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• Watch a Texas Cop Dance the 'Nae Nae' With Kids - TIME

  14-07-2015 23:57 via time.com
  
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  Watch a Texas Cop Dance the 'Nae Nae' With Kids
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  When duty calls, sometimes you'd rather have a dance off. While on his way to serve a warrant, Texas police officer Sgt. Alan Eddins saw two kids dancing the Nae Nae to Silento's “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” in a residential neighborhood. Rather than ...
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• Michelle Obama reveals dance on 'SYTYCD' - AOL.com - AOL News

  14-07-2015 22:07 via aol.com
  
  Michelle Obama reveals dance on 'SYTYCD' - AOL.com
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  On last night's 'So You Think You Can Dance,' the audience was treated to host Cat Deeley's exclusive interview with Michelle Obama, who is apparently a big fan of the show! She even revealed who her ultimate dance inspiration is. "Anything Beyoncé ...and more »
  
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• The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time | Thump - Noisey

  14-07-2015 20:03 via thump.vice.com
  
  The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time | Thump
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  In the world of dance music, the single is the thing. Still, not everyone is a DJ and sometimes a playlist just won't do. Even in a time when the record industry is satiating appetites for individual tracks, the dance album (that thing that makes you ...
  
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• Meet Violeta Galagarza, Executive Director of KR3TS Dance Company - Latina - Latina

  14-07-2015 19:50 via latina.com
  
  Meet Violeta Galagarza, Executive Director of KR3TS Dance Company - Latina
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  Tonight, in the heart of Spanish Harlem, KR3TS Dance Company will host an event dedicated to the diverse community they love and serve. The Dance For Peace New York is a PSA through dance — a call for peace in their community, the city, the nation, ...
  
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• Freedom and Struggle of Art: Unique Dance Drawings | Dana Laquidara - Huffington Post

  14-07-2015 19:08 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  Freedom and Struggle of Art: Unique Dance Drawings | Dana Laquidara
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  If you're an artist, or have raised an artist, then you know the particular color of misery that stifled creativity can induce. Free to draw and dance to her heart's content while very young, my daughter did not transition terribly well to the ...
  
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• Fifth Harmony Star Normani Kordei Shows Off Her Dance Skills to Future's ... - Complex

  14-07-2015 18:22 via complex.com
  
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  Fifth Harmony Star Normani Kordei Shows Off Her Dance Skills to Future's ...
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  Fifth Harmony might not have won X Factor, but the girl group's deal with L.A. Reid's Epic Records has proven to be more than "Worth It" and their single went certified platinum in June, following the release of their debut album Reflection debuting at No.and more »
  
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• Construction cranes will perform a synchronized dance over D.C. - The ... - Washington Post

  14-07-2015 18:17 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Construction cranes will perform a synchronized dance over D.C. - The ...
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  On any given night, there's a bevy of hulking construction cranes that tower over D.C. On Wednesday evening, two of them will be dancing. Toronto-based artist Brandon Vickerd has choreographed an hour-long dance performance starring two construction ...and more »
  
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• Get ready to boogie July 18 at annual Hartland Street dance - Lake Country Now

  14-07-2015 17:38 via lakecountrynow.com
  
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  Get ready to boogie July 18 at annual Hartland Street dance
  Lake Country Now
  Kids and adults dance during the Hartland Street Dance in 2014. The annual event, scheduled for Saturday, July 18, has live music, food, and entertainment for all. Photo By Todd Ponath. By Steven Martinez. July 14, 2015 10:33 a.m. ...and more »
  
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• American Ballet Theatre dancer Daniil Simkin discusses innovative program at ... - MassLive.com

  14-07-2015 17:35
  
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  American Ballet Theatre dancer Daniil Simkin discusses innovative program at ...
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  Daniil Simkin and Céline Cassone, two of the dancers featured in "Intensio," which will be presented July 22-26 at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket. (Photo by Ken Browar and Deborah Ory of NYC Dance Project, courtesy of Jacob's Pillow Dance ...
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• Phil Black, Noted Jazz and Tap Dance Teacher, Dies - Playbill.com - Playbill.com

  14-07-2015 17:35 via playbill.com
  
  Phil Black, Noted Jazz and Tap Dance Teacher, Dies - Playbill.com
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  Phil Black, a legendary New York jazz and tap dance teacher, died June 5 at the Actors Fund Nursing Home in Englewood, NJ. He had been fighting Parkinson's disease for more than 20 years. Playbill.com recently received word of his death. Mr. Black's ...
  
