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• The Dance of Dior - HarpersBAZAAR.com (blog)

  25-08-2015 20:01 via
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  The Dance of Dior
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  With choreographer Justin Peck and New York City Ballet, Raf Simons's psychedelic fall collection hits new heights. Share · Tweet · Pin · E-mail. By Laura Brown and Photographs by Simon Procter. Shares. Share · Tweet. Pin · E-mail · Share · Tweet · Pin.
  

• La Bayadère, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, London Coliseum - Financial Times

  25-08-2015 19:20 via
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  La Bayadère, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, London Coliseum
  Financial Times
  The original 1877 production of Marius Petipa's La Bayadère boasted a cast of 230 and a huge mechanical elephant. There has been a fair amount of downsizing since then but this lightly-curried tale of a warrior torn between the Rajah's daughter and a ...
  

• Review: Swan Lake by the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre - Express.co.uk

  25-08-2015 15:23 via
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  Review: Swan Lake by the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre
  Express.co.uk
  ALL ballerinas are divas but some more than others. Irina Kolesnikova is the prima ballerina with the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre and boy does she let you know it. By Neil Norman. PUBLISHED: 14:21, Tue, Aug 25, 2015 | UPDATED: 14:23, Tue, Aug 25, ...
  

• Workout video: The best ballet exercises for sculpting your legs like Emily ... - Evening Standard

  25-08-2015 14:38 via
  Workout video: The best ballet exercises for sculpting your legs like Emily ...
  Evening Standard
  Emily Ratajkowski is certainly ahead of the game when it comes to chic new looks for this year's summer to autumn wardrobe. But while we might spend countless hours 'shopping the look' for the latest fashion must-haves, we don't necessarily spend the ...
  

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• Dance This Week: Ella Baff, Misty Copeland and 'Pearl' - New York Times

  25-08-2015 14:00 via
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  Dance This Week: Ella Baff, Misty Copeland and 'Pearl'
  New York Times
  End of an Era at Jacob's Pillow. Jacob's Pillow dance festival has had only one artistic and executive director in the 21st century — Ella Baff, who arrived there in 1998. Under her leadership, the Pillow has been named a National Historic Landmark ...
  

• Atlanta Ballet opens West Midtown studio doors for benefit Block Party - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  25-08-2015 13:46 via
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  Atlanta Ballet opens West Midtown studio doors for benefit Block Party
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. For five years, the Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre, located along an industrial stretch of the burgeoning West Midtown district, has been a beehive of activity.
  Preview: Atlanta Ballet's block party will premiere the new film short ...ArtsATLall 5 news articles »
  

• Moving sonnets: Zurich Ballet dance Shakespeare's intimate poems - The Guardian

  25-08-2015 11:51 via
  The Guardian
  Moving sonnets: Zurich Ballet dance Shakespeare's intimate poems
  The Guardian
  Choreographer Christian Spuck is aiming to develop dancers who can think as well as they move. At the Edinburgh festival his Swiss company present a new Wayne McGregor ballet and Sonett, which stars a female actor as the Bard. Zurich Ballet's Sonett.
  

• Moving sonnets: Zurich Ballet dance Shakespeare's intimate poems

  25-08-2015 11:51
  Choreographer Christian Spuck is aiming to develop dancers who can think as well as they move. At the Edinburgh festival his Swiss company present a new Wayne McGregor ballet and Sonett, which stars a female actor as the BardZurich is all too easy to dismiss as a city of bankers. A giant Swarovski crystal tree graces its annual Christmas Market, its streets are unfeasibly clean, and even its graffiti looks tidy. Yet it is also a city of surprise, not least of which is its fast-expanding arts sce
  
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• Watch Sai Pallavi aka Malar of 'Premam' Performing on 'D2 D4 Dance' Show [PHOTOS] - International Business Times, India Edition

  25-08-2015 08:50 via
  International Business Times, India Edition
  Watch Sai Pallavi aka Malar of 'Premam' Performing on 'D2 D4 Dance' Show [PHOTOS]
  International Business Times, India Edition
  Sai Pallavi, who has become a fan favourite after the release of "Premam", graced the dance floor of reality show Gum On "D2 D4 Dance" on Sunday, 23 August. The actress looked gorgeous in a sapphire blue saree and even shook a leg with judges, Neerav ...
  

