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• STAGE > Ankara State Opera Ballet opens new season - Hurriyet Daily News

  23-09-2015 23:29 via
  Hurriyet Daily News
  STAGE > Ankara State Opera Ballet opens new season
  Hurriyet Daily News
  The Ankara State Opera and Ballet (ADOB) will welcome the 2015-2016 season with a rich repertoire, featuring more than 25 works on the stage. According to a written statement made by ADOB, “Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves,” composed by Selman Ada and ...and more »
  

• Arts briefs: Dinner benefits ballet troupe - Modesto Bee

  23-09-2015 21:29 via
  Modesto Bee
  Arts briefs: Dinner benefits ballet troupe
  Modesto Bee
  Central West Ballet kicks off its season Oct. 16-17 at the Gallo Center and Oct. 24 at the Grand Theatre with the premiere production of the new full-length ballet “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” based on the Washington Irving headless horseman ghost tale.
  

• New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers - New York Times

  23-09-2015 19:58 via
  New York Times
  New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers
  New York Times
  Sara Mearns, balanced on one square inch of a pointe shoe, her other leg bent in front of her, swiveled under Tyler Angle's outstretched arm, ducking her head. “I can't get through!” she shrieked as her neck caught under his elbow. Then both dancers ...
  

• Osage Dancers To Perform Original Ballet For Pope Francis - News On 6

  23-09-2015 18:46 via
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  Osage Dancers To Perform Original Ballet For Pope Francis
  News On 6
  A group of Osage dancers are off to Pennsylvania this week to perform before Pope Francis. The honor hit their small dance company like a lightning bolt, but you could say it was a surprise hundreds of years in the making. In the heart of the Osage ...
  

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• Ballet's festive favourite comes to Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post

  23-09-2015 15:45 via
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  Ballet's festive favourite comes to Leeds
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  Northern Ballet aims to make Christmas dreams come true this year with a tour of festive family favourite The Nutcracker. The Leeds-based ballet will tour throughout November before returning to Leeds Grand Theatre for its annual Christmas season from ...
  

• Boris Eifman: Ballet is at a crossroads - Russia Beyond the Headlines

  23-09-2015 15:23 via
  Boris Eifman: Ballet is at a crossroads
  Russia Beyond the Headlines
  On Sept. 17, a monument to choreographer George Balanchine was unveiled at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy in St. Petersburg. At the ceremony, Eifman said that the monument to an outstanding choreographer would give a powerful start to setting up a ...
  

• Mariinsky Ballet's traditional and modern missions will be seen in 'Raymonda ... - Los Angeles Times

  23-09-2015 13:31 via
  Los Angeles Times
  Mariinsky Ballet's traditional and modern missions will be seen in 'Raymonda ...
  Los Angeles Times
  Yuri Fateyev, the Mariinsky Ballet's acting director, describes his two upcoming shows as "absolutely opposite productions in the same region." The Russian dance company and orchestra formerly known as the Kirov — arguably the premiere troupe to tour ...
  

• 'Ballet really isn't girly': inside the world's only all-male ballet school - Telegraph.co.uk

  23-09-2015 09:15 via
  Telegraph.co.uk
  'Ballet really isn't girly': inside the world's only all-male ballet school
  Telegraph.co.uk
  The London Boys Ballet School is unique. Founded in 2014, this one of a kind, all-male institution is championing ballet for boys by focusing on strength, skill and power. And in doing so, it is sending traditional stereotypes pirouetting off into the ...and more »
  

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• Thanks to Delaware Twp. for supporting ballet program - Pocono Record

  23-09-2015 01:10 via
  Thanks to Delaware Twp. for supporting ballet program
  Pocono Record
  During tax season, my back pain was taxing my patience until I tried Gambetta ballet. No, it's not a pill with any adverse side effects. It's exercise with self-made endorphins as a positive side effect. Five years ago, I visited the chiropractor's ...
  

• Dance company offers a ballet that says 'Boo'! - Greenville News

  23-09-2015 00:31 via
  Greenville News
  Dance company offers a ballet that says 'Boo'!
  Greenville News
  Christmastime is filled to the brim with dance: Many a ballet troupe trots out a “Nutcracker.” But a new Greenville dance company wants to make sure the early Halloween season gets its due as well. Dance Theatre of Greenville will offer a new ballet ...and more »
  

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