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• Bowen McCauley Dance celebrates 20 years with new and vintage pieces - Washington Post

  25-10-2015 23:28 via
  Bowen McCauley Dance celebrates 20 years with new and vintage pieces
  Washington Post
  For more than two decades, Lucy Bowen McCauley has been Washington's favorite choreographer with three names. Saturday night at Dance Place, she celebrated her dance company's 20th anniversary by presenting a trio of extant works and a new piece ...
  

• Review: 'How to Dance in Ohio,' a Documentary on HBO, Follows Three Women on ... - New York Times

  25-10-2015 23:15 via
  New York Times
  Review: 'How to Dance in Ohio,' a Documentary on HBO, Follows Three Women on ...
  New York Times
  You've seen those three-minute feature stories on the evening news: During a meaningless late-season high school football game somewhere, the special-needs kid who has attended practices with the squad but never been allowed to play is inserted into ...
  This Psychologist Helps Autistic Teens "How To Dance in Ohio"NBCNews.com
  'How to Dance in Ohio': Autistic teens face a daunting r
  

• Review: Choreography Is the Star at American Ballet Theater - New York Times

  25-10-2015 23:14 via
  New York Times
  Review: Choreography Is the Star at American Ballet Theater
  New York Times
  “The Green Table,” the antiwar classic choreographed by Kurt Jooss in 1932, has some years on it, yet with the right dancer cast as the Death figure and a stark simplicity of grimness, it continues to survive. Performances by American Ballet Theater on ...
  

• Omaha South dance team fundraising to perform at Allstate Sugar Bowl - KETV Omaha

  25-10-2015 22:32 via
  KETV Omaha
  Omaha South dance team fundraising to perform at Allstate Sugar Bowl
  KETV Omaha
  15,000 BOOKS. BRANDI: THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR FOR THE OLD MARKET TRICK OR TREAT. A METRO DANCE TEAM RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO PERFORM FOR AN -- FOR A NATIONAL AUDIENCE. THE OMAHA SOUTH DANCE TEAM CAN ...
  

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• Strictly Come Dancing: Ainsley Harriott eliminated after tense dance-off with ... - Mirror.co.uk

  25-10-2015 21:00 via
  Mirror.co.uk
  Strictly Come Dancing: Ainsley Harriott eliminated after tense dance-off with ...
  Mirror.co.uk
  The television chef said he is "disappointed" to be the fourth star to exit the show but admitted that he gave it his best. "I gave it my best. I really did," said the celebrity chef, who had been partnered with professional Natalie Lowe. "I hope it ...
  Strictly Come Dancing 2015: Ainsley Harriott booted off after losing dance-off ...Evening Standardall 73 news articles »
  

• Meek Mill mocks Drake's 'Hotline Bling' dance moves at Philadelphia show - Entertainment Weekly

  25-10-2015 18:03 via
  Entertainment Weekly
  Meek Mill mocks Drake's 'Hotline Bling' dance moves at Philadelphia show
  Entertainment Weekly
  According to Complex, Mill took a few shots at Drake while on stage in Philadelphia for Power 99's Powerhouse Philly 2015 on Friday. In a fan-shot clip from the show posted online, Mill makes fun of Drake's dance moves in his “Hotline Bling” music video.
  Meek Mill Mocks Drake's 'Hotline Bling' Dance, Responds to 'Back to Back' DissBillboard
  Drake's Dance Moves in 'Hotli
  

• Romeo and Juliet review – expressive intelligence of Francesca Hayward's giddy heroine

  25-10-2015 17:48
  
  Royal Opera House, London
  Hayward’s Juliet is transparently spontaneous, beautifully shaped and well paired with Matthew Golding’s ardent, attentive Romeo In the 50 years since Kenneth MacMillan first created Romeo and Juliet, generations of ballerinas have re-minted the ballet’s heroine in their own image. Some of those Juliets have become touchstones in the work’s history – Lynn Seymour, Alessandra Ferri, Alina Cojocaru, Natalia Osipova. Francesca Hayward, I suspe
  
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• Halloween ballet doesn't stand a ghost of a chance - SFGate

  25-10-2015 17:20 via
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  Halloween ballet doesn't stand a ghost of a chance
  SFGate
  In recent years, Halloween has evolved into the great no-guilt holiday; you can have a good time, try on another personality and, unless you're a pagan, there's no religious obligation to mar the merriment. Popular culture embraces this holiday. A good ...
  

