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• Cuban dancers Ballet Revolucion ad spice to WA ballet - The West Australian - News - The West Australian

  21-07-2015 23:51
  
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  Cuban dancers Ballet Revolucion ad spice to WA ballet - The West Australian - News
  The West Australian
  Cuban passion adds spice to ballet Ballet Revolucion dancers Yasset Roldan, Yanier Gomez, Barbara Patterson Sanchez and Leidy Crespo. Picture: Nic Ellis/The West Australian. Cuban music and dance had thawed hearts around the world long before the ...and more »
  
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• Utah natives continue to 'So You Think You Can Dance' top 18 - Deseret News

  21-07-2015 23:26 via deseretnews.com
  
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  Utah natives continue to 'So You Think You Can Dance' top 18
  Deseret News
  Top 20 contestants Alexia Meyer (left), Virgil Gadson (middle) and Megan "Megz" Alfonso (right) perform a Contemporary routine choreographed by Dee Caspary on "So You Think You Can Dance" Monday, July 20, 2015. Adam Rose, FOX Broadcasting Co.and more »
  
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• It's back to the Grove for San Francisco Ballet - SFGate

  21-07-2015 21:49
  
  SFGate
  It's back to the Grove for San Francisco Ballet
  SFGate
  After missing last year's Stern Grove Festival because of its Paris season, the San Francisco Ballet returns to the alfresco celebration with a powerhouse program. The local premiere will be company corps member Myles Thatcher's “Frayed,” in which ...
  
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• Reasons to love, support the ballet - Orlando Sentinel

  21-07-2015 21:49
  
  Orlando Sentinel
  Reasons to love, support the ballet
  Orlando Sentinel
  Harriett Lake writes about her love for the ballet and calls for supporting the troupe's new home. I will never forget the day I was told our Orlando Ballet had been evicted from the home everyone assumed was our permanent space. Then Orlando Mayor ...
  What to expect during the Orlando Ballet's upcoming seasonWESH Orlandoall 2 news articles »
  
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• Misty Copeland Ballet Documentary Goes to Sundance Selects - Hollywood Reporter

  21-07-2015 21:45
  
  Hollywood Reporter
  Misty Copeland Ballet Documentary Goes to Sundance Selects
  Hollywood Reporter
  The film follows the first African-American to become a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre. Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Nelson George's A Ballerina's Tale, a documentary about dancer Misty Copeland, who last month became the ...and more »
  
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• Watch: Stars of New York City Ballet, Indian Kathak Dance, and Chinese Kunqu ... - Asia Society (blog)

  21-07-2015 21:05
  
  Asia Society (blog)
  Watch: Stars of New York City Ballet, Indian Kathak Dance, and Chinese Kunqu ...
  Asia Society (blog)
  Performers Qian Yi, Chinese kunqu opera star; Parul Shah, celebrated performer of India's kathak dance; and Wendy Whelan, former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet share the stage at Asia Society New York on June 24, 2015. (Elsa M. Ruiz).
  
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• Dekkers on the rise with Post: Ballet 'Six Pack' - SFGate

  21-07-2015 20:59
  
  SFGate
  Dekkers on the rise with Post: Ballet 'Six Pack'
  SFGate
  The rise of Post: Ballet to the upper echelon of Bay Area contemporary classical troupes has been rapid, astonishing and artistically satisfying. Founder Robert Dekkers, who started the company back in Arizona, smartly schedules his main season in ...
  Modern-Day Intimacy in Post:Ballet Six-PackHuffington Postall 2 news articles »
  
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• Jake Gyllenhaal on 'Southpaw': You Think Boxing's Brutal, Try Ballet - Variety

  21-07-2015 19:54
  
  Variety
  Jake Gyllenhaal on 'Southpaw': You Think Boxing's Brutal, Try Ballet
  Variety
  To play a boxing star in “Southpaw,” Jake Gyllenhaal had to transform himself into a bulked-up bruiser who could convincingly go twelve rounds with the fiercest and meanest guys in the ring. Complicating matters, the actor was a few months removed from ...and more »
  
