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• American Ballet Theater's Principal Ballerina Julie Kent Dances Final ... - People Magazine

  22-06-2015 23:00
  
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  American Ballet Theater's Principal Ballerina Julie Kent Dances Final ...
  People Magazine
  Julie Kent, 45, joined the American Ballet Theater in 1986. When she auditioned for the company in October of 1985 (for then-Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov), she was just 16 years old. For the next 29 years, she dedicated her life to dancing for ...
  Misty Copeland's Possible Promotion at American Ballet Theatre Is Talk of ...Wall Street Journal
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• In the Moment: Company Danzante Performs at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival - DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog)

  22-06-2015 22:35 via dcmetrotheaterarts.com
  DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog)
  In the Moment: Company Danzante Performs at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
  DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog)
  Northern Virginia's Company Danzante will perform at the prestigious Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts on June 26, 2015. Company Danzante will perform repertory by Co-Directors, Katherine Horrigan and Arturo Garcia.
  
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• Who Is Jacy Jordan From 'So You Think You Can Dance'? The Season Season ... - Bustle

  22-06-2015 22:08 via bustle.com
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  Who Is Jacy Jordan From 'So You Think You Can Dance'? The Season Season ...
  Bustle
  This season of Fox's dance competition has a specific theme, yet they are still able to tell human stories. How inspiring was Jacy Jordan on So You Think You Can Dance Season 12? She's right up there with the best dancers on the Fox reality series this ...
  'So You Think You Can Dance' season 12 auditions come to NYC tonightHypableall 3 news articles »
  
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• Dance Marathon challenges community - Iowa State Daily

  22-06-2015 21:56 via iowastatedaily.com
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  Dance Marathon challenges community
  Iowa State Daily
  In the wake of last year's "Ice Bucket Challenge", Iowa State Dance Marathon is asking supporters to participate in its "Dance Dare" to benefit children and their families served by the University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Iowa State Dance Marathon ...
  
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• Goh Ballet's four best ballerinas will perform at international competition in ... - Straight.com

  22-06-2015 21:15
  
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  Goh Ballet's four best ballerinas will perform at international competition in ...
  Straight.com
  This July, Vancouver's premiere ballet school will be sending four of its best young dancers to represent Canada at the Korean International Ballet Competition. Chihiro Abe, age 15, Sara Carver, age 17, Letizia Dotto, age 16, and Michelle Khoo, age 16 ...
  
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• No world record broken, but Salem line dance attempt a lot of fun - NJ.com

  22-06-2015 20:57 via nj.com
  
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  No world record broken, but Salem line dance attempt a lot of fun
  NJ.com
  SALEM — They didn't break a world record, but those gathering for the attempt at setting a new line dance record in downtown Salem had a great time trying. Saturday was the second attempt to break the world line dance record. The event was staged by ...
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: 'Teen Beach 2' Finale Number Will Make You Want to Dance ... - Entertainment Tonight

  22-06-2015 20:39 via etonline.com
  
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  EXCLUSIVE: 'Teen Beach 2' Finale Number Will Make You Want to Dance ...
  Entertainment Tonight
  Disney Channel's upcoming original TV movie is just days away from premiering and ETonline has your exclusive first look at Teen Beach 2's exciting, heart-pumping closing number. WATCH: The First 'Teen Beach Movie 2' Music Video Will Make Your Day.and more »
  
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• Premiere: Frecoand Merlo's 'Drop' Dance Gets an Official Video - BET

  22-06-2015 20:38 via bet.com
  
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  Premiere: Frecoand Merlo's 'Drop' Dance Gets an Official Video
  BET
  2015 officially has it's dance craze: The Drop. You may have seen it. Think Soulja Boy's Superman on steroids. It's been ringing off in clubs since its theme song's release late last year. The duo responsible for the phenomenon is Atlanta's own Freco ...
  
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• BALLET NESS ZIONA: Ness Ziona Cultural Center, June 20 - Jerusalem Post Israel News

  22-06-2015 19:58
  
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  BALLET NESS ZIONA: Ness Ziona Cultural Center, June 20
  Jerusalem Post Israel News
  In a most festive affair, the Ness Ziona Municipality celebrated an ambitious addition to its flourishing cultural center. The Bavarian State Ballet. (photo credit:WILFRIED HISEL). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. In a most festive affair, the Ness ...
  