• Review: Young stars of Metropolitan Ballet present lively 'Sleeping Beauty' - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  25-08-2015 08:02 via
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  Review: Young stars of Metropolitan Ballet present lively 'Sleeping Beauty'
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  REVIEW: “DWTS” contestant Deise Mendonça may have been the marquee name in “Sleeping Beauty,” but the students of Metropolitan Ballet also shone. By SHEILA REGAN Special to the Star Tribune. August 24, 2015 — 11:29pm. itemprop. Metropolitan ...
  

• Sylvie Guillem in Sydney: To be free on stage, you need to have been disciplined

  25-08-2015 07:53
  ‘Mademoiselle Non’ appears at the Sydney Opera House to discuss Rudolf Nureyev, trusting her instincts and taking her final bow in Tokyo after 40 yearsSylvie Guillem will take her final bow at midnight on 30 December as she performs Ravel’s Bolero at the Kanagawa Kenmin hall in Toyko. It will be 34 years since the ballerina first took to the stage as a soloist, at age 16, performing the Queen of the Dryads in Paris Opera Ballet’s staging of Don Quixote, directed by Rudolf
  
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• Dance Plus - Finding new dancing stars across the country - Times of India

  25-08-2015 07:12 via
  Times of India
  Dance Plus - Finding new dancing stars across the country
  Times of India
  Madhuri Dixit back on 'Dance +': Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit will reportedly make an appearance on the dance reality show 'Dance +'. According to a source from the production house, Madhuri shares a great relationship with 'Super Judge' Remo ...
  After 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa', Madhuri Dixit Nene to Judge Another Dance Reality ShowInternational Business Times, India Edition
  Madhuri Dixit to appear
  

• Young dancers audition to perform with Moscow Ballet - Leader-Telegram

  25-08-2015 07:10 via
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  Young dancers audition to perform with Moscow Ballet
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  Moscow Ballet auditions held at Diamond School of DanceWEAU
  Audition with Moscow BalletWestman Journalall 4 news articles »
  

• 'Top 8 Perform & Elimination' - Entertainment Weekly

  25-08-2015 06:50 via
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  'Top 8 Perform & Elimination'
  Entertainment Weekly
  Take a second to celebrate good health: For the first time in a few weeks, no one had to sit this one out due to injury. That's especially good news for Tyce Diorio's opening group routine, an Addams Family-inspired number that sets the tone for the night.
  

• So You Think You Can Dance Recap: Missed Connections - TVLine

  25-08-2015 06:25 via
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  So You Think You Can Dance Recap: Missed Connections
  TVLine
  You were the All-Star wearing beige who kept gesticulating wildly with your arms… I was the Team Stage dancer trying to keep my head above water in a complicated routine… You were Medusa, and how the heck am I supposed to make that work? Yes, I'm ...and more »
  

• Witness: Lonzie's mom does 'happy dance' out of jail - WJXT Jacksonville

  25-08-2015 05:23 via
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  Witness: Lonzie's mom does 'happy dance' out of jail
  WJXT Jacksonville
  OUT OF JAIL AFTER POSTING BOND. LONNA BARTON WALKED AWAY FROM THE DUVALL COUNTY JAIL AT 5:30 P.M. THIS EVENING AFTER NEARLY A WEEK BEHIND BARS. Kent: CHANNEL 4'S SCOTT JOHNSON JOINS US LIVE FROM ...and more »
  

• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Shows Off Dance Moves in New Video - And Wishes Dad ... - People Magazine

  25-08-2015 04:38 via
  People Magazine
  Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Shows Off Dance Moves in New Video - And Wishes Dad ...
  People Magazine
  Though the actor was breaking out the dance moves, Johnson seems to have been getting a workout in at the gym – a place in which his father taught him the importance of hard work. "Happy Birthday to my dad Rocky "Soulman" Johnson aka the original ...and more »
  

• 'Dance Moms' Season 6 Cast Updates: Nia Sioux Frazier's Return Uncertain ... - Realty Today

