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• Get ur Drake on: Hotline Bling's dance moves examined

  20-10-2015 18:19
  
  The wedding dancefloor would appear to be the main source of inspiration for the Canadian rapper’s Hotline Bling video, but actually he channels thousands of years of dance culture On first viewing, Drake’s dad-like moves in the Hotline Bling video might seem a little laughable. But after a few plays it’s hard not to develop an admiration for his relaxed grooving. While doing precious little, the Canadian rapper manages to hint at a whole host of dance styles and icons, possibl
  
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• Watch Misty Copeland Give Jimmy Kimmel a Ballet Lesson - TIME

  20-10-2015 17:25 via
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  Watch Misty Copeland Give Jimmy Kimmel a Ballet Lesson
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  Jimmy Kimmel knew Misty Copeland would be intimidated by his natural ballet talent, but he decided to let her try to teach him a few things anyway. Monday night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! kicked off a week of Brooklyn hometown shows for the host, ...
  Jimmy Kimmel dons tutu for ballet lesson from Misty CopelandNew York Daily News
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• What your dance moves say about you - Washington Post (blog)

  20-10-2015 16:11 via
  What your dance moves say about you
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  Afriend from the East Coast moved to Seattle this year and won tickets to a B-52s concert. While she was dancing, several people approached her, complimented her moves, and asked if she had attended high school in the early 1980s. She did. The story ...
  

• HBO's 'How to Dance in Ohio' Premiere Warms Hearts on Cold Night - Variety

  20-10-2015 14:31 via
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  HBO's 'How to Dance in Ohio' Premiere Warms Hearts on Cold Night
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  Just about everybody wanted a hug from filmmaker Alexandra Shiva as they left the screening room Monday night after HBO's premiere of the documentary “How to Dance in Ohio.” The story of a group of youths on the autism spectrum who attend a special ...and more »
  

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• Walking Stories review – a treasure hunt danced through the trees

  20-10-2015 14:26
  
  Greenwich Park, LondonCharlotte Spencer’s journey is more than a choreographed nature trail, as its mobile audience is gently lured into self-discoveryIn so far as Walking Stories features choreographed activity to music and pays attention to the language of bodies, it’s reasonable to categorise it as dance. But Charlotte Spencer’s work is equally a nature trail, a treasure hunt, a walking party and a piece of immersive theatre in which we, the participants, are also the perfor
  
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• Healthy Benefits of Dance for Children - OzarksFirst.com

  20-10-2015 13:08 via
  Healthy Benefits of Dance for Children
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  (CNN) -- There are obvious benefits to kids taking dance...it's fun and good exercise. But there are also deeper benefits that help with a child's development. Plenty of smiles as dance class is ready to begin. These kids are not just learning dance moves.
  

• N.C. State dance team is headed to Dallas - Charlotte Observer

  20-10-2015 13:05 via
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  N.C. State dance team is headed to Dallas
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  Rachel Grandinetti and the N.C. State Dance Team perform during the first half of the Wolfpack's football game against Eastern Kentucky at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Ethan Hyman [email protected].
  

• Austin Peay State University Department of Theatre and Dance to host AXIS ... - Clarksville Online

  20-10-2015 13:04 via
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  Austin Peay State University Department of Theatre and Dance to host AXIS ...
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  Austin Peay State University - APSU - logo Clarksville, TN – At 8:00pm on Saturday, October 24th, the AXIS Dance Company will present its touring production of “To Go Again” at Austin Peay State University's Trahern Theatre. Joe Goode, an acclaimed ...
  

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• Jimmy Kimmel Dons a Pink Tutu to Dance With Ballerina Misty Copeland - TheWrap

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  Jimmy Kimmel Dons a Pink Tutu to Dance With Ballerina Misty Copeland
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  Jimmy Kimmel went back to his roots on Monday to host his late-night show from Brooklyn, New York, and while there he dropped in on history-making ballerina Misty Copeland. Copeland, who is the first ever African-American female principal dancer in ...and more »
  

• Winners Announced for New York Dance and Performance Awards, aka The Bessies - Artforum

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  Winners Announced for New York Dance and Performance Awards, aka The Bessies
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  The 2015 New York Dance and Performance Awards, aka The Bessies, were announced Monday, October 19 at an event at the Apollo Theater in New York. The awards, presented by the organization Dance/NYC, were established in 1983 in honor of dancer ...and more »
  