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• Two Years Later, Ghana's Alkayida Dance Craze Is Still Inspiring Bangers | The ... - The FADER

  14-07-2015 17:32 via thefader.com
  
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  Two Years Later, Ghana's Alkayida Dance Craze Is Still Inspiring Bangers | The ...
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  Many of the dance styles that have captured the world's imagination over the past few years originated in Ghana. Take the Azonto, for instance, which in the early '10s became an international club stable, spurring charting tracks like Fuse ODG's ...
  
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• To Do Today: National Ballet of China, Cultura Profetica, and Teen Mom - Washington City Paper (blog)

  14-07-2015 17:32
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  To Do Today: National Ballet of China, Cultura Profetica, and Teen Mom
  Washington City Paper (blog)
  cl-tuesday-28 The National Ballet of China—which performs under the somewhat strange motto “United, Pragmatic, Independent, and Enterprising”—has gone full circle and then some since its early days of Soviet tutelage and inaugural Swan Lake ...
  
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• Zulu beats meet ballet at Playhouse in Inala - Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh Evening News

  14-07-2015 17:14
  
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  Zulu beats meet ballet at Playhouse in Inala - Edinburgh Evening News
  Edinburgh Evening News
  ZULU beats, world class ballet and the choral brilliance of award-winning South African vocal troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo merge on the stage of the Playhouse tonight and tomorrow to deliver what has been called 'a spiritually uplifting live ...
  
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• Hula Hoop Dance and more FREE fitness classes | WPRI 12 Eyewitness News - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

  14-07-2015 17:12 via wpri.com
  
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  Hula Hoop Dance and more FREE fitness classes | WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
  WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
  The Fitness in the Parks series has returned for the third year in a row. Throughout the city of Providence, various parks will host FREE fitness classes from now through the end of August. Classes range from yoga, to strength and conditioning, and ...and more »
  
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• The Star Trek Beyond Cast Has a Dance Party on the Enterprise | Vanity Fair - Vanity Fair

  14-07-2015 17:03 via vanityfair.com
  
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  The Star Trek Beyond Cast Has a Dance Party on the Enterprise | Vanity Fair
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  The Star Trek cast goes beyond...with a charity dance party - Movie News ...JoBlo.comall 29 news articles »
  
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• Houston Ballet Gives a Triumphant Guest Artist Performance in Germany - Houston Press

  14-07-2015 17:00
  
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  Houston Ballet Gives a Triumphant Guest Artist Performance in Germany
  Houston Press
  An acquaintance of mine, a German native who now lives outside Hamburg, warned me about that city's ballet audience. They're reserved and quite cool, and don't make a lot of noise. Usually they won't applaud when a scene is over or even after an ...
  
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• Beyond The Pointe Dance hosts annual summer camp - Indianapolis Recorder ... - Indianapolis Recorder

  14-07-2015 16:42 via indianapolisrecorder.com
  
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  Beyond The Pointe Dance hosts annual summer camp - Indianapolis Recorder ...
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  While some send their children to nature camps for the summer, others send their children to dance camp. Beyond The Pointe Dance (BTPD), a modern/ballet dance company in Indianapolis, is hosting their summer camp July 13-17 and July 20-24. The camp ...
  
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• Maddie Ziegler Slams 'Dance Moms,' Says 'Pretty Little Liars' Is A Better Show - International Business Times

  14-07-2015 16:20 via ibtimes.com
  
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  Maddie Ziegler Slams 'Dance Moms,' Says 'Pretty Little Liars' Is A Better Show
  International Business Times
  Maddie Ziegler, star of Lifetime's "Dance Moms," says she's a bigger fan of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars." Here she is pictured attending Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 in New York City on Feb. 16. Getty Images/Ilya S. Savenok. It appears ...
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• So You Think You Can Dance recap: Top 20 Perform | EW.com - Entertainment Weekly (blog)

  14-07-2015 16:10 via ew.com
  
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  So You Think You Can Dance recap: Top 20 Perform | EW.com
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  The live performance round has only just begun, but we've already learned so much. None of the judges understand squad goals. Cat Deeley liked Jurassic World. Michelle Obama liked Jasmine and Comfort's hip-hop routine. Cat and the First Lady should ...
  
