• Streb brings daredevil dance to the Peace Center - Greenville News

    Greenville News
    Streb brings daredevil dance to the Peace Center
    Greenville News
    Choreographer Elizabeth Streb has been called the “Evel Knievel of Dance.” Streb doesn't mind the nickname. She just worries that people don't remember who Evel Knievel was. Like that legendary motorcycle daredevil, Streb is famous for pushing the ...
  • Review: 'Sylvia' at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped - New York Times

    New York Times
    Review: 'Sylvia' at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped
    New York Times
    CHICAGO — In the American premiere of John Neumeier's “Sylvia,” the dancers of the Joffrey Ballet look chic, handsome and sophisticated. To a degree rare in American ballet, all the performers onstage know how to use their eyes, how to present and to ...
    Joffrey Ballet fires arrows straight into the heart in 'Sylvia'Chicago Sun-Times
    Joffrey's beautiful work can't save uneven 'Sylvia'Chi
  • Joffrey Ballet fires arrows straight into the heart in 'Sylvia' - Chicago Sun-Times

    Chicago Sun-Times
    Joffrey Ballet fires arrows straight into the heart in 'Sylvia'
    Chicago Sun-Times
    Anyone who still believes classical ballet is a 19th century art form trapped in amber is advised to take a look at the Joffrey Ballet. For the past several seasons the company has consistently demonstrated that while it practices an art form that can ...
    Review: 'Sylvia' at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth RevampedNew York Times
    Joffrey's beautiful work can't save uneven 'Sylvia'Chicago Tribuneall 3 n
  • The Ticket: Dance picks - The Boston Globe

    The Boston Globe
    The Ticket: Dance picks
    The Boston Globe
    THIRD SYMPHONY OF GUSTAV MAHLER: A BALLET BY JOHN NEUMEIER This epic endeavor by. Boston Ballet features the entire company and more in Neumeier's vivid choreography, plus an expanded orchestra, chorus, and alto soloist perform the ...
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  • Lexington's ballet companies show different sides of dance this weekend - Lexington Herald Leader

    Lexington Herald Leader
    Lexington's ballet companies show different sides of dance this weekend
    Lexington Herald Leader
    From left, Alixandra Kish, Casey Myrick, Amos Oliver III, and Ayako Hasabe, and Alexandra Orenstein, right demonstrated a scene outside ArtsPlace for Lexington Ballet's participation in Dance Out Loud. PABLO ALCALA — Lexington Herald-Leader |Buy ...
  • Joffrey's beautiful work can't save uneven 'Sylvia' - Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Tribune
    Joffrey's beautiful work can't save uneven 'Sylvia'
    Chicago Tribune
    The U.S. premiere of choreographer John Neumeier's full-length ballet "Sylvia" is being performed by the Joffrey at the Auditorium Theatre. The U.S. premiere of choreographer John Neumeier's full-length ballet "Sylvia" is being performed by the Joffrey ...
  • Stilettoes for Ballet Slippers: Member of Ukrainian men in heels dance group ... - Ukraine Today

    Ukraine Today
    Stilettoes for Ballet Slippers: Member of Ukrainian men in heels dance group ...
    Ukraine Today
    The 31-year-old is a member of an all-male Ukrainian gender-bending dance group called 'Kazaky', they're best known for their masterful dancing in stilettos. Read also UT Exclusive: Lviv hosts high heel race. But today he's in this studio in the ...
  • Dancer Chloe Lukasiak Teases New Career Move, 'Exciting News' After 'Dance ... - International Business Times

    International Business Times
    Dancer Chloe Lukasiak Teases New Career Move, 'Exciting News' After 'Dance ...
    International Business Times
    Chloe Lukasiak, pictured at the Latina "Hot List" party in West Hollywood, California, Oct. 6, 2015, opens up about her career plans and medical ailments. Getty Images. Chloe Lukasiak isn't just living on the dance floor. Following her leave from ...
    'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler Asks Fans To Vote For Her At People's Choice ...Yibada (English Edition)all 2
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  • NYU CBA Announces New Fellowship Recipients for Choreography, Russia and ... - NYU News (press release)

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    NYU CBA Announces New Fellowship Recipients for Choreography, Russia and ...
    NYU News (press release)
    Choreographer Melissa Barak, historian Marsha Siefert, philosopher Avital Ronell, and visual artist Nicholas Mauss are among the newest fellows at the Center for Ballet and the Arts (CBA) at New York University, the first international institute ...
  • Tag Archives: Ballet Russe - Berkeleyside

