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• Axis Dance Company teaches life skills through dance - Durant Daily Democrat

  24-08-2015 23:53 via
  Axis Dance Company teaches life skills through dance
  Durant Daily Democrat
  Everyone has fun learning dance at Axis while learning skills like following directions and self-discipline. All while having lots of fun. Photos by Dan Pennington | Durant Democrat. ×. Photo. Purchase Photos. Everyone has fun learning dance at Axis ...
  

• Royal Winnipeg Ballet parkade damaged during weekend flood - CBC.ca

  24-08-2015 23:47 via
  Royal Winnipeg Ballet parkade damaged during weekend flood
  CBC.ca
  It's still too soon to tell how severe the damage is, but the Royal Winnipeg Ballet says its parkade is a little worse for wear after a plumbing back up in the adjacent building sent water rushing into the multi-level parking unit. Royal Winnipeg ...
  

• Media Theatre adds new ballet and Indian dance classes - The Delaware County Daily Times

  24-08-2015 23:36 via
  Southwest Times
  Media Theatre adds new ballet and Indian dance classes
  The Delaware County Daily Times
  Dr. Lya Patnaik will instruct the new Contemporary Indian Dance class at the Media Theatre's new studio, 28 W. State St., Media. SUBMITTED PHOTO. Posted: 08/24/15, 5:36 PM EDT | Updated: 2 hrs ago. # Comments. Dorothy Brown, who currently teaches ...
  It's a 'dream come true' for new dance studio ownerSouthwest Timesall 2 news articles »
  

• Theater, ballet and opera deals in Phoenix, Mesa - azcentral.com

  24-08-2015 22:56 via
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  Theater, ballet and opera deals in Phoenix, Mesa
  azcentral.com
  Ballet Arizona offers a money-back guarantee for first-time attendees for their Halloween showing of "Coppelia." (Photo: Rosalie O'Connor). 3 CONNECT 9 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Let's face it: Going to the theater, opera or symphony can ...
  

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• 'Paul Mitchell Shall We Dance on Ice' Cast Revealed (Exclusive) - Just Jared

  24-08-2015 22:26 via
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  'Paul Mitchell Shall We Dance on Ice' Cast Revealed (Exclusive)
  Just Jared
  The Dancing With the Stars pro dancers will join host Maksim Chmerkovskiy, as well as Kristi Yamaguchi. The event also features 2014 Olympic Champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Tanith Belbin White and Ben Agosto, British champions Sinead and ...
  Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin & More Join 'Paul Mitchell Shall We Dance on ...Just Jared Jr.all 3 news articles »
  

• 7 tips for people seeing their first ballet, opera, or theater performance - azcentral.com

  24-08-2015 22:11 via
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  7 tips for people seeing their first ballet, opera, or theater performance
  azcentral.com
  If you've never attended a touring Broadway show, a professional theater production or the symphony, it can be intimidating. Loading… Post to Facebook. 7 tips for people seeing their first ballet, opera, or theater performance If you've never attended ...
  

• YMCA of Trenton dance academy holds first two-week summer intensive - NJ.com

  24-08-2015 20:19 via
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  YMCA of Trenton dance academy holds first two-week summer intensive
  NJ.com
  TRENTON - "On your toes" a woman shouts to a class of young, aspiring dancers in tap shoes. "We're going to do it until you do it right." "I love them, I really do," Renee Riddle-Davison, the YMCA of Trenton's director of dance, fitness, special events ...
  

• Alicia Alonso to head National Ballet of Cuba tour of Spain - Fox News Latino

  24-08-2015 19:32 via
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  Alicia Alonso to head National Ballet of Cuba tour of Spain
  Fox News Latino
  Cuban ballerina and choreographer Alicia Alonso will head the tour of the company she directs, the National Ballet of Cuba, or BNC, to cities all around Spain from Sept. 16 until November 7, the artist told EFE. Alonso, soon to turn 95, is currently ...
  Alicia Alonso wants to visit the US with the National Ballet of CubaCuba Headlinesall 3 news articles »
  

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• Edmonton School of Ballet founder Margaret Flynn has inspired generations of ... - Edmonton Journal

  24-08-2015 19:30 via
  Edmonton Journal
  Edmonton School of Ballet founder Margaret Flynn has inspired generations of ...
  Edmonton Journal
  While other little girls often dreamed of becoming ballerinas, Margaret Flynn dreamed of becoming a ballet teacher. She has been living that dream, teaching ballet in the Edmonton area for more than 60 years. Over the decades, Flynn has touched ...
  

