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• New York City Ballet Fall Gala 2015: An Evening of Fashion and Dance - Huffington Post

  05-10-2015 18:31 via
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  New York City Ballet Fall Gala 2015: An Evening of Fashion and Dance
  Huffington Post
  Teresa Reichlen and Joseph Gordon in Troy Schumacher's Common Ground with costumes by Marta Marques and Paolo Almeida. Photo credit: Paul Kolnik. "Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for -- for ...
  

• Connecticut Theater Ballet offers pre-professional dance training - The Wilton Bulletin

  05-10-2015 16:05 via
  The Wilton Bulletin
  Connecticut Theater Ballet offers pre-professional dance training
  The Wilton Bulletin
  Wilton dancers Ronia Clarence, front row on left, and Esha Iyengar, second from left in back, strike a pose with dancers from other towns in Fairfield County who take classes at Connecticut Theater Ballet. — Justin Baiad photo. Michelle Sperry ...
  

• fundraiser knows all the moves - The Australian

  05-10-2015 15:01 via
  The Australian
  fundraiser knows all the moves
  The Australian
  Unless Kenneth Watkins has you in his sights, and that could happen soon, you've probably never heard of him. Watkins is director of philanthropy at the Australian Ballet, and possibly the best arts fundraiser in the business. He's charming and ...and more »
  

• Lea Anderson: Ladies and Gentlemen review – a surreal music-hall gem

  05-10-2015 14:05
  
  The Place, London
  Anderson’s topsy-turvy show about vaudeville has-beens sails close to bathos but is beguiling, poignant and funnyLea Anderson disbanded her companies – the all-female Cholmondeleys and all-male Featherstonehaughs – after her funding was axed in 2011, and it’s hard not to hear a pang of longing for them in the title of her new cabaret-style work, Ladies and Gentlemen.But the piece is no exercise in nostalgia; rather, Anderson takes ideas of regret and fai
  
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• Review: Hong Kong Ballet Choreographers' Showcase 2015 - South China Morning Post (subscription)

  05-10-2015 10:04 via
  South China Morning Post (subscription)
  Review: Hong Kong Ballet Choreographers' Showcase 2015
  South China Morning Post (subscription)
  Hong Kong Ballet's choreographic showcase programmes are a vital means of identifying and nurturing creative talent within the company. They always offer much to enjoy, and the 2015 edition was no exception, if not as fine a vintage as 2014. This time ...
  

• Review: St. Paul Ballet brings charming 'Bella Luna' to life at O'Shaughnessy - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  05-10-2015 08:00 via
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Review: St. Paul Ballet brings charming 'Bella Luna' to life at O'Shaughnessy
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  In her remarks at the O'Shaughnessy for St. Paul Ballet's recent performance of “Bella Luna,” Executive Director Lori Gleason expressed gratitude that the company was around to make its O'Shaughnessy debut. “We were close to putting the company in ...
  

• Missteps aside, Los Angeles Ballet brings new life to 'Giselle' - Los Angeles Times

  05-10-2015 06:24 via
  Los Angeles Times
  Missteps aside, Los Angeles Ballet brings new life to 'Giselle'
  Los Angeles Times
  Los Angeles Ballet first danced “Giselle” in its fifth season. Now, at the start of Season 10, it has returned to the full-length Romantic tragedy with great freshness and authority. At the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday, the level of ...
  BWW Review: GISELLE Opens LA Ballet's 10th Season Celebrating the Great RomanticsBroadway World
  'Giselle' opens Bolshoi Ballet HD
  

• Closing the social divide through ballet classes - The Hindu

  05-10-2015 04:07 via
  Closing the social divide through ballet classes
  The Hindu
  Thursday mornings for the last three years have brought a lot of happiness for Monica and Tejas, both aged 10. That is when they learn, with 60 other students, to discipline their bodies into learning the difficult dance moves of a ballet dancer ...and more »
  

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• WATCH: Russion Ballet impresses budding ballerina - Fraser Coast Chronicle

  05-10-2015 01:40 via
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  WATCH: Russion Ballet impresses budding ballerina
  Fraser Coast Chronicle
  Accompanied by her 'budding ballerina' friends, River Heads' Vikki Logan and Tiaro's Glenis Rosentreter, Catherine was at the Brolga Theatre on Friday night to watch the Imperial Russian Ballet Company's Swan Lake production. The show did not ...
  

• She Can Outdance You in Flamenco, Tap, Jazz, Salsa, Ballet...and More - The New Indian Express

  05-10-2015 00:58 via
  The New Indian Express
  She Can Outdance You in Flamenco, Tap, Jazz, Salsa, Ballet...and More
  The New Indian Express
  Choreographer, dancer and singer Gaysil Naubert who became an immediate sensation after her sensuous and graceful performance in the song 'January Madham' from 7G Rainbow Colony was in Chennai recently for an event. A trained dancer in ballet, ...and more »
  

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