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• Dance Music Godfather Giorgio Moroder Returns After Three Decades With All ... - Billboard

  22-06-2015 18:52 via billboard.com
  
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  Dance Music Godfather Giorgio Moroder Returns After Three Decades With All ...
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  When dance music inevitably builds a hall of fame (probably somewhere on the Vegas Strip), Giorgio Moroder could justifiably be the first inductee. As one of the founding fathers of disco, Moroder was among the first musicians to introduce synthesizers ...and more »
  
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• Pluto's first movies show planet in orbital dance with its moon - Christian Science Monitor

  22-06-2015 17:50 via csmonitor.com
  
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  Pluto's first movies show planet in orbital dance with its moon
  Christian Science Monitor
  Animated photos taken by NASA's New Horizons space probe reveals the orbital dance between Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. By Jessica Mendoza, Staff Writer June 22, 2015. Save for later Saved · About video ads. An error occurred. Unable to ...
  Pluto and Charon's orbital dance captured in colorScience News (blog)
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• American Repertory Ballet to Present NUTCRACKER IN JULY - Broadway World

  22-06-2015 17:13
  
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  American Repertory Ballet to Present NUTCRACKER IN JULY
  Broadway World
  July 1 through July 31, American Repertory Ballet will be celebrating "Nutcracker in July," offering discounted tickets for Nutcracker performances at Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway and McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Additionally, ARB is ...
  Ballet Offering Discounted Prices to Nutcracker in PrincetonPatch.com
  American Repertory Ballet Announces “Nutcracker in July” Promotions and
  
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• Silicon Valley Ballet sets new season amid good financial news - San Jose Mercury News

  22-06-2015 17:01
  
  Silicon Valley Ballet sets new season amid good financial news
  San Jose Mercury News
  Following more good fundraising news, Silicon Valley Ballet is hoping to bounce back with an ambitious 2015-2016 season even as its leadership is in flux. The new season will kick off in October with Cuban dance legend Alicia Alonso's adaptation of the ...and more »
  
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• Joe Manganiello Showcases Dance Moves In 'Magic Mike XXL' - ABC News

  22-06-2015 16:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Joe Manganiello Showcases Dance Moves In 'Magic Mike XXL'
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  have been waiting three long years for this. Finally, the imagine sick back. We're talking "Magic Mike xxl." The highly anticipated sequel to the first film. Channing Tatum and his bapals. What am I supposed to do. ? That's the mike I remember. If you ...and more »
  
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• Children's Dance Foundation changing name today - Alabama's News Leader

  22-06-2015 15:01 via abc3340.com
  
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  Children's Dance Foundation changing name today
  Alabama's News Leader
  The Children's Dance Foundation is changing names after 40-years. Today, the non-profit will become The Dance Foundation. According to spokeswoman Holly Lollar, "The Children's Dance Foundation dances with students of all ages and abilities in a ...
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• Arthur Pita: the David Lynch of dance

  22-06-2015 14:44
  
  The choreographer of a new work for the Royal Ballet’s Edward Watson and former New York City Ballet star Wendy Whelan talks about his influences – and the need to inject glamour into contemporary dance A choreographer whose significant other is one of the most successful dance-makers on the planet might have good reasons for feeling defensive. But Arthur Pita smiles beatifically when he speaks about life with Matthew Bourne. “We talk about work a lot because we’re both obsessed, but it�
  
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• BWW Reviews: The Polish National Ballet - Broadway World

  22-06-2015 14:37
  
  BWW Reviews: The Polish National Ballet
  Broadway World
  Having visited Poland at least 50 times in my life, you'd think I would have sampled some opera, dance or music recital in the country. I suppose I had to be back on American soil to finally catch up with the Polish National Ballet, now playing at the ...
  
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• Kim Gordon's ballet score to be released - Complete Music Update

  22-06-2015 12:44
  Kim Gordon's ballet score to be released
  Complete Music Update
  One time Sonic Youther Kim Gordon is giving the music she wrote for a ballet piece last year a limited vinyl release. 'Inversions: A Live Ballet' was conceived by artist Nick Mauss and choreographed by Northern Ballet's Kenneth Tindall. When it was ...
  
