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• 'So You Think You Can Dance': The best of the Los Angeles auditions - Chron.com (blog)

  17-06-2015 23:40 via blog.chron.com
  
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  'So You Think You Can Dance': The best of the Los Angeles auditions
  Chron.com (blog)
  Though she came late in the episode, let's start with our very pretty local girl: Jacy Jordan, 18, from Manvel, TX. Jacy has a heartbreaking story of surviving a horrific car accident as a small child, only to be told she was never going to walk again ...and more »
  
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• Silent Discos Let You Dance to Your Own Beat - New York Times

  17-06-2015 23:38 via nytimes.com
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  Silent Discos Let You Dance to Your Own Beat
  New York Times
  Just after sunset on a recent Friday night, what looked like a silent flash mob or a mass game of charades was taking place in a cordoned-off cobblestone square in the South Street Seaport: some 300 people dancing wildly, sans music. Or so it seemed.and more »
  
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• Ballet on a (skate)board | UTSanDiego.com - U-T San Diego

  17-06-2015 23:14 via utsandiego.com
  
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  Ballet on a (skate)board | UTSanDiego.com
  U-T San Diego
  Kilian Martin performs a wall plant off of the Oceanside Pier last week. The pier and its adjacent amphitheater are among his favorite practice spots. Michael Cali. Share Photo.  ·  · Reddit; ✉. Kilian Martin performs a wall plant off of the ...
  
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• Royal Ballet brings 'Don Quixote' to Chicago - nwitimes.com

  17-06-2015 22:43 via nwitimes.com
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  Royal Ballet brings 'Don Quixote' to Chicago
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  Nehemiah Kish is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. The company will perform "Don Quixote" today through Sunday in Chicago. 2015-06-17T14:46:00Z 2015-06-17T17:26:09Z Royal Ballet brings 'Don Quixote' to ChicagoEloise Marie Valadez Eloise.
  
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• The James Brown Dance Party Is My Happy Place - Huffington Post

  17-06-2015 22:24 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  The James Brown Dance Party Is My Happy Place
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  What happens when you take all things awesome and put them in one place? The James Brown Dance Party happens!!! Live music is my happy place. When I'm at a show I feel free to let the wildest authentic expression of myself out to play. The more I ...and more »
  
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• It's finally legal to dance after midnight in Tokyo - Business Insider

  17-06-2015 22:18 via businessinsider.com
  
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  It's finally legal to dance after midnight in Tokyo
  Business Insider
  Tokyo (AFP) - Dancing after midnight in Tokyo will no longer be illegal -- as long as it's not too dark -- after Japan's parliament Wednesday voted to relax laws that banned boogying in one of the world's clubbing capitals. Under current rules dance ...
  Not a crime to dance all night in JapanSalt Lake Tribuneall 30 news articles »
  
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• Electronic Dance Music Is Hot, And Here's the Data To Prove It - Fast Company

  17-06-2015 21:56 via fastcompany.com
  
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  Electronic Dance Music Is Hot, And Here's the Data To Prove It
  Fast Company
  Hundreds of thousands will flock to the Electric Daisy Carnival this weekend. They stream a ton of dance music, but don't buy so much. By Daniel Terdiman. When electronic dance music heavyweights like Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, Bassnectar, Afrojack, ...and more »
  
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• Review: Polish National Ballet Shows Its European Side at the Joyce Theater ... - New York Times

  17-06-2015 21:36 via nytimes.com
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  Review: Polish National Ballet Shows Its European Side at the Joyce Theater ...
  New York Times
  The company now known as the Polish National Ballet has an august history, tracing its origins to 1785. Its fortunes, like those of Poland, darkened greatly during and after World War II, but in recent years, as the country has become a member of the ...
  