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• Jim Nowakowski soars on 'So You Think You Can Dance' - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  14-07-2015 15:29 via democratandchronicle.com
  
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  Jim Nowakowski soars on 'So You Think You Can Dance'
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Webster Thomas graduate Jim Nowakowski was one of the most talked-about dancers after Monday's first live performance on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. Nowakowski and partner Dario Milard performed a ballet choreographed by Benoit-Swan ...
  
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• SOPHIE’s Lemonade ad for McDonald’s: flagrant consumerism or the future of pop?

  14-07-2015 14:47
  
  The underground artist landed his song on a McDonald’s advert, flipping the celebrity game on its head by earning fortune before fame. Has pop thrown itself in a burger bap and started to chow down?Last summer, SOPHIE, an associate of post-internet art collective PC Music, released a song called Lemonade, an effervescent ode to the fizzy drink with vocals seemingly by a schoolgirl talking about “candy boys”. There was something creepy about it, but it was fun. With similar work by his PC M
  
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• Dance This Week: Francisca Benitez, Yvonne Rainer and More - The New York ... - New York Times

  14-07-2015 14:00 via nytimes.com
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  Dance This Week: Francisca Benitez, Yvonne Rainer and More - The New York ...
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  Greetings, dance fiends, it's time to nail down your dance card for the week. As we know, this takes extra effort in the summer when pickings are slim, but here's a plan that even involves a couple of open-air theaters. (Sightseeing is optional.) Rise ...
  
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• Bodrum's 13th Ballet Festival to open on Saturday - Today's Zaman - Today's Zaman

  14-07-2015 13:54
  
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  Bodrum's 13th Ballet Festival to open on Saturday - Today's Zaman
  Today's Zaman
  The annual Bodrum Ballet Festival is scheduled to kick off on Saturday evening with a triple bill that combines three early 20th-century pieces -- “The Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel's “Bolero.” The Antalya and ...
  
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• city of Johannesburg - City takes ballet to Soweto and Orange Farm - Joburg

  14-07-2015 11:28
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  city of Johannesburg - City takes ballet to Soweto and Orange Farm
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  Joburg Ballet, well-known for its development work among aspirant ballet dancers, particularly in previously disadvantaged areas, will mark Mandela Day on Saturday 18 July, with visits to Soweto and Orange Farm to entertain residents and create the ...
  
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• 'SYTYCD' Top 20: Ballet Boys, B-Girls, and the 'Hebrew Breaker' - Yahoo - Yahoo Music (blog)

  14-07-2015 10:51
  
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  'SYTYCD' Top 20: Ballet Boys, B-Girls, and the 'Hebrew Breaker' - Yahoo
  Yahoo Music (blog)
  Annnnnd… cue music! So You Think You Can Dance Season 12 finally went live Monday, with a top 20 episode that separated the men from the boys, the women from the girls, and maybe even Team Stage from Team Street. Who would have the ultimate ...and more »
  
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• "Top 20 Perform" · So You Think You Can Dance · TV Review · The A.V. Club - A.V. Club Austin

  14-07-2015 09:10 via avclub.com
  
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  "Top 20 Perform" · So You Think You Can Dance · TV Review · The A.V. Club
  A.V. Club Austin
  So You Think You Can Dance turns into a completely different series once Vegas Week ends and the competition for votes begins. Now it becomes a spotlight for some of the country's best dancers and choreographers, and because the audition process this ...
  'So You Think You Can Dance' Turns 10: Nigel Lythgoe Looks Back, Ponders ...Billboard
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• The Importance of Dance Then and Now - KTVH

  14-07-2015 08:03 via ktvh.com
  
  The Importance of Dance Then and Now
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  In the roaring 20's the hip and hopping place to be was at any dance party you could find. Gymnasiums in Montana would be full of flappers dancing. People would take advantage of these celebrations into the wee hours of the night. "The woman would cook ...
  
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• Ballet to mark 50 years of Leeds Carnival - Yorkshire Evening Post - Yorkshire Evening Post

  14-07-2015 06:02
  
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  Ballet to mark 50 years of Leeds Carnival - Yorkshire Evening Post
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  Phoenix Dance Theatre Artistic Director Sharon Watson and Leeds West Indian Carnival Founder Arthur France share costume style which could inspire the 2017 Carnival Ballet dancer Marie Astrid Mence. Image credit: Richard Moran Photography.
  