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• How ballet has been transformed by choreographers from contemporary dance: 'It ... - The Independent

  21-07-2015 18:32
  
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  How ballet has been transformed by choreographers from contemporary dance: 'It ...
  The Independent
  For a grand and stately art form, ballet can be very unpredictable. When I started writing The Ballet Lover's Companion, I knew that I'd have entries on the 19th and 20th-century classics, plus recent works establishing themselves on world stages. Then ...
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• Theatre: Northern Ballet brings big brother to the stage - Yorkshire Evening Post

  21-07-2015 17:52
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  Theatre: Northern Ballet brings big brother to the stage
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  As one man risks everything for love, Northern Ballet presents the world premier of Jonathan Watkins' 1984. The Leeds-based company is bringing this cult-classic to life with at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in September ahead of a national tour.
  
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• Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan Sets 2015 Summer Touring Company Schedule - Broadway World

  21-07-2015 17:31
  
  Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan Sets 2015 Summer Touring Company Schedule
  Broadway World
  The Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan has announced the 2015 Summer Touring Company schedule. Director Gregory M. George and the parent-led board of directors have reached out to several venues in an effort to share ballet with the local community ...
  
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• Dance Network, an Over-the-Top Streaming Service, to Launch in Fall - Variety

  21-07-2015 17:12 via variety.com
  
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  Dance Network, an Over-the-Top Streaming Service, to Launch in Fall
  Variety
  Dance Network, a subscription-based streaming-video service devoted to dance programming, will launch in the fall, its backers announced Tuesday. The service will have tiered pricing: $6.99 a month, $5.99 a month for six months and $4.99 a month for a ...
  Dance Network Steps Up 2 Screens This Fall; Initial Programming AnnouncedDeadline
  First All-Dance Network Set for October LaunchTheWrapall 8 news articles
  
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• Yuri Possokhov: Bolshoi Ballet can produce new generation of choreographers - Russia Beyond the Headlines

  21-07-2015 16:42
  
  Yuri Possokhov: Bolshoi Ballet can produce new generation of choreographers
  Russia Beyond the Headlines
  The Bolshoi Ballet is ending the season with the world premiere of a ballet based on Mikhail Lermontov's classic novel “A Hero of Our Time.” This is a joint work by the Russian-American choreographer Yuri Possokhov and film and theater director Kirill ...
  
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• Matthew Bourne's The Car Man review – swaggering revival adds Broadway flair

  21-07-2015 15:00
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  Matthew Bourne’s slick repair shop staging of Bizet’s Carmen is full of sexual charisma and violent passionJust as classical dancers aspire to the big dramatic roles of the MacMillan repertory – Juliet, Manon or mad Prince Rudolf in Mayerling – there’s a generation of contemporary dancers for whom Matthew Bourne has become the equivalent gold standard. One reason why Bourne’s versions of Swan Lake or Edward Scissorhands have become classics of the modern repe
  
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• Victoria Sadler :Ballet Review: Natalia Osipova Wows at the Ardani 25 Dance Gala - Huffington Post UK

  21-07-2015 12:48
  
  Huffington Post UK
  Victoria Sadler :Ballet Review: Natalia Osipova Wows at the Ardani 25 Dance Gala
  Huffington Post UK
  There is a reason why Natalia Osipova is the dancer everyone wants to see. And the star delivered on her box office draw for the Ardani 25 Dance Gala with performances full of her trademark visceral, emotional intensity blended with impressive ...and more »
  
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• Join Japan's 'Dance of the Fools' Summer Celebration - Huffington Post

  21-07-2015 12:08 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Join Japan's 'Dance of the Fools' Summer Celebration
  Huffington Post
  Japan's largest traditional dance festival Awa Odori takes place each summer on Shikoku Island, along the streets of Tokushima. There's an air of excitement on the sun-baked streets of Tokushima as festival revellers in high spirits arrive throughout ...
  