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• GoldLink: 'I Create Music For People To Dance To Again' - NPR

  17-06-2015 21:11 via npr.org
  
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  GoldLink: 'I Create Music For People To Dance To Again'
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  GoldLink knew exactly what his New York City audience was thinking as he first hit the stage at S.O.B.'s on June 10: "I know y'all are probably wondering, 'What the f*** is this guy wearing?'" Well, actually it was obvious: a Speedo flotation vest. The ...and more »
  
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• Patriots minicamp takeaways: Tom Brady unveils awesome TD dance - Boston Herald

  17-06-2015 21:11 via bostonherald.com
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  Patriots minicamp takeaways: Tom Brady unveils awesome TD dance
  Boston Herald
  The Patriots have wrapped up their second of three scheduled minicamp practices at Gillette Stadium. Here are our observations. Notable absentees: Scott Chandler, Jerod Mayo, Dont'a Hightower, Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins, Dane Fletcher, Sealver ...
  Tom Brady joins everyone else, mocks his dance moves on FacebookWashington Post (blog)
  Tom Brady mocks dance moves in 'Dancing with the Stars&#
  
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• 'Happy' 7-year-old shows off killer dance moves at Pharrell Williams concert - Today.com

  17-06-2015 18:13 via today.com
  
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  'Happy' 7-year-old shows off killer dance moves at Pharrell Williams concert
  Today.com
  When Pharrell Williams invited a group of children to dance onstage at a recent concert, he probably wasn't anticipating this. While most of the kids seemed content to jump around and clap to Williams' hit "Happy," a 7-year-old named Dylan stole the ...
  Lucky boy gets to dance with Pharrell at his first showKTAR.com
  7-Year-Old Boy Shows Up Pharrell With His Legendary Dance
  
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• Eagan dad shows he really can't dance on 'So You Think You Can Dance' - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  17-06-2015 17:49 via startribune.com
  
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  Eagan dad shows he really can't dance on 'So You Think You Can Dance'
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Fox Patrick LeVoir of Eagan gets ready for his impromptu dance routine on "So You Think You Can Dance." Text size. comment. share · tweet · email. Print. more. Share on: Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest. Copy shortlink: Purchase: ...
  
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• Dance Moms Recap: Twisted Sister - Reality Tea

  17-06-2015 16:14 via realitytea.com
  
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  Dance Moms Recap: Twisted Sister
  Reality Tea
  First, I need to offer my sincerest apologies for missing last week's Dance Moms premiere recap, but you'll have to take that up with Mother Nature and her nasty thunderstorms and ridiculously long (and hot and oh so muggy!) power outages. Second, did ...
  Abby Lee Miller Doubts Season 6 for 'Dance Moms' if Money Issue is not Taken ...Master Herald
  Dance Moms Season 5 episode 20 recap: Return of the Mack (Oh My God!)Channel
  
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• Tom Brady joins in, makes fun of Tom Brady's dance moves - Boston.com

  17-06-2015 15:32 via boston.com
  
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  Tom Brady joins in, makes fun of Tom Brady's dance moves
  Boston.com
  The nearly at-capacity group of those laughing/cringing at Tom Brady's robotic dancing just got an additional member: Tom Brady himself. Brady's Facebook account posted the video of the quarterback dancing at the Patriots' ring ceremony Sunday remixed ...
  Tom Brady: Dance To 'Trap Queen' After Patriots Ring Ceremony Goes Viral ...The Inquisitr
  Tom Brady's Football Moves Are Better
  
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• Compagnie DCA/Philippe Decouflé: Contact review – Pina Bausch meets Busby Berkeley

  17-06-2015 14:13
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  This Faustian tale mixing dance, roller-skating and rock music has bags of charmPhilippe Decouflé is a showman, creating his works out of a freewheeling jumble of circus, magic, song and dance, and surreal theatrical illusion. Yet he is also a lifelong admirer of Pina Bausch, and in his latest production he pays tribute to her 1978 classic, Kontakthof. Continue reading...
  
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• in John Cranko's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Broadway World

  17-06-2015 12:17 via broadwayworld.com
  
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  in John Cranko's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
  Broadway World
  William Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is a comedic, character-driven piece about the courtship of volatile Katherina and obnoxious Petruchio. Character pieces require great characters, naturally, and great performers. In his ballet adaptation, ...and more »
  
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• Cuba's Ballet Revolucion coming to WIN Entertainment Centre - Illawarra Mercury

  17-06-2015 11:48 via illawarramercury.com.au
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  Cuba's Ballet Revolucion coming to WIN Entertainment Centre
  Illawarra Mercury
  Cuba's Ballet Revolucion is a combination of ballet and modern street dance, performed to Latin American, R&B and hip-hop music. BALLET REVOLUCION. Tuesday, June 23: WIN Entertainment Centre; Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au; or 136100. Dance runs ...
  