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• The Music Center's Moves After Dark Brings Dance To LA Landscape « CBS Los ... - CBS Local

  14-07-2015 05:56 via losangeles.cbslocal.com
  
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  The Music Center's Moves After Dark Brings Dance To LA Landscape « CBS Los ...
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  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Dancers are taking over The Music Center on Monday night in a site-specific series executive Renae Williams Niles calls Moves After Dark. Niles, who recently announced her departure as The Music Center's vice president of ...
  Music Center's Moves After Dark about contemporary dance, architecture - LA ...Los Angeles Times
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• 'So You Think You Can Dance' shocker: Hurrikane withdraws, Asaf Goren takes ... - GoldDerby

  14-07-2015 05:41 via goldderby.com
  
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  'So You Think You Can Dance' shocker: Hurrikane withdraws, Asaf Goren takes ...
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  Lauture took to Tumblr to explain, "This year it is not meant to be, I had a pretty serious injury. During practice I had a meniscus tear … I did all I can to heal up on time, but unfortunately meniscus is serious and it's better to heal 100% then to ...
  So You Think You Can Dance: Asaf Goren joins the top 20 | EW.comEntertainment Weekly (blog)
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• Dancer from East Hartford competes on 'So You Think You Can Dance' | FOX CT - FOX CT

  14-07-2015 05:18 via foxct.com
  
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  Dancer from East Hartford competes on 'So You Think You Can Dance' | FOX CT
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  EAST HARTFORD — Recently, Monday evenings have been a little different at the Flores home in East Hartford. It's now a family affair as they get caught up on their favorite TV show, “So you think you can dance.” The Flores' love the show for good reasons.
  
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• The Jim & Darion Ballet Routine On 'So You Think You Can Dance' Might Be ... - Bustle

  14-07-2015 04:50
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  The Jim & Darion Ballet Routine On 'So You Think You Can Dance' Might Be ...
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  Holy crap you guys, Travis Wall might be right. We may have seen the hardest routine ever to grace the So You Think You Can Dance stage. On Monday night's episode of SYTYCD, Jim and Darion performed a ballet routine that blew everyone out of the ...
  
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• San Francisco Ballet Heading for Iceland | Iceland Review - IcelandReview

  14-07-2015 04:49
  
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  San Francisco Ballet Heading for Iceland | Iceland Review
  IcelandReview
  Artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, Icelander Helgi Tómasson, is planning to bring the dance company to Iceland to perform, Morgunblaðið reports. Helgi has been looking at the conditions of Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík with the ...
  
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• Ballet fitness: Why growing numbers are using pliés and pirouettes to work out ... - The Independent

  14-07-2015 04:15
  
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  Ballet fitness: Why growing numbers are using pliés and pirouettes to work out ...
  The Independent
  I still remember the moment when I reached the pinnacle of my ballet career. Standing in perfect first position, trophy held aloft, proud tears pricking at the backs of my eyes. It was to be, aged four, my first and last ballet accolade. My parents ...
  
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• Video: Torrey Smith's Son Loves to Dance : People.com - People Magazine

  14-07-2015 03:15 via people.com
  
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  Video: Torrey Smith's Son Loves to Dance : People.com
  People Magazine
  The son of San Francisco 49s wide receiver Torrey Smith, this little guy literally drops everything he's doing to rock out to Silentó's "Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)" in the above video, which the athlete posted to Facebook on Sunday. Fans have since been ...
  Torrey Smith's Baby Does The Whip/Nae Nae Dance, Is Adorably Awesome ...NESN.com
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• Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic Revive a Wimbledon Dance - The New ... - New York Times

  14-07-2015 01:54 via nytimes.com
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  Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic Revive a Wimbledon Dance - The New ...
  New York Times
  Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic routinely perform superhuman feats on the tennis court. But on the dance floor, they move much like the rest of us. To celebrate their victories in the Wimbledon singles finals, the players revived a dormant tradition ...
  Watch Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic Dance to the Bee Gees | TIMETIME
  Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic had a wonderfully awkward Wim
  
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• Ballet West sends costumes on tour - Salt Lake Tribune

  14-07-2015 00:30
  
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  Ballet West sends costumes on tour
  Salt Lake Tribune
  (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ballet West costumes are on display during kick-off of a state-wide tour of some of the ballet's most glamorous costumes including some from Giselle, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. The tour will began today at the ...
  
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