligencer.com
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  ATHLETICS: Maxwell to dance for Lindenwood
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  Katie Maxwell, a four-year performer for the Edwardsville High School dance team, is flanked by her parents, Vickie and Tom, as she signs a letter of intent to attend Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., on a dance scholarship. Looking on in the ...
  
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• Ballet East reinforces cultural ties with Folklorico summer workshop - Austin American-Statesman

  13-06-2015 07:02
  
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  Ballet East reinforces cultural ties with Folklorico summer workshop
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  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the Statesman delivered to your inbox. You don't need to be Mexican to learn to dance and appreciate the varied regional dances of Mexico — and get a good workout at the same time.
  
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• Just Moving Dance Members Move to Their Own Groove - The Ledger

  13-06-2015 06:26 via theledger.com
  
  Just Moving Dance Members Move to Their Own Groove
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  JUST MOVING DANCERS show off their group dance, "I Was Here," during the Family Café with instructor Maria Torres leading the way. PROVIDED TO THE LEDGER. By Tori Walker THE LEDGER ...and more »
  
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• Reality check: 'Dance Moms' takes LA by storm - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  13-06-2015 06:03 via post-gazette.com
  
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  Reality check: 'Dance Moms' takes LA by storm
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  The summer season of LIfetime's "Dance Moms" moves the action from Penn Hills to Los Angeles, with a lineup of Maddie Ziegler, JoJo Siwa, Nia Frazier, Mackenzie Ziegler, Kalani Hilliker and Kendall Vertes." ...
  'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Stopped Watching Lifetime Series Because ...KDramaStarsall 5 news articles »
  
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• Ballet companies seeking to expand fan base - The Japan News

  13-06-2015 05:42
  
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  Ballet companies seeking to expand fan base
  The Japan News
  By Hideki Sukenari / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterEven though their caliber is on a par with the best in the world, Japanese ballet companies are still struggling to increase their fan base. Ballet companies have been striving to create opportunities ...
  
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• Lore review – a fusion of Dreamtime symbolism with contemporary dance

  13-06-2015 05:02
  
  Sydney Opera HouseBangarra’s new double bill offsets the joyfulness of Murray Island-inspired I.B.I.S., with the darkness and disempowerment of SheoakBangarra dance theatre’s 29th production, Lore, is a double bill featuring Sheoak, by experienced Bangarra choreographer, Frances Rings, and I.B.I.S., a co-creation from Deborah Brown and Waangenga Blanco, two Bangarra dancers making their main stage choreography debut.
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• Poignant Beginning To Big Band Dance - KSAL

  13-06-2015 04:23 via ksal.com
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  Poignant Beginning To Big Band Dance
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  It was a poignant moment that began one of the classiest events at the Smoky Hill River Festival Friday evening. As festival-goers gathered inside the Bicentennial Center for the popular Big Band Dance with Bobby Layne and his orchestra, a brief ...
  
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• This Ballet With Humans And Robots Is Sweet and Slightly Scary - Gizmodo

  13-06-2015 03:10
  
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  This Ballet With Humans And Robots Is Sweet and Slightly Scary
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  Right now, you can watch human and robots perform ballet together at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a piece called “Robot.” It's about humans teaching robots to dance, though the small mechanical creatures aren't able to replace their fleshbag ...and more »
  
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• Alberta Ballet II set for tour to Bonnyville, Cold Lake - Calgary Herald

  13-06-2015 02:44
  
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  Alberta Ballet II set for tour to Bonnyville, Cold Lake
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  During a recent Alberta Ballet May-fundraiser at the Christine Klassen Gallery, Alberta Ballet II Artistic Coordinator and Director Aram Manukyan looked on with the studied gaze of a proud mentor as he watched his young charges Heather and Rachel ...
  
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• Boys at the sports barre - Discover San Diego

  13-06-2015 02:04
  
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  Boys at the sports barre
  Discover San Diego
  Studio Barre Bird Rock's Boys and Beer and Men and Margaritas classes on Fridays are free for the guys, and guaranteed to sweat the what-kind-of-dude-works-out-on-a-ballet-bar attitude right out of you. Rick Nocon ...
  
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• Review: 'Milkdreams' Is Like Taking Dance Lessons From a Baby - New York Times

  13-06-2015 00:52 via nytimes.com
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  Review: 'Milkdreams' Is Like Taking Dance Lessons From a Baby
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  If you're one of the more than 1,069,000 people who have watched the YouTube video “Baby Modern Dance,” or one of the more than 50,700 who have viewed the similar “Milkdreams Rehearsal With Ivo,” then you may have a sense of what goes on in ...
  
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