• Astros mascot Orbit has better dance moves than you - SB Nation

  24-08-2015 18:57 via
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  Astros mascot Orbit has better dance moves than you
  SB Nation
  Before Sunday's game between the Dodgers and Astros, fans probably got a little more than they bargained for. Orbit, the Astros mascot, entertained fans with a dance rendition of "Single Ladies" by Beyonce Knowles. Don't try to find better mascot dance ...
  Watch: Astros' mascot Orbit makes dramatic wardrobe change during 'Single ...FOXSports.com
  Astros mascot Orbit nails 'Single Ladies' danceSI.comall 9 news articl
  

• Square Dance fundraiser Sept. 11 to benefit Highland Feed owners who lost ... - The Oakland Press

  24-08-2015 18:14 via
  Square Dance fundraiser Sept. 11 to benefit Highland Feed owners who lost ...
  The Oakland Press
  Amy Grzymkowski, Highland White Lake Business Assn. director, left, Highland Feed & Supply owners Debbie Maher, second from left, and Mike Maher, second from right, and Tami Flowers, event coorindator, right. A square dance benefit will be held Sept.
  

• Win tickets to “So You Think You Can Dance” Tour in Denver - FOX31 Denver

  24-08-2015 18:06 via
  Win tickets to “So You Think You Can Dance” Tour in Denver
  FOX31 Denver
  Details: Each day this week, two entrants will win a pair of tickets to the Dec. 8, 2015 Denver stop on the "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 12 Tour at the Paramount Theater. The Friday winners will also win a meet and greet with the cast! Provide ...
  

• EDx2 at Edinburgh festival review – a quicksilver puzzle of a duet

  24-08-2015 15:55
  Assembly Hall, Edinburgh
  Korean choreographer Lee Insoo creates a kaleidoscope of movement from a single ideaOn the overcrowded platform of the fringe, any dance event has to take its chances but, still, the publicity supplied for Korean company EDx2 feels unusually inadequate. Most shows at least give audiences a programme sheet. Here there’s a flyer so basic it not only fails to credit the dancers and choreographers but even omits the titles of the two works they present. An internet sea
  
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• Expect a fun mix of music, dance, comedy when Jean Grae plays RAS Day - austin360

  24-08-2015 15:34 via
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  Expect a fun mix of music, dance, comedy when Jean Grae plays RAS Day
  austin360
  Revered on the indie hip-hop scene since the mid-'90s, Grae's rap performance days may be winding down. Over the past few years Grae's been honing her standup skills. Supporters include Wyatt Cenac, John Hodgeman. MyStatesman · Get complete ...and more »
  

• Why the Edinburgh festival is now the Place for dance - The Guardian (blog)

  24-08-2015 15:05 via
  The Guardian (blog)
  Why the Edinburgh festival is now the Place for dance
  The Guardian (blog)
  When I first started reviewing dance at Edinburgh, there was hardly any inducement to look beyond the official festival. Maybe I'm exaggerating the memory, but two or more decades ago, the fringe seemed to be swamped by theatre, comedy and music: of ...
  Dance review: Poker Night BluesWOW24/7 (blog)all 84 news articles »
  

• Why the Edinburgh festival is now the Place for dance

  24-08-2015 15:05
  At the Edinburgh fringe, both Vera Tussing’s T-Dance and Igor and Moreno’s Idiot-Syncrasy explore what it means to move and to be movedWhen I first started reviewing dance at Edinburgh, there was hardly any inducement to look beyond the official festival. Maybe I’m exaggerating the memory, but two or more decades ago, the fringe seemed to be swamped by theatre, comedy and music: of the few dance events that found their way into the mix, most were student shows or just too rando
  
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• Unstoppable Misty Copeland is just getting started - New York Post

  24-08-2015 12:01 via
  New York Post
  Unstoppable Misty Copeland is just getting started
  New York Post
  Hey sailor! Dancer Misty Copeland begins a two-week run in Broadway's “On the Town” on Tuesday.Photo: Anne Wermiel. “Yes,” Misty Copeland says shyly. She knows her cellphone screen is broken. “But I don't have time to fix it!” No surprise there: This ...
  American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland Begins Performances in On the Town on ...Broadway.com
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• 'The beauty of dance' Miss Jackie's teaches all ages, all the moves - Rutland Herald

  24-08-2015 09:07 via
  'The beauty of dance' Miss Jackie's teaches all ages, all the moves
  Rutland Herald
  Jennifer Garrow, owner of Miss Jackie's Studio of Dance in Rutland, poses for a picture inside the facility recently. Jennifer Garrow began dancing in her mother's studio 52 years ago. Now owner of Miss Jackie's Studio of Dance, she is continuing to ...
  

• y+M design office caps ballet school with shell-like roof in japan - Designboom

  24-08-2015 08:54 via
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  y+M design office caps ballet school with shell-like roof in japan
  Designboom
  the top heavy structure in a quiet neighbor in tokushima city is a classic ballet school by y+M design office. characterized by a three tier structural form, a mosaic glass wall plays with the degrees of transparencies. the pointed roof form represents ...
  

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