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• A bubbly mix of Balanchine, Astaire from American Contemporary Ballet - Los Angeles Times

  22-06-2015 12:00
  
  Los Angeles Times
  A bubbly mix of Balanchine, Astaire from American Contemporary Ballet
  Los Angeles Times
  Ballet isn't often served with a side of champagne truffles, but Los Angeles-based American Contemporary Ballet invited audiences to enjoy confections, literal and figurative, at weekend performances of George Balanchine's "Valse-Fantaisie" and Fred ...
  
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• Electronic dance music festival attendee in Las Vegas dies - Fox News

  22-06-2015 10:26 via foxnews.com
  
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  Electronic dance music festival attendee in Las Vegas dies
  Fox News
  In this Saturday, June 21, 2014 file photo, carnival goers dance to music by Krewella at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. Organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival which is winding down its dance party beats at the Las Vegas ...
  EDC Serves As a Barometer of Mainstream Dance Music's MoodPopMatters
  Electronic dance music festival attendee in Vegas diesHonolulu Star-Advertiserall 429 news artic
  
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• National Morris Weekend - in pictures

  22-06-2015 08:26
  
  In 2006 a group of friends who danced with various Morris sides got together to build up the Morris presence at Evesham’s annual asparagus festival. This has rapidly developed into a national festival of Morris dancing, with more than 30 sides attending this year, held in the picturesque Cotswolds town Continue reading...
  
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• Ballerina Julie Kent's Emotional Final Performance With American Ballet ... - Huffington Post

  22-06-2015 06:50
  
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  Ballerina Julie Kent's Emotional Final Performance With American Ballet ...
  Huffington Post
  For more than 20 emotional minutes on Saturday night, the audience at the Metropolitan Opera House was applauding on its feet. The standing ovation was for Julie Kent, the veteran ballerina who has danced with the American Ballet Theater for 29 years.
  Misty Copeland's Possible Promotion at American Ballet Theatre Is Talk of ...Wall Street Journal
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• Dance Theatre of Harlem coming to Charlotte, onstage and backstage - Charlotte Observer

  22-06-2015 06:27 via charlotteobserver.com
  
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  Dance Theatre of Harlem coming to Charlotte, onstage and backstage
  Charlotte Observer
  Heaven Davon Doane and Ashley Murphy perform a pas de deux for Dance Theatre of Harlem. | Rachel Neville. By Lawrence Toppman. [email protected]. LinkedIn · Google+ · Pinterest; Reddit; Print; Order Reprint of this Story. The life and ...and more »
  
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• Colette Marchand, Glamorous International Ballet Star, Dies at 90 - New York Times

  22-06-2015 05:30
  New York Times
  Colette Marchand, Glamorous International Ballet Star, Dies at 90
  New York Times
  Colette Marchand, a French ballerina whose long-legged glamour made her an international star in Roland Petit's ballets in the 1940s and 1950s, and who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in John Huston's “Moulin Rouge,” died on June 5 at her home ...
  
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• Ballet review: Cinderella, The Australian Ballet - Herald Sun

  22-06-2015 04:42
  Herald Sun
  Ballet review: Cinderella, The Australian Ballet
  Herald Sun
  SINCE its recent addition to The Australian Ballet's repertoire, Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella has been an unequivocal hit and it's no wonder why. The full-length, narrative ballet ticks the boxes for wow factor design, technical skill and a ...
  Australian Ballet's Cinderella review: Charming touch as fairytale takes ...Sydney Morning Heraldall 6 news articles »
  
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• Ballet review: Swan Lake, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre - Herald Sun

  22-06-2015 04:31
  Herald Sun
  Ballet review: Swan Lake, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre
  Herald Sun
  THE Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre is an incongruous choice to stage a full-scale ballet. More corporate than lush, what it lacks in artistic ambience, it makes up for in size. Saturday night's audience filled nearly all the 2000 seats to ...
  St Petersburg Ballet and Bill ArmstrongABC Localall 3 news articles »
  
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• Misty Copeland's Possible Promotion at American Ballet Theatre Is Talk of ... - Wall Street Journal

  22-06-2015 02:09 via wsj.com
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Misty Copeland's Possible Promotion at American Ballet Theatre Is Talk of ...
  Wall Street Journal
  Promotions usually mean higher pay, maybe a fancy title. But for Misty Copeland, it means breaking a color barrier in the elite world of ballet. Ms. Copeland is a soloist, a notch just below principal dancer, with American Ballet Theatre. If promoted ...and more »
  
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