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• See Laverne Cox Channels Beyonce in Flawless Dance Tribute (Video) - TheWrap

  11-08-2015 23:45 via thewrap.com
  
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  See Laverne Cox Channels Beyonce in Flawless Dance Tribute (Video)
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  The Trans icon and actress not only shares the singer's glamazon aesthetic, but sat front row for Bey's 2014 MTV Video Vanguard performance and has been known to receive holiday gifts from Blue Ivy's mom. Cox recently participated in Nylon magazine's ...
  Laverne Cox Serves Cake by the Pound in This Beyoncé Dance VideoPOPSUGAR
  Watch Laverne Cox Slay These Beyoncé Dance MovesRefinery29
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• An 'Apollo' Debut and a Balanchine Celebration at Vail International Dance ... - New York Times

  11-08-2015 23:42 via nytimes.com
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  An 'Apollo' Debut and a Balanchine Celebration at Vail International Dance ...
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  VAIL, Colo. — The Vail festival spoils dancegoers. We start to feel that every theater should be surrounded by pine-clad mountains and approached by a path featuring a rushing river (and at least one hummingbird). Such a setting seems right for ...
  
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• Kpop fans know a scary ton of wicked dance moves - Mashable

  11-08-2015 22:39 via mashable.com
  
  Kpop fans know a scary ton of wicked dance moves
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  It's a question only Kpop fans will understand, code words for sussing out if someone else is really a part of the culture. They're referring to their favorite Korean pop bands and/or singers, the same who explode onstage with slick dance moves ...and more »
  
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• Ballet Festival at the Joyce and 'Solo for Two' at City Center Reviews - Wall Street Journal

  11-08-2015 22:38 via wsj.com
  
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  Ballet Festival at the Joyce and 'Solo for Two' at City Center Reviews
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  New York. Two-night runs by small-scale ballet groups have become a theme this month. Prominently, the Joyce Theater is presenting its second Ballet Festival, which it describes as a way to see “America's most exciting choreographers who are working ...
  BWW Reviews: The Joyce Theater Opens Its Ballet Festival with Joshua BeamishBroadway Worldall 4 news articles 
  
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• Orem's Alexia Meyer cut from FOX's 'So You Think You Can Dance' - Daily Herald

  11-08-2015 22:35 via heraldextra.com
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  Orem's Alexia Meyer cut from FOX's 'So You Think You Can Dance'
  Daily Herald
  Top 20 contestant Alexia Meyer, of Orem, is a part of Team Stage on "So You Think You Can Dance." "Through dance I'm able to test myself and push myself," she said. "I can always do better and I can always reach for more." Top 20 contestant Alexia ...and more »
  
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• Misty Copeland Explains Why She Refuses to Ignore Ballet's 'Race Problem' - Mic

  11-08-2015 22:09 via mic.com
  
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  Misty Copeland Explains Why She Refuses to Ignore Ballet's 'Race Problem'
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  Tech and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Music as We Know It. Here Are the 6 Big Ways · I Saw Weed Get Delivered by Drone and Experienced the Future of Getting High · 14 Keyboard Shortcuts That Will Make Your Life a Million Times More Fun.and more »
  
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• This Guy Is The Highlight Of The Miami Heat's Dance Team Auditions - Deadspin

  11-08-2015 20:24 via deadspin.com
  
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  This Guy Is The Highlight Of The Miami Heat's Dance Team Auditions
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  Keith Wilson didn't make the Miami Heat's final squad, but he did leave everything out on the court in his audition soundtracked by Beyoncé. The 28-year-old dance teacher has attended tryouts since 2012, and though he hasn't made the cut yet, he's ...
  
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• Dance St. Louis to hold auditions for 'New Dance Horizons' - STLtoday.com

  11-08-2015 19:47 via stltoday.com
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  Dance St. Louis to hold auditions for 'New Dance Horizons'
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  Dance St. Louis will hold auditions in September for one of the presentations in its next "New Dance Horizons" showcase. To be held in February, the fourth edition of "New Dance Horizons" will feature original works by acclaimed choreographers Dianne ...
  