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• On View: choreographer Sue Healey returns with Live Portraits – video

  17-06-2015 09:50
  
  Renowned Australian choreographer Sue Healey brings her show On View: Live Portraits to Sydney after being part of Melbourne's Dance Massive festival. The show blends live performance with recorded dance portraits and features dancers Martin del Amo, Shona Erskine, Benjamin Hancock, Raghav Handa and Nalina Wait. It runs at Carriageworks from 17 to 25 July Continue reading...
  
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• Petition to put Ottawa Hills deer cull on November's ballet moves forward - Toledo News Now

  17-06-2015 06:54 via toledonewsnow.com
  
  Petition to put Ottawa Hills deer cull on November's ballet moves forward
  Toledo News Now
  OTTAWA HILLS, OH (Toledo News Now) - The deer issue in Ottawa Hills has been a big problem for years, but now the village is moving forward with a petition that could fix it. About 10 days ago, three people from the Village of Ottawa Hills put together ...
  
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• Ballet Hispanico Performs Sombrerisimo at Hudson River Dance Festival This ... - Broadway World

  17-06-2015 06:31 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Ballet Hispanico Performs Sombrerisimo at Hudson River Dance Festival This ...
  Broadway World
  Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the nation's leading Latino dance organization since 1970, will perform in the first Hudson River Dance Festival at Hudson River Park this week, June 17 & 18, 2015 at 6:30pm. Hudson River Park, one of the nation's ...
  
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• Teen ballet dancer from Columbia catches world's eye - Abccolumbia.com

  17-06-2015 05:14 via abccolumbia.com
  
  Teen ballet dancer from Columbia catches world's eye
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  COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- 16-year-old Nations Wilkes-Davis is not your average teenager. The Columbia resident has devoted his life thus far to ballet. Nations trains with Radenko Pavlovich, the artistic director of Columbia Classical Ballet. Pavlovich ...
  
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• So You Think You Can Dance mentor blog: Travis Wall on the contestant who's ... - Entertainment Weekly (blog)

  17-06-2015 01:17 via ew.com
  
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  So You Think You Can Dance mentor blog: Travis Wall on the contestant who's ...
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  What an episode! On both ends, there there were so many standouts—we saw so many good Stage dancers and so many good Street dancers. I felt like yesterday was a really amazing head-to-head preview of what the rest of the show's going to feel like.
  
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• So You Think You Can Dance mentor blog: tWitch predicts a 'strong season for ... - Entertainment Weekly (blog)

  17-06-2015 01:09 via ew.com
  
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  So You Think You Can Dance mentor blog: tWitch predicts a 'strong season for ...
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  That was a very exciting episode last night. The girls in particular are mighty—we saw a lot of super strong girls. Of course there's Jaja, first and foremost. And J.J., the girl who was in Comfort's group, is incredible. There were actually a lot of ...
  
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• Casting Announced for American Ballet Theatre's SWAN LAKE and CINDERELLA - Broadway World

  17-06-2015 01:03 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Casting Announced for American Ballet Theatre's SWAN LAKE and CINDERELLA
  Broadway World
  Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2015 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The seventh week will feature eight performances of Swan Lake, June ...and more »
  
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• CBC documentary, Balletlujah, adds another layer of interpretation to Alberta ... - Calgary Herald

  17-06-2015 01:02 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary Herald
  CBC documentary, Balletlujah, adds another layer of interpretation to Alberta ...
  Calgary Herald
  Near the halfway mark of the CBC documentary Balletlujah, there is a sequence involving the Neil Young song Helpless. It's a dramatic scene without dialogue depicting two lovers arguing in a pickup truck set against the golden sun-soaked backdrop of ...and more »
  
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