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• Ballet dancers invited to audition for Macomb Ballet Company - The Macomb Daily

  18-08-2015 23:37 via
  Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
  Ballet dancers invited to audition for Macomb Ballet Company
  The Macomb Daily
  The Macomb Ballet Company is looking for a few good dancers for its upcoming 2015/2016 season. Photo courtesy of the MBC. By Gina Joseph, The Macomb Daily. Posted: 08/18/15, 5:37 PM EDT | Updated: 2 hrs ago. # Comments. Imagine being one of the ...
  Atlanta Ballet achieved 20-year high in box office sales in 2014-15 seasonAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
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• ArtsBeat | American Ballet Theater to Debut Ratmansky Work Next Spring - New York Times (blog)

  18-08-2015 22:26 via
  New York Times (blog)
  ArtsBeat | American Ballet Theater to Debut Ratmansky Work Next Spring
  New York Times (blog)
  American Ballet Theater's spring 2016 season, from May 9 to July 2 at the Metropolitan Opera House, is to include one world premiere and one American premiere, the company announced on Tuesday. As usual, the lineup includes seven full-length ballets ...
  

• Spandau Ballet cancel shows in Spain as drummer John Keeble falls ill - Daily Mail

  18-08-2015 21:51 via
  Daily Mail
  Spandau Ballet cancel shows in Spain as drummer John Keeble falls ill
  Daily Mail
  Spandau Ballet have been forced to cancel a series of shows in Spain due to the band's drummer, John Keeble falling ill. The band, which hit the big-time in the 80s with singles such as Gold and True, announced the cancellation of the three shows in ...
  

• Roy dancer dazzles 'So You Think You Can Dance' judges, soars into the show's ... - Deseret News

  18-08-2015 18:41 via
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  Roy dancer dazzles 'So You Think You Can Dance' judges, soars into the show's ...
  Deseret News
  Hailee Payne (right) and former contestant Brandon Bryant perform a Broadway routine choreographed by Warren Carlyle on "So You Think You Can Dance" Monday, August 17 on FOX. Adam Rose, FOX Broadcasting Co. Summary. Utah contemporary ...
  'So You Think You Can Dance' tour coming to Maverik Center, Dec. 10Salt Lake Tribuneall 2 news articles »
  

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• Ballet in Brazil's 'Crackland' - Reuters

  18-08-2015 18:05 via
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  Ballet in Brazil's 'Crackland'
  Reuters
  On the outskirts of Sao Paulo in Brazil, the rough Luz neighbourhood - known as Cracolandia or "Crackland" locally for its widespread use of crack cocaine – might seem a world away from the beauty and grace usually associated with ballet. But there's ...and more »
  

• Ballet critics are not writing for dancers - Spectator.co.uk (blog)

  18-08-2015 17:10 via
  Ballet critics are not writing for dancers
  Spectator.co.uk (blog)
  Jonathan Ollivier of the "Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake" cast photocall, poses in Times Square on October 13, 2010 in New York City. Some fans of Jonathan Ollivier, the fine dancer who was killed on his motorbike recently on the day he was to perform one ...
  

• Do Dance Cardio Classes Make You a Better Dancer? - Racked

  18-08-2015 17:09 via
  Do Dance Cardio Classes Make You a Better Dancer?
  Racked
  There's something about the marriage of dance and exercise that makes a person feel like they're doing a crap job of auditioning for a community theatre production of A Chorus Line. Yes, doing "the pony" incinerates calories without the monotony of ...
  

• When a Dutch Jewish Woman Taught SS Officers how to Dance - Forward

  18-08-2015 16:45 via
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  When a Dutch Jewish Woman Taught SS Officers how to Dance
  Forward
  (JTA)- Even before Nazi racial laws turned her into a wanted person in her native Netherlands, Roosje Glaser had limited patience for rules. A lighthearted and sometimes frivolous Jewish dance instructor who loved jazz music and the company of handsome ...and more »
  

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• So You Think You Can Dance 2015 tour announced - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  18-08-2015 16:40 via
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  So You Think You Can Dance 2015 tour announced
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  There are still eight contestants competing on "So You Think You Can Dance," but the popular Fox TV series' 12th season tour has already been announced. The 70-city tour will open Oct. 13 at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas. It will conclude ...
  FOX's 'So You Think You Can Dance' Season 12 Tour to Visit 70 CitiesTVbytheNumbers
  'So You Think You Can Dance': Texas dancer eliminated to
  

• Wedding's first dance was hijacked by the groom and his friends - Daily Mail

  18-08-2015 16:38 via
  Daily Mail
  Wedding's first dance was hijacked by the groom and his friends
  Daily Mail
  This is the hilarious moment a first dance was hijacked by a groom and his friends who had spent weeks planning a secret routine. Francesca Moorcroft was looking forward to a low-key dance in front of family and friends when she married James in a ...
  Bride left gobsmacked when new husband interrupts first dance with hilarious ...Western Daily Pressall 2 news articles »
  