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• Pregnant mother and six-year-old daughter show off dance moves in viral video - Telegraph.co.uk

  21-07-2015 10:23 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Pregnant mother and six-year-old daughter show off dance moves in viral video
  Telegraph.co.uk
  A heavily pregnant mother and her six-year-old daughter have become viral sensations after they post a video of their dance performance. Nikki Taylor teamed up with her daughter Jaylyn to replicate the dance from rapper SIlento's Watch Me music video ...
  
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• Twin Falls Dance Star Returns to 'America's Best Dance Crew' - Twin Falls Times-News

  21-07-2015 10:03 via magicvalley.com
  Twin Falls Times-News
  Twin Falls Dance Star Returns to 'America's Best Dance Crew'
  Twin Falls Times-News
  Riquel Olander poses during a photo shoot at Smashbox Studios for the new season of 'America's Best Dance Crew.' 2015-07-21T02:00:00Z Twin Falls Dance Star Returns to 'America's Best Dance Crew'TETONA DUNLAP [email protected] Twin ...
  
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• Riley Curry's 'Nae Nae' Birthday Dance Goes Viral - NBC Bay Area

  21-07-2015 09:50 via nbcbayarea.com
  
  NBC Bay Area
  Riley Curry's 'Nae Nae' Birthday Dance Goes Viral
  NBC Bay Area
  Riley Curry moves away from her dad, Warriors Guard Steph Curry, as he leans in to kiss her after his team won the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, June 16, 2015. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images). Updated at 10:40 AM PDT on Monday, Jul ...
  Watch: Riley Curry does the 'Nae Nae' dance for her birthdaySan Jose Mercury News
  Riley Curry celebrates 3rd birthday with some adorable dance mov
  
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• 'Top 20 Perform and Elimination' - Entertainment Weekly (blog)

  21-07-2015 06:34 via ew.com
  
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  'Top 20 Perform and Elimination'
  Entertainment Weekly (blog)
  So You Think You Can Dance can split the dancers into teams and throw a Twitter save into the mix and design a stage that might one day require a blood sacrifice, but it can't change one thing: Cat Deeley. Our fearless host was the true star of the ...
  'So You Think You Can Dance' Recap: The Top 20 Dance and Two Go HomeBuddyTV (blog)
  FOX's 'So You Think You Can Dance' Announc
  
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• Video: $10000 Match Underway For 'Dance Like The Stars' Fundraiser - WCBI

  21-07-2015 05:46 via wcbi.com
  
  WCBI
  Video: $10000 Match Underway For 'Dance Like The Stars' Fundraiser
  WCBI
  TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – An anonymous donor is helping raise more money this week for the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Mississippi. A $10,000 challenge is underway for the annual “Dance Like the Stars” event. WCBI's own Allie Martin is a contestant and ...
  Anonymous donor makes $10000 challenge to Dance Like the Stars eventNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal
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• Who Gets Saved & Eliminated on Tonight's 'So You Think You Can Dance'? – 7/20/15 - Heavy.com

  21-07-2015 03:52 via heavy.com
  
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  Who Gets Saved & Eliminated on Tonight's 'So You Think You Can Dance'? – 7/20/15
  Heavy.com
  Darion Flores, Ariana Crowder, Lily Frias, Eddie Neptune Eskridge, Moises Parra, and Derek Piquette were all in the bottom six contestants tonight, but which of them were saved and who was eliminated? The results are: The two dancers announced as ...
  Two Finalists Eliminated on FOX's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCEBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Savannah Youth Dance Project expanding dance community - Savannah Morning News

  21-07-2015 03:45 via savannahnow.com
  Savannah Morning News
  Savannah Youth Dance Project expanding dance community
  Savannah Morning News
  Kaitlin Bain/Savannah Morning News-On the last day of the camp, Katie Daly, Savannah Youth Dance Project gave each of the campers a certificate of completion for the class as well as a Savannah You Dance Project sticker. Back | Next.and more »
  
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• Free dance lessons teach NYC students to think on their feet - PBS NewsHour (blog)