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• Adults Encouraged to Embrace Ballet for Health Benefits - SurfKY News

  11-08-2015 19:39 via surfky.com
  
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  Adults Encouraged to Embrace Ballet for Health Benefits
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  MADISONVILLE, Ky. (8/11/15) — Ballet and jazz may be typical classes expected when parents sign up children for dance classes. However, local dance instructor Natalia Gordon is pushing to broaden the horizons of her students. "As a teacher, I always ...
  Dancer from Cumming joins Nashville BalletForsyth County News Onlineall 3 news articles »
  
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• Stevens Point troupe aims to widen dance's popularity - Stevenspointjournal

  11-08-2015 19:07 via stevenspointjournal.com
  
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  Stevens Point troupe aims to widen dance's popularity
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  STEVENS POINT – “I love to watch you dance because I really love you. But just don't understand what's going on and I just don't get it.” Charys Hess of Stevens Point was a dance student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point when her boyfriend ...
  
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• Dancing with Determination: Medline Pink Glove Dance Video Competition ... - Business Wire (press release)

  11-08-2015 19:01 via businesswire.com
  Dancing with Determination: Medline Pink Glove Dance Video Competition ...
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  MUNDELEIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. The thought of getting a mammogram can be uncomfortable, yet is a necessary step. To help ease that journey and get people ...and more »
  
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• Chris Pratt and Tom Hiddleston's Dance-Off Video Goes Viral - moviepilot.com

  11-08-2015 18:54 via moviepilot.com
  
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  Chris Pratt and Tom Hiddleston's Dance-Off Video Goes Viral
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  Alisha GrausoEditor-in-Chief here at Moviepilot. Nerd out with me on Twitter, comrades: @alishagrauso. FollowUnfollowUnfollow. 4,644Followers. Share on Facebook. As we all know, the members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe aren't shy when it comes ...
  Chris Pratt And Tom Hiddleston Dance-Off Goes ViralComicbook.com
  Watch Chris Pratt and Tom Hiddleston dance-off as Guardians of the Galaxy and ..
  
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• ArtsBeat | Martha Graham Dance Company Will Revisit Classics for 90th Anniversary - New York Times (blog)

  11-08-2015 18:00 via artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
  ArtsBeat | Martha Graham Dance Company Will Revisit Classics for 90th Anniversary
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  The Martha Graham Dance Company will celebrate its 90th-anniversary season next year by dancing some of Graham's most celebrated works, including “Appalachian Spring,” as well as new choreography by Marie Chouinard, Mats Ek, and Pontus Lidberg, ...and more »
  
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• Barnard Family Day And Street Dance Is Aug. 15 - The Vermont Standard

  11-08-2015 18:00 via thevermontstandard.com
  
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  Barnard Family Day And Street Dance Is Aug. 15
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  BARNARD — This year's summer Street Dance has a new name and an innovative program designed not only for dancers but also such family activities as giant Jenga, giant bubbles, whiffle ball, relay races, face painting, volleyball, horseshoes, an ...
  
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• Abby Lee Miller and Maddie Ziegler share an emotional moment on Dance Moms ... - Entertainment Weekly

  11-08-2015 16:57 via ew.com
  
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  Abby Lee Miller and Maddie Ziegler share an emotional moment on Dance Moms ...
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  The finale of Dance Moms means the end of another competition season for the Abby Lee Dance Company, and with some fierce opposition on the horizon, the girls have plenty of work to do before taking the stage. They'll have to dig deep for the group ...
  'Dance Moms' Spoilers: Season 5 Finale Brings Tension And Chaos At NationalsThe Inquisitr
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• Foster kids to learn hip-hop dance from Henrico teen - WRIC

  11-08-2015 16:48 via wric.com
  
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  Foster kids to learn hip-hop dance from Henrico teen
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  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Foster kids from UMFS will soon learn how to express themselves through the art of dance, thanks to the passions of Henrico teenager Justin Holloway. Holloway, who studies dance at Henrico High School's Center For the Arts ...
  