    Tag Archives: Ballet Russe
    Berkeleyside
    The big bang of 20th-century ballet was detonated by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, a generative explosion that sent creative waves sweeping across the Americas, all the way to Berkeley. With Twyla Tharp in town for a Cal Performances residency to ...and more »
  • 'Gotta Dance' casts its full team - Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Tribune
    'Gotta Dance' casts its full team
    Chicago Tribune
    Broadway in Chicago has announced the complete cast for “Gotta Dance,” the Broadway-bound musical inspired by the NBA's first 60-and-older dance team. Joining the cast are Joanna Jones, Madeleine Doherty, Tracy Jai Edwards, Diane Findlay, Lenora ...
    Complete Cast Announced for Jerry Mitchell's Broadway-Bound Gotta DancePlaybill.com
    'Gotta Dance' Drafts Its Whole Team For Broadway Bound ProductionBroadway Blog (bl
  • Christmas comes early for area ballet dancers - Hastings Tribune

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    Christmas comes early for area ballet dancers
    Hastings Tribune
    Moscow Ballet audition director Olena Nalyvaiko (center) gives T'Dance student Lexi Brodrick pointers Oct. 13 during a rehearsal at the studio for the upcoming Dec.10 performance of the "Great Russian Nutcracker" in Kearney. prev. next. Area ballet ...
  • Bernie Sanders Shows Off His Dance Moves - Huffington Post

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    Bernie Sanders Shows Off His Dance Moves
    Huffington Post
    When Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday, he let loose and busted a few dance moves. The Ellen DeGeneres Show/HuffPost Share on Pinterest. Here's another look:.
    Watch Bernie Sanders Show Off His Dance Moves on EllenTIME
    Watch Bernie Sanders Dance on The Ellen Show and Start Your Thursday Off RightE! Online
    Bernie Sanders shows off some amazing dan
  • Stories of foreign human trafficking told through dance - Gainesville Times

    Stories of foreign human trafficking told through dance
    Gainesville Times
    True tales from the Far East will make their way to Gainesville through Encounters of Hope, an interpretive dance performance in conjunction with Rahab's Rope and Chaddah Dance Company. The performance will showcase real stories of coerced ...
  • BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Five Cutting-Edge Ballets - Broadway World

    BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Five Cutting-Edge Ballets
    Broadway World
    The NYCB's performance of October 9th was an array of movements and interpretations: some of the works were incredible and others missed the mark. Polaris, choreographed by Myles Thatcher, skillfully supported by the muted blue palette costumes ...and more »
  • US dancers perform sky ballet on skyscraper windows in Shanghai - Telegraph.co.uk

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    US dancers perform sky ballet on skyscraper windows in Shanghai
    Telegraph.co.uk
    Two US dancers were filmed performing ballet on the glass windows of a skyscraper on Wednesday. Ballet is performed from daring heights (Newsflare / China-Recorder). The footage, captured yesterday in Shanghai, China, shows dancers following the ...
  • Jonathan flies from Kes to 1984 ballet - The Star

    The Star
    Jonathan flies from Kes to 1984 ballet
    The Star
    Barnsley lad Jonathan Watkins was on familiar ground with his ballet adaptation of the book Kes last year but his latest work tells a terrifying story of a harsh future world. Former Royal Ballet dancer Jonathan, who is from Worsbrough, created his ...and more »
  • American Repertory Ballet to Host 'A Day with the Ballet' Classes - Broadway World

    American Repertory Ballet to Host 'A Day with the Ballet' Classes
    Broadway World
    Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, NJ's top professional dance company, is teaming up with Middletown Arts Center to offer "A Day with the Ballet" on Saturday, October 24, 2015. Mary Pat Robertson, Director of ...
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  • First-class theater, music and ballet to appear on local big screens - GoErie.com Blogs (blog)

    First-class theater, music and ballet to appear on local big screens
    GoErie.com Blogs (blog)
    No need to travel the world for top-notch entertainment. Live high-def broadcasts and other special film events of the best in theater, music and ballet are scheduled to appear on big screens around the Erie region. Don't miss Benedict Cumberbatch in ...
  • Misty Copeland On Diversity In Ballet, Fame And… - Elle UK Magazine