  25-08-2015 04:13 via
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  'Dance Moms' Season 6 Cast Updates: Nia Sioux Frazier's Return Uncertain ...
  Realty Today
  INGLEWOOD, CA - MARCH 28: (L-R) TV personalities JoJo Siwa, Nia Sioux Frazier, Kalani Hilliker and Kendall Vertes attend Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards held at The Forum on March 28, 2015 in Inglewood, California. (Photo : Frazer ...
  'Dance Moms' Coach Abby Lee Miller, Maddie Ziegler Launch 'Dance Secrets' AppDesign & Trend
  'Dance Moms' Cast Update: TV Show Accused of B
  

• Gaby Diaz And Robert Roldan "So You Think You Can Dance" Video: Watch "Perfect ... - Gossip Cop

  25-08-2015 04:09 via
  Gaby Diaz And Robert Roldan "So You Think You Can Dance" Video: Watch "Perfect ...
  Gossip Cop
  Gaby Diaz was once again the standout performer on Monday's “So You Think You Can Dance,” this time paired with Robert Roldan for a breathtaking contemporary routine. Check out the video below! For the second week in a row, all the contestants had to ...
  

• Derek Piquette of Chicopee eliminated from 'So You Think You Can Dance' - MassLive.com

  25-08-2015 04:08 via
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  Derek Piquette of Chicopee eliminated from 'So You Think You Can Dance'
  MassLive.com
  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Top 20 contestant Derek Piquette (18) is a part of Team Stage on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE airing Mondays (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. @2015 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Brooklin Rosenstock/FOX. Ray Kelly ...
  “So You Think You Can Dance” Results: Who Was Eliminated? (VIDEO)Gossip Cop
  So You Think You Can Dance Recap 8/24/15: Season 12 Episode 13 "Top 8 Per
  

• Laboration Art and Caterina Rago Dance Companies Set for Take Root at Green ... - Broadway World

  25-08-2015 03:32 via
  Laboration Art and Caterina Rago Dance Companies Set for Take Root at Green ...
  Broadway World
  Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in September. Fertile Ground will present new work by various artists and Take Root will present an evening of work by Laboration Art Company and Caterina Rago Dance Company.
  

• Webster native in top 6 of So You Think You Can Dance - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  25-08-2015 02:54 via
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Webster native in top 6 of So You Think You Can Dance
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  For the second week in a row, Webster Thomas graduate Jim Nowakowski had the pressure lifted before he performed his duet on the Fox dance show So You Think You Can Dance. The first two stage dancers who performed Monday night were both told ...
  

• Review ... Hispanic Cultural Center ballet folklorico and flamenco groups ... - Midland Reporter-Telegram

  25-08-2015 01:50 via
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  Review ... Hispanic Cultural Center ballet folklorico and flamenco groups ...
  Midland Reporter-Telegram
  Before the Hispanic Cultural Center of Midland's flamenco and ballet folklorico groups were to begin their performances at the Midland County Fair this weekend, the air was full of pre-performance bustle. The last brushstrokes of mascara and lipstick ...
  

• Fall dance 2015: Smuin Ballet, Twyla Tharp head Bay Area season - San Jose Mercury News

  25-08-2015 01:02 via
  San Jose Mercury News
  Fall dance 2015: Smuin Ballet, Twyla Tharp head Bay Area season
  San Jose Mercury News
  Dance is an art form that can reveal unexpected insights into the nature of human experience and how our bodies move through the world. While many choreographers strive to capture timeless truths, dance can be just as effective at exploring topical themes.and more »
  

• Mo. mom pleads guilty of supplying teens booze before dance - STLtoday.com

  25-08-2015 00:40 via
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  Mo. mom pleads guilty of supplying teens booze before dance
  STLtoday.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield woman has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to supplying alcohol to teenagers. The Springfield News-Leader reports 45-year-old Wendy R. Dukewits faced up to one year in jail if convicted on the ...
  Mother admits guilt, speaks out, in underage drinking case outside Glendale danceSpringfield News-Leaderall 9 news articles »
  

• Local dance team will hold a recital to raise money for team member - Progress Index

  25-08-2015 00:01 via
  Progress Index
  Local dance team will hold a recital to raise money for team member
  Progress Index
  On Oct. 2 Kaitlin Weaver will not just be dancing out of passion as she has been the last year with the Petersburg-based Royal Elegance Dance Company, she'll also be dancing to pay homage to her mother who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in ...
  

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