• Tao Dance Theatre at Edinburgh festival review – abstract moves evoke a ... - The Guardian

  18-08-2015 16:17 via
  The Guardian
  Tao Dance Theatre at Edinburgh festival review – abstract moves evoke a ...
  The Guardian
  A multi-limbed organism … Tao Dance Theatre in 5 at Edinburgh festival. Photograph: Fan Xi/PR. Alice Bain. Tuesday 18 August 2015 10.17 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 18 August 2015 11.28 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email ...and more »
  

• Tao Dance Theatre at Edinburgh festival review – abstract moves evoke a hallucinogenic universe

  18-08-2015 16:17
  Royal Lyceum, EdinburghTao’s company bring his atmospheric, minimalist work, set to the sounds of Steve Reich, to life as the dancers become a single captivating blobAgainst the metronomic ring of the glockenspiel, Fu Liwie and Mao Xue hold hands and lean in. They pace, in flowing costumes, to the sound of Steve Reich’s Drumming, Part Four. A leg lifts; heads roll and sometimes loll, and the music seems to quicken. The pair stick fast to Reich’s phasing rhythms, blurring into t
  
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• Watch This Ballet Dancer and His Groomsmen Perform an Incredible Wedding Dance - TIME

  18-08-2015 16:11 via
  TIME
  Watch This Ballet Dancer and His Groomsmen Perform an Incredible Wedding Dance
  TIME
  When two professional ballet dancers get married, they set the bar for wedding dances incredibly high. Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the bride, Valerie Tellmann-Henning, who performs with the Richmond Ballet, asked her now-husband Kirk Henning ...
  Groom's Eight-Minute Wedding Dance Raises the Bar for Choreographed Surprises ...People Magazine
  Watch groom, groomsmen surprise bride with epic 8-min
  

• Swan Lake review –  graceful star turns can't elevate this flat staging

  18-08-2015 15:43
  Coliseum, London
  The evil sorcerer looks as if he has escaped from a Cher tribute act and Tchaikovsky’s stirring score loses its pulse in the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s desperately ordinary productionYou can view Swan Lake as a tragedy about doomed romance, as a thrilling showcase of classical dance, or as a heartfelt exploration of character. Or, as in the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s desperately ordinary production, a disengaged snare for London’s summer ballet au
  
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• ArtsBeat | City Center Adds to Season With Wendy Whelan, Ballet and Flamenco - New York Times (blog)

  18-08-2015 15:42 via
  New York Times (blog)
  ArtsBeat | City Center Adds to Season With Wendy Whelan, Ballet and Flamenco
  New York Times (blog)
  Wendy Whelan, the former New York City Ballet dancer whose retirement has been anything but quiet, will perform at City Center as part of three programs that have been added to round out the theater's spring season. She will be joined the Royal Ballet ...
  Pacific Northwest Ballet, Free Concerts and More Set for New York City Center ...Broadway Worldall 2 news articles&nb
  

• Dance This Week: Mostly Mozart and the Battery Dance Festival - New York Times

  18-08-2015 14:00 via
  New York Times
  Dance This Week: Mostly Mozart and the Battery Dance Festival
  New York Times
  Mostly Mozart. There has been no dance in this year's Mostly Mozart season, which ends this week. We might ask why, but a better question is this: Why have so few lasting works of choreography even been created to Mozart's music? I'm among those who ...
  

• Fake football player joins cheerleaders for dance routine - NBC4i.com

  18-08-2015 13:40 via
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  Fake football player joins cheerleaders for dance routine
  NBC4i.com
  The Rattlers were hosting the Spokane Shock Saturday when the Sidewinders dance squad took the field during a time out. Then, as if it were unexpected, one of the rattlers 'players' joined the dance team. He took center stage and led the sidewinders ...
  Fake Arena League Football Player Joins Cheerleaders For Epic Dance RoutineThe Big Lead
  Shake it! Watch this Arizona 'football player' bust a moveToday.com
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• SDHS Cougarettes to hold dance clinic - Greensburg Daily News

  18-08-2015 13:04 via
  SDHS Cougarettes to hold dance clinic
  Greensburg Daily News
  WESTPORT – South Decatur High School (SDHS) Cougarette Dance Coach Pam Smiley has announced the opening of registration for the 2015 elementary school dance clinic. All South Decatur Elementary School (SDES) students in kindergarten through ...
  

• YWCA moving to new location, giving up dance program - Lincoln Journal Star

  18-08-2015 13:02 via
  Lincoln Journal Star
  YWCA moving to new location, giving up dance program
  Lincoln Journal Star
  Dancer Taylor Kurtzer stretches before dancing for visitors at a YWCA open house in 2012. The Nebraska Ballet Theatre and School will continue to offer dance lessons at 2620 O St., but the YWCA is discontinuing its dance program and moving its ...
  