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• Giordano Dance Chicago opens its 53rd season with hard-hitting dance - Chicago Tribune

  25-10-2015 16:59 via
  Chicago Tribune
  Giordano Dance Chicago opens its 53rd season with hard-hitting dance
  Chicago Tribune
  Giordano Dance Chicago kept things lively during its 53rd season opener at the Harris Theater. Giordano Dance Chicago kept things lively during its 53rd season opener at the Harris Theater. (Gorman Cook photo). Laura Molzahn. The performers of ...
  

• WATCH: Meek Mill Slams Drake Over 'Hotline Bling' Dance - The Root

  25-10-2015 16:32 via
  The Root
  WATCH: Meek Mill Slams Drake Over 'Hotline Bling' Dance
  The Root
  Cop Says He Was Demoted Because of Race · Watch: Mike Epps' Hilarious Spoof of Drake's 'Hotline Bling' Video · Va. Mom From Viral Pregnancy Announcement Did 'the Most Selfless Thing,' Risking Her Life to Give Birth to Son ...and more »
  

• Trenton's first professional dance company marks 5 years - NJ.com

  25-10-2015 11:30 via
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  Trenton's first professional dance company marks 5 years
  NJ.com
  TRENTON – The first professional contemporary dance company in Trenton is celebrating five years of dedication to the arts and diversity. DanceSpora – resident dance company for Passage Theater – was formed by husband-wife dancing duo David Austin ...
  

• Voronia review – you have nothing to lose but your soul

  25-10-2015 09:00
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The world’s deepest cave is a metaphor for hell in La Veronal’s arcane but rewarding production that’s indebted to BuñuelToday’s choreographers must know more than dance. The fewer their outside influences, the less resonant their work is likely to be. Marcos Morau, a film buff and trained actor from Barcelona who only took up dance in his mid-20s, is the antithesis of the “lost in dance” choreographer. With his company La V
  
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• Zombies choke Portland's Old Town for 'Thriller' mass dance tribute - OregonLive.com

  25-10-2015 07:59 via
  OregonLive.com
  Zombies choke Portland's Old Town for 'Thriller' mass dance tribute
  OregonLive.com
  Dancing zombies perform a choreographed routine to Michael Jackson's song "Thriller" as part of the ninth annual Thrill the World Portland event, October 24, 2105. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / Staff. Kristyna Wentz-Graff | The Oregonian/OregonLive. Print Email.
  Tucson attempts to break world record with 'Thriller' danceTucson News Now
  Raw video: 'Thriller' dance in downtown Portlandkgw.com
  Zombies will d
  

• Robert Zaloga's talent for dance developed early - Citizens Voice

  25-10-2015 05:05 via
  Citizens Voice
  Robert Zaloga's talent for dance developed early
  Citizens Voice
  Robert, an eighth-grader at Wyoming Seminary Lower School in Kingston and a Moosic resident, started dancing when he was 5 years old. “When I was little, we always had to drive my sisters to dance and I would go in and watch them and I started learning ...and more »
  

• Pipes ring, children dance at Scottish Festival - Deseret News

  25-10-2015 04:35 via
  Deseret News
  Pipes ring, children dance at Scottish Festival
  Deseret News
  Hallie Cope, center, competes in the sword dance during the Scottish Festival Highland Dance Competition at the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News. SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City got a ...and more »
  

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