    Elle UK Magazine
    Misty Copeland On Diversity In Ballet, Fame And…
    Elle UK Magazine
    There's this beautiful scene in ​A Ballerina's Tale​, the documentary about Misty Copeland out today, in which Copeland marks dance steps in perfect synchronization with one of her mentors, Raven Wilkinson. Wilkinson, 80, was the first black dancer to ...and more »
  • Rudimental review – hyperkinetic spectacle with a formulaic soundtrack

    Rudimental review – hyperkinetic spectacle with a formulaic soundtrack
    Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
    High-kicking and leaping, the multitasking drum’n’bass massive sweep the audience along with sheer vitality despite crescendos-by-numbers Maybe it’s the moment saxophonist Will Heard suddenly leaps from his riser to sing lead on I Will for Love. Or when drummer Beanie Bhebhe lays down a smooth bassline on Go Far while keys player Kesi Dryden moonlights behind the drum kit. But there’s something about Rudimental live that feels like a school’
  • Chinese Dancer Breaks Cultural Barriers at the Paris Opera Ballet - International New York Times

    International New York Times
    Chinese Dancer Breaks Cultural Barriers at the Paris Opera Ballet
    International New York Times
    HONG KONG — When its season opened late last month, the Paris Opera Ballet included the first Chinese dancer to be hired in its 346-year history. Lam Chun-wing, a 19-year-old from a working-class Hong Kong suburb, is an unlikely addition to the world ...
    Central Illinois Ballet to host 'Dracula: Dance on the Dark Side'Vidette Online
    Talented Sheffield dancers to perf
  • Michigan's only professional ballet wins rave reviews in Seattle - MLive.com

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    Michigan's only professional ballet wins rave reviews in Seattle
    MLive.com
    Grand Rapids Ballet rehearses in Seattle's Phelps Center prior to appearances in the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center. The company gave five performances of two shows while on tour Oct. 7-11, 2015. (Courtesy of Grand Rapids Ballet).
  • BWW Review: NEW CHAMBER BALLET Soothes at City Center Studio 5 - Broadway World

    BWW Review: NEW CHAMBER BALLET Soothes at City Center Studio 5
    Broadway World
    Picturesquely unadorned, City Center Studio 5 is a blank canvas. Therein, minds move bodies, and bodies stir minds. Choreographer Miro Magloire is a soft-spoken German visionary, and now an artful resident of New York. New Chamber Ballet, the love ...
  • Review: Northern Ballet 1984 @ Palace Theatre, Manchester - Manchester Evening News

    Manchester Evening News
    Review: Northern Ballet 1984 @ Palace Theatre, Manchester
    Manchester Evening News
    Northern Ballet returns to Manchester in triumph with the world première tour of a ballet based on George Orwell's powerful cult classic 1984. Never mind if you haven't read the book or are not sure if you'd enjoy ballet, this is an extraordinary ...
  • Columbia City Ballet presents 'Dracula: Ballet with a Bite' - Savannah Morning News

    Savannah Morning News
    Columbia City Ballet presents 'Dracula: Ballet with a Bite'
    Savannah Morning News
    South Carolina's Columbia City Ballet is known for colorful, family friendly ballets like “The Nutcracker” and “Aladdin,” but their production of “Dracula: Ballet with a Bite” at the Savannah Civic Center on Oct. 17 is not really for children. With its ...
  • Ballet classes return to outback Queensland town - ABC Local

    ABC Local
    Ballet classes return to outback Queensland town
    ABC Local
    For the first time in about two decades, children in the small north-west Queensland town of Cloncurry will have the opportunity to learn ballet close to home. Ballet classes have not been offered in the town since at least the mid-1990s, but will ...and more »
  • Ballet of horrors: Portland Ballet's Three Tales By Poe defies expectations - Portland Phoenix (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)

    Portland Phoenix (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
    Ballet of horrors: Portland Ballet's Three Tales By Poe defies expectations
    Portland Phoenix (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
    theater_ballet poeFF1_101515 Last week I went to a full costume dress rehearsal at the Portland Ballet company, for their season opener, Three Tales By Poe. It was the first time I ever visited the cozy, yet well equipped studio and stage space on ...
  • Silicon Valley Ballet resurrects 'Giselle' for company debut - San Jose Mercury News

    Silicon Valley Ballet resurrects 'Giselle' for company debut
    San Jose Mercury News
    Romantic but with a heavy touch of darkness, the tale of "Giselle" twirls and leaps onto the stage as Silicon Valley Ballet's season opener Oct. 16-18. The title character is a fragile peasant girl who dies of a broken heart when she learns her lover ...and more »

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