• So You Think You Can Dance: “Top 10 Perform” - A.V. Club Milwaukee

  18-08-2015 09:23 via
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  So You Think You Can Dance: “Top 10 Perform”
  A.V. Club Milwaukee
  The women of So You Think You Can Dance season 12 have had a rough couple of weeks. They considerably outnumbered the men for most of the competition, but last episode's double elimination got rid of four female dancers, and a rib injury takes JJ out ...
  Who Gets Eliminated On Tonight's Episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance'?Heavy.com
  So You Think You Can Dance Recap - Edson and JJ Eliminated: Season 12
  

• 'Top 10 Perform & Elimination' - Entertainment Weekly

  18-08-2015 08:15 via
  Entertainment Weekly
  'Top 10 Perform & Elimination'
  Entertainment Weekly
  It's getting serious here on So You Think You Can Dance. Paula's necklace looks like an Elizabethan collar. This season's touring company is set. The All-Stars are back. The Twitter save has (mercifully) flown the coop. But nothing says serious quite ...
  

• 'So You Think You Can Dance' recap: Derek Piquette dodges another bullet - GoldDerby

  18-08-2015 07:14 via
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  'So You Think You Can Dance' recap: Derek Piquette dodges another bullet
  GoldDerby
  Gold Derby's "So You Think You Can Dance" racetrack odds missed three out of four results Monday night. Did you fare better? Then you should put your psychic powers to use right here for a chance to win $100 (if you qualify according to our contest rules).
  'So You Think You Can Dance' tour will stroll to ColumbusColumbus Dispatch
  'So You Think You Can Dance' Predictions: Which Two Dancers Will Leave the
  

• Jennifer Lopez Will Welcome 'So You Think You Can Dance' Winner on Stage in Vegas - Billboard

  18-08-2015 06:17 via
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  Jennifer Lopez Will Welcome 'So You Think You Can Dance' Winner on Stage in Vegas
  Billboard
  Jennifer Lopez attends the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael Buckner/BMA2015/Getty Images for dcp. 0. 0. 0. The winner of So You Think You Can Dance is going to get a major perk ...and more »
  

• Video shows dance floor collapsing at concert of St. Louis based - KMOV.com - KMOV.com

  18-08-2015 05:56 via
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  Video shows dance floor collapsing at concert of St. Louis based - KMOV.com
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  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) – A YouTube video captured the moment the dance floor collapsed at the concert of a St. Louis based band in the Ozarks. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. The band Queens Boulevard was performing at the Shady Gators in the Lake ...
  Dance floor collapses with people on it at Shady GatorsABC17News.comall 7 news articles »
  

• 'Moving Landscapes': Music, dance al fresco - Ithaca Journal

  18-08-2015 05:48 via
  Ithaca Journal
  'Moving Landscapes': Music, dance al fresco
  Ithaca Journal
  Enjoy dance in a beautiful setting at “Moving Landscapes: An Evening of Dance and Music.” The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the CRS Barn Studio, 2622 N. Triphammer Road in Ithaca. The eighth annual “Moving Landscapes” performance ...
  

• Webster native in top 8 of dance show - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  18-08-2015 05:11 via
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Webster native in top 8 of dance show
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Webster Thomas graduate Jim Nowakowski hasn't had to worry about being eliminated thus far on the Fox dance show So You Think You Can Dance, but this week was even easier on his nerves than normal. All of the dancers in danger of being eliminated ...
  

• Sylvie Guillem bids farewell to ballet - ABC Online

  18-08-2015 04:44 via
  ABC Online
  Sylvie Guillem bids farewell to ballet
  ABC Online
  French ballerina Sylvie Guillem made a name for herself doing things her own way, and she's treating retirement no differently. She tells RN Breakfast how she feels about hanging up her ballet slippers after 39 years on the stage.
  

• Local newlyweds' video of groomsmen's dazzling dance routine goes viral - WJHL

  18-08-2015 04:34 via
  WJHL
  Local newlyweds' video of groomsmen's dazzling dance routine goes viral
  WJHL
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A local ballerina with the Richmond Ballet is getting a lot of attention for a dance her new husband and his groomsmen performed at their wedding reception. Kirk, a professional dancer, surprised his bride Valerie with a ...
  Video of groomsmen's dazzling dance routine goes viralabc27all 3 news articles »
  

• 'Athletes and artists': The men of the Paris Opera Ballet - CNN International

  18-08-2015 04:05 via
  'Athletes and artists': The men of the Paris Opera Ballet
  CNN International
  (CNN) They are "les danseurs," the professional male ballet dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. They are the epitome of strength, their bodies acting as machines of poetry with each and every point of their toes. They are also the subject of Matthew ...
  

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