  21-07-2015 02:08 via pbs.org
  
  PBS NewsHour (blog)
  Free dance lessons teach NYC students to think on their feet
  PBS NewsHour (blog)
  The National Dance Institute has been sending dance instructors into New York City schools for nearly 40 years, teaching kids who would otherwise have little access to arts education. Jeffrey Brown reports on how founder Jacques d'Amboise grew the ...and more »
  
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• Kids in crisis find healing on the dance floor - KPHO Phoenix

  21-07-2015 02:07 via kpho.com
  
  KPHO Phoenix
  Kids in crisis find healing on the dance floor
  KPHO Phoenix
  Free Arts for Abused Youth gives kids both emotional coping skills and practical life skills. (Source: KPHO/KTVK). Gordy says dance has changed his life and encourage him to embrace his future. (Source: KPHO/KTVK). A Valley 16-year-old who was once ...and more »
  
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• 'So You Think You Can Dance': Let the battle begin - Chron.com (blog)

  21-07-2015 02:05 via blog.chron.com
  
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  'So You Think You Can Dance': Let the battle begin
  Chron.com (blog)
  A belated welcome to the whole reason for So You Think You Can Dance's being: the performance episodes. With this, the first dances of the competition we finally learn a crucial component of this season's whole Team Street vs. Team Stage conceit.
  So You Think You Can Dance Recap 7/20/15: Season 12 Episode 8 "Top 20 Perform ...Celebrity Dirty Laundry
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• Dance helps patients with Parkinson's disease improve their mobility - WCJB

  21-07-2015 01:49 via wcjb.com
  Dance helps patients with Parkinson's disease improve their mobility
  WCJB
  Gainesville, Fl.--- A program sponsored by the University of Florida's Center for Movement Disorder and Neurorestoration and The Center for Arts is helping patients with Parkinson's disease learn to regain their mobility through dance. The program led ...
  
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• 'Dance Fantasia' brings mermaids, fairies and more to the stage - Orlando Sentinel

  21-07-2015 01:03 via orlandosentinel.com
  
  Orlando Sentinel
  'Dance Fantasia' brings mermaids, fairies and more to the stage
  Orlando Sentinel
  The award winning Orlando Bellydance Performance Company presents "Dance Fantasia" - coming Saturday, July 25th to the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. This fantasy-themed, Broadway style dance show will set imagination into motion and test ...
  
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• Police: Man lured Texas woman, forced her to dance at strip club - KXAN.com

  21-07-2015 00:56 via kxan.com
  
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  Police: Man lured Texas woman, forced her to dance at strip club
  KXAN.com
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A man who allegedly lured a Texas woman to New Jersey for a modeling job but instead forced her to dance at a Philadelphia strip club for several days is now facing human trafficking charges. Bail was set at $500,000 for Michael ...
  Texas woman lured by modeling job, forced to dance at strip club, escapes from ...NJ.com
  Human-trafficking victim 'forced' to dance at Pa. strip clu
  
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• Steamboat Springs extends National Dance Day to a one-week celebration - Steamboat Pilot & Today

  21-07-2015 00:26 via steamboattoday.com
  Steamboat Springs extends National Dance Day to a one-week celebration
  Steamboat Pilot & Today
  #Steamboat Springs — Across the country on Saturday, dancers will celebrate National Dance Day with classes, flash mobs and a national routine. In Steamboat Springs, the dance community has extended its celebration by offering free classes throughout ...
  
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• Figure Skating Champion Kristi Yamaguchi to Host ABC's 'Shall We Dance on Ice ... - TheWrap

  21-07-2015 00:14 via thewrap.com
  
  TheWrap
  Figure Skating Champion Kristi Yamaguchi to Host ABC's 'Shall We Dance on Ice ...
  TheWrap
  Olympic Gold medalist and “Dancing with the Stars” champion Kristi Yamaguchi will host upcoming ABC special “Shall We Dance on Ice,” TheWrap has learned exclusively. Yamaguchi will host along with “Dancing with the Stars” champion and renowned ...
  
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