• ZTA, Pike win dance contest - Towerlight

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  ZTA, Pike win dance contest
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  Zeta and Pike entered stage left in white button down shirts tucked into black pants complete with black ties for their nine-to-five theme as a part of “Dance the Madness” in SECU Arena on Thursday. With clean movements, multiple handsprings and an ...and more »
  

• 'Punk Ballerina' Karol Armitage Discusses Dance and Art - Harvard Crimson

  20-10-2015 04:18 via
  'Punk Ballerina' Karol Armitage Discusses Dance and Art
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  Choreographer and “punk ballerina” Karole Armitage discussed the meaning behind dance and its connection to other realms of life in a talk entitled “Naked Body Language” at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Monday afternoon. Armitage's talk ...
  

• Drake Shows Off Some Interesting Dance Moves in ''Hotline Bling'' Music Video ... - E! Online

  20-10-2015 03:44 via
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  Drake Shows Off Some Interesting Dance Moves in ''Hotline Bling'' Music Video ...
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  You know who's feelin' Drake's "Hotline Bling" track more than you? Drake. The OVO rapper dropped the highly anticipated music video for his hit single (which has been topping the Billboard charts for weeks now), and what you'll see is a fairly simple ...
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• Crews investigate fire at Eagle River dance studio - KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather

  20-10-2015 03:29 via
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  Crews investigate fire at Eagle River dance studio
  KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather
  Multiple fire crews responded to a structure fire at an Eagle River dance studio Monday afternoon. The fire was reported at the Stars Dance Studio, located on the 12000 block of Business Boulevard, at 3:55 p.m., according to Anchorage fire officials ...
  

• Andy Grammer & Allison Holker Dance to Iconic 'Singin' in the Rain' Song on ... - Just Jared Jr.

  20-10-2015 02:49 via
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  Andy Grammer & Allison Holker Dance to Iconic 'Singin' in the Rain' Song on ...
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  The pair danced to “Good Morning” from the hit musical and received a perfect score — 40 — from the judges! Special guest judge Olivia Newton-John even said she would love to dance with Andy! It's famous dances week on the show — find out what all ...
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• 2nd graders learn about space with dance integrated into class - NBC Montana

  20-10-2015 02:45 via
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  2nd graders learn about space with dance integrated into class
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  The Spark! Program in Missoula is helping expand art in public schools. One way instructors are doing that is by incorporating dance with class. Second graders at Paxson Elementary School are learning about space. Right now, they are learning the moon ...
  

• High school homecoming dance postponed by threat - KOMO News

  20-10-2015 02:04 via
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  High school homecoming dance postponed by threat
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  OCEAN SHORES, Wash. -- A threat from a high school student caused the postponement of Saturday's homecoming dance in Ocean Shores. The student was arrested and now North Beach High School students are figuring out when to put on the dance.and more »
  

• Parents of Olympic Gymnast Chellsie Memmel create M&M Gymnastics & Dance in ... - fox6now.com

  20-10-2015 01:12 via
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  Parents of Olympic Gymnast Chellsie Memmel create M&M Gymnastics & Dance in ...
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  NEW BERLIN -- Andy and Jeanelle Memmel founded M&M Gymnastics & Dance in 1992. They are the parents of Olympic Gymnast Chellsie Memmel! FOX6 Studio A's Brian Kramp visited M&M Gymnastics & Dance in New Berlin on Monday, October 19th.
  

• New York City Ballet, Enlivened by the New - New York Times

  20-10-2015 00:34 via
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  New York City Ballet, Enlivened by the New
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  New York City Ballet's four-week fall season — just a few years old — brought multiple signs of self-renewal. The repertory ranged from 10 varied Balanchine ballets to five world premieres, each rewarding. The ballerina Jennie Somogyi, the company's ...
  

• Review: Limón Dance Company Celebrates Its Heritage - New York Times

  20-10-2015 00:03 via
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  Review: Limón Dance Company Celebrates Its Heritage
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  By 1972, a year after José Limón finished “The Unsung,” a dance he called a “paean to the heroic defenders of the American patrimony,” his sincere, high-minded, heart-on-its-sleeve style of modern dance was already out of fashion. Deborah Jowitt, in ...
  

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