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• Julio Bashmore: ‘People have misconstrued what house music is’

  11-08-2015 16:00
  The ‘French touch’ sound, with its cut-up samples, oodles of soul and garage-house beats, inspired producer Bashmore’s debut album Knockin’ Boots. Here he lists the tracks that most influenced himThere’s a scene in Eden, the critically acclaimed film about the French house scene in the early 90s, in which the camera pans over a euphoric warehouse rave, where everyone is dressed in terrible, baggy clothing, their hands in the air. What’s striking about the scene, and this film in gene
  
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• Student dancers needed for Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker in Ashland, KY - WOWK

  11-08-2015 15:32 via wowktv.com
  
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  Student dancers needed for Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker in Ashland, KY
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  State health officials in West Virginia have confirmed mosquitoes in the Mountain State are carrying the West Nile Virus (WNV). State health officials in West Virginia have confirmed mosquitoes in the Mountain State are carrying the West Nile Virus (WNV).
  Maine State Ballet to hold auditions for The Nutcracker Sept. 11-12 in FalmouthBangor Daily Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Dancing their way to freedom: 4 great Soviet ballet defectors - Russia Beyond the Headlines

  11-08-2015 15:15 via rbth.com
  
  Dancing their way to freedom: 4 great Soviet ballet defectors
  Russia Beyond the Headlines
  The 19th New York International Fringe Festival, held on August 14-30, will host the world premiere of “To Dance” – a musical stage adaptation of the autobiography of Russian-Jewish dancer Valery Panov, who left the USSR to forge a career in the West.
  
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• Watch Hospital Staffers Dance the Nae Nae for 12-Year-Old Cancer Patient - Billboard

  11-08-2015 15:12 via billboard.com
  
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  Watch Hospital Staffers Dance the Nae Nae for 12-Year-Old Cancer Patient
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  A group of staffers at Louisiana's Willis-Knighton Cancer Center wanted to celebrate 12-year-old Sophia Petikas' last day in the hospital in the most appropriate way possible -- doing the Nae Nae. Petikas had been receiving proton treatments since the ...
  The Clean Cut: Hospital staff performs dance with 12-year-old patientDeseret Newsall 10 news articles »
  
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• Watch Blackhawks' Kris Versteeg dance to Sia's 'Chandeliers' at former ... - WGN-TV

  11-08-2015 14:54 via wgntv.com
  
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  Watch Blackhawks' Kris Versteeg dance to Sia's 'Chandeliers' at former ...
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  Chicago Blackhawks' Kris Versteeg gave his friend a very creative wedding gift over the weekend: a choreographed dance to Sia's “Chandeliers.” At the wedding reception for NHL veteran Devin Setoguchi, former teammates Versteeg and Dallas Stars' Jason ...
  Watch Kris Versteeg, Jason Demers perform unique dance at Devin Setoguchi's ...Yahoo Sports (blog)
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• Dance This Week: India Dance and Ashton's 'Monotones' - New York Times

  11-08-2015 14:00 via nytimes.com
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  Dance This Week: India Dance and Ashton's 'Monotones'
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  Indian Dance in New York. Just a few years ago, the dance forms of India received only isolated performances in New York. August, however, has now become a prime time for them. The Drive East festival at La MaMa is now in its third year. Importantly ...and more »
  
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• Jim Nowakowski in top 10 of TV dance show - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  11-08-2015 12:42 via democratandchronicle.com
  
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  Jim Nowakowski in top 10 of TV dance show
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Webster Thomas graduate Jim Nowakowski wowed the So You Think You Can Dance judges yet again, then learned that he had made the top 10 of the Fox dance competition. Nowakowski suffered an injury during the week and was unable to dance in the ...
  Jim Nowakowski And Yorelis Apolinario "So You Think You Can Dance" Video: Jazz ...Gossip Copall 3 news articles »
  
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• 'Top 14 Perform & Elimination' - Entertainment Weekly

  11-08-2015 11:06 via ew.com
  
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  'Top 14 Perform & Elimination'
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  Can I make a wish on Cat's rainbow dress and fix whatever just happened? Of all the nights to saddle dancers with disappointing routines and even worse judges' comments (and, you know, Twitter), it just had to be a double elimination round. Season 12 ...
  
