Dance & ballet news

• Dance therapy brings joy and wellbeing to older people

  30-08-2015 19:26
  
  Classes run by arts charity Create improve health and brighten lives but future of programme is threatened by social care spending cutsPaula Sanders may have arrived at the dancing class inadvertently but by the end she says she feels like the belle of the ball.With a disco tune throbbing from a boom box, Sanders, wearing big red slippers, rolls her arms in front of her in best John Travolta style as her carer eases her wheelchair across the polished wooden floor, in line with half a dozen fello
  
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• Edinburgh festival fringe works; Ballett Zürich review – it’s far more fun on the fringe

  30-08-2015 09:00
  
  Various venues; Edinburgh Playhouse
  This year’s Edinburgh offerings proved beyond doubt that the most original work is found outside the official programmeSmall is most definitely beautiful in 21st-century contemporary dance. As large-scale subsidised ensembles strive with increasing desperation to retain their edge, leaner and less tech-heavy ensembles are setting the agenda. This was particularly evident at the 2015 Edinburgh international festival, which concludes on Monday. There&rsquo
  
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• How Ballet Can Make You A Better Leader - Forbes

  30-08-2015 01:59 via
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  How Ballet Can Make You A Better Leader
  Forbes
  Many years ago I remember reading an article in, I think, the New York Times, which told the story of a group of professional football players who took a ballet class thinking it would be easy, and came away surprised at how difficult and strenuous ...and more »
  

• The Art of the Sack Dance with Von Miller - Colorado Springs Gazette

  30-08-2015 01:40 via
  The Art of the Sack Dance with Von Miller
  Colorado Springs Gazette
  He Superman'ed after dropping Cam Newton. That episode was memorable, if only because of the speed Von Miller flashed to catch the nimble quarterback, the power he flexed to bring Newton down - with one arm, mostly. He honored teammate (and former ...
  

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• Learn How To Dance With BABYMETAL (Video) - BLABBERMOUTH.NET

  30-08-2015 00:24 via
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  Learn How To Dance With BABYMETAL (Video)
  BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine caught up with the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL backstage at this weekend's Reading festival to learn their dance moves. Check out the clip below to see what happened. BABYMETAL has announced its ...and more »
  

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