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• #TryThis: Ballet fulfills a childhood fantasy for many - Florida Today

  13-10-2015 21:07 via
  Florida Today
  #TryThis: Ballet fulfills a childhood fantasy for many
  Florida Today
  Like so many little girls before me and a bazillion more since, as a child I fantasized about being a ballerina. Unfortunately I was wildly hyperactive and almost always covered in dirt, so ballet and I were never what you'd call a good fit. I stuck ...
  

• Milwaukee Ballet solidifies leadership, raising funds for new works - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  13-10-2015 19:03 via
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Milwaukee Ballet solidifies leadership, raising funds for new works
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Milwaukee Ballet is launching a fundraising Campaign for New Work so it can create more productions like its hit “Peter Pan.” A 2012 performance featured Marc Petrocci and Valerie Harmon. By Jim Higgins of the Journal Sentinel. Oct. 13, 2015 12:01 p.m. ...
  Milwaukee Ballet extends Pink's contract to 2020, hires executive director ...Milwaukee Business Journa
  

• Ballet Wyoming finds new home in downtown Cheyenne building - Wyoming Tribune

  13-10-2015 14:15 via
  Ballet Wyoming finds new home in downtown Cheyenne building
  Wyoming Tribune
  Ballet Wyoming soon will move to the main floor of a building at the northeast corner of 17th Street and Carey Avenue. The company has a one-year lease with owner Sam Galeotos. The ballet company has been renting space from En Avant Dance Studio ...and more »
  

• Live-stream: watch Rambert's day of dance and debate

  13-10-2015 13:12
  
  Join us on Wednesday 14 October to watch Rambert’s dancers in action as the company opens its doors for Rambert Live. The lineup is as follows: 10.15–11.45am BST: Contemporary dance class. 12–1pm: Rooster rehearsal (10 dancers). 1–2pm: Transfigured Night rehearsal (full company). 2.15–4.15pm: Replay of Rooster and Transfigured Night rehearsals. 4.30–6pm: Debate hosted by Judith Mackrell: how do we level the playing field for female choreographers? Full details
  
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• Last dance: how London's after-hours clubbing scene finally faded out

  13-10-2015 08:30
  
  Trade was the capital’s first ever legal after-hours club, running parties at the now defunct Clerkenwell Turnmills every Sunday. Its 25th birthday party next week wil be the last hurrah, but it leaves a legacy unequalled by any other
  Considering the recent club closures, and the increasingly identikit options that are left, that an ordinary night out in London might entail club-hopping around Soho, scooting across the central line to an east London warehouse rave and then ending up at a c
  
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• Review: Jennie Somogyi Stirs Memories in Her City Ballet Goodbye - New York Times

  13-10-2015 00:11 via
  New York Times
  Review: Jennie Somogyi Stirs Memories in Her City Ballet Goodbye
  New York Times
  On Sunday afternoon, before the ballerina Jennie Somogyi's farewell performance at New York City Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater, I found myself asking friends present for the occasion for their memories. One spoke of the gotta-dance New Jersey ...
  

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