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• Ballet Philippines holds performance tour in Middle East - Philippine Star

  11-08-2015 10:58 via philstar.com
  
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  Ballet Philippines holds performance tour in Middle East
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  MANILA, Philippines - Widely recognized as the country's flagship company in ballet and contemporary dance, Ballet Philippines (BP) will showcase its artistry to the cities of Abu Dhabi, Amman, Doha, Dubai and Manama. BP's repertoire entitled, Master ...
  Filipino cultural showcase keeps ballet fans on their toesGulf Digital News
  Philippines ballet troupe all set for Doha showGulf Timesall 3 new
  
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• 'So You Think You Can Dance' Top 14 Recap: Something's Fishy - Yahoo Music (blog)

  11-08-2015 09:18 via yahoo.com
  
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  'So You Think You Can Dance' Top 14 Recap: Something's Fishy
  Yahoo Music (blog)
  Monday's So You Think You Can Dance episode started out so very promisingly, with a phenomenal, flamboyant group number choreographed by the phenomenal, flamboyant Brian Friedman, in which the top 14 served up some '90s realness.
  The dance is over for Franklin's Crowder on SYTYCDMyCentralJersey.com
  So You Think You Can Dance Recap - Top 14 Perform + Elimination: Season 12 .
  
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• Dancer from Cumming joins Nashville Ballet - Forsyth County News Online

  11-08-2015 06:34 via forsythnews.com
  
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  Dancer from Cumming joins Nashville Ballet
  Forsyth County News Online
  SOUTH FORSYTH — A local dancer spent part of her summer developing her ballet technique and performance skills in Nashville, Tenn., where the instructors liked her so much they asked her to stay. Hannah Harvey, 19, who graduated from Lambert High ...
  Adults Encouraged to Embrace Ballet for Health BenefitsSurfKY Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• A Northeast DC dance class for kids includes lessons in the art, and for life - Washington Post

  11-08-2015 03:18 via washingtonpost.com
  
  A Northeast DC dance class for kids includes lessons in the art, and for life
  Washington Post
  Almost immediately after taking up dancing as a little girl, Amanee Blake knew she wanted to open a studio of her own. She would tell her mom, her friends — she even wrote it in her diary at age 7. Now, almost two decades later, she has done just that.and more »
  
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• THE SLEEPING BEAUTY to Make World Premiere with The Australian Ballet, Sept 15 - Broadway World

  11-08-2015 00:56 via broadwayworld.com
  
  THE SLEEPING BEAUTY to Make World Premiere with The Australian Ballet, Sept 15
  Broadway World
  Amongst a royal palace, magical fairy tale gardens and an opulent Louis XIV's masked ball, the world's most extravagant ballet is awakened to new life by The Australian Ballet's Artistic Director David McAllister, when The Sleeping Beauty has its world ...
  
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• Vail International Dance Festival Sets Itself Apart With an Enchanting Lineup - New York Times

  11-08-2015 00:18 via nytimes.com
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  Vail International Dance Festival Sets Itself Apart With an Enchanting Lineup
  New York Times
  VAIL, Colo. — After Friday's International Evening of Dance here, a California friend, visiting Colorado for a few days, texted me to say: “Can't believe I just saw that lineup! Amazing ballerinas Sara Mearns, Yuan Yuan Tan, Isabella Boylston, Linda ...and more »
  
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