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• When a Beloved Dog Dies, Ballet Class Helps - Huffington Post

  27-10-2015 23:10 via
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  When a Beloved Dog Dies, Ballet Class Helps
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  My beloved Labrador retriever died this week, after a very short illness. I was not prepared. Max and I were inseparable for 13 years. So much revolved around him -- walks, feeding, the way I timed my day. He interacted joyfully with everyone in our lives.
  

• Teaming Up to Pair Art and Ballet in American Ballet Theater's 'AfterEffect' - New York Times

  27-10-2015 22:48 via
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  Teaming Up to Pair Art and Ballet in American Ballet Theater's 'AfterEffect'
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  Françoise Gilot jumped to her feet and opened one arm with a sweeping gesture. “I paint with my body!” she exclaimed. “That's why I appreciate dance.” The French-born Ms. Gilot, an artist who is perhaps most famous for being a longtime lover and muse ...
  

• Ballet lessons could be a great choice for your kids - Geek Snack

  27-10-2015 22:16 via
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  Ballet lessons could be a great choice for your kids
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  Because it is already too late for us to start ballet lessons and needless to say there is a misconception that ballet is for fragile, feminine types of people, this new research published in the Journal of Neurophysiology might not wake our interests ...
  

• Wasilla dancers shoot for the stars - Alaska Public Radio Network

  27-10-2015 20:41 via
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  Wasilla dancers shoot for the stars
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  A group of Wasilla girls is using social media to shoot for the stars or, at least Hollywood-style stardom. Dance Team Alaska has already gotten one big break, and they are back in the Valley, now, after a few days in Los Angeles, where they were ...
  

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• At last, the chance to dance as a married couple - Chicago Tribune

  27-10-2015 19:47 via
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  At last, the chance to dance as a married couple
  Chicago Tribune
  Maryann King, left, and wife Beth Rosen at Beth's niece Amanda's wedding that she wrote about. Maryann King, left, and wife Beth Rosen at Beth's niece Amanda's wedding that she wrote about. (HANDOUT). Beth Rosen. Same-sex couples are no longer the ...
  

• Kingsport ballet members win scholarship at annual dance festival - Kingsport Times News

  27-10-2015 19:44 via
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  Kingsport ballet members win scholarship at annual dance festival
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  Kingsport, TN – Kingsport Ballet company members performed and won scholarships at the annual TAD conference this month in Murfreesboro. The Tennessee Association of Dance (TAD) hosted the annual Tennessee Dance Festival on the campus of ...and more »
  

• Review: The Royal Ballet's 'Carmen' in London - International New York Times

  27-10-2015 17:58 via
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  Review: The Royal Ballet's 'Carmen' in London
  International New York Times
  LONDON — What exactly did Carlos Acosta want to do in his new “Carmen”? Created for his home company, the Royal Ballet, and given its first performance at the Royal Opera House on Monday night on a mixed bill that included works by Liam Scarlett, ...
  Royal Ballet mixed bill review – Carlos Acosta throws too much at CarmenThe Guardian
  Carlos Acosta's Carmen, Royal
  

• Bolshoi Names New Director of Ballet - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  27-10-2015 15:21 via
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  Bolshoi Names New Director of Ballet
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  The much awaited announcement of the new director of the Bolshoi Ballet finally came yesterday. Bolshoi Theatre general director Vladimir Urin appointed Makhar Vaziev, who has led La Scala Ballet for seven years and, before that, spent 13 years at the ...
  Bolshoi Theater names La Scala's Vaziev as ballet directorU.S. News & World Report
  Russia's Bolshoi Theater appoints new ba
  

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• Royal Ballet mixed bill review – Carlos Acosta throws too much at Carmen

  27-10-2015 14:25
  
  Royal Opera House, LondonAcosta’s souped-up ballet looks messy and naive in comparison to the elegance of Liam Scarlett’s Viscera, Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun and George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Carlos Acosta belongs to that rare breed of dancers who’ve crossed the line from ballet star to household name. He’s famous not only for his buoyant, big-hearted technique, but because his personality has captured imaginations. The boy from the Hava
  
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• See Bindi Irwin tango with the vampire on Dancing With the Stars - Entertainment Weekly

  27-10-2015 13:17 via
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  See Bindi Irwin tango with the vampire on Dancing With the Stars
  Entertainment Weekly
  For Halloween Night on Dancing With the Stars, Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough danced an Argentine Tango that was a little more Interview With the Vampire (bloody, dramatic) than, say, Twilight (sparkly?). Though Bindi bared her fangs throughout, it was ...
  Pro Dancers Announced for Dancing with the Stars Live - Dance All Night TourABC.com
  Bindi Irwin Gets Spooky as Vampire Queen on Dancing wi
  

• Halloween comes early to 'Dancing with the Stars'; Week 7 dance-by-dance recap - KABC-TV

  27-10-2015 06:56 via
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  Halloween comes early to 'Dancing with the Stars'; Week 7 dance-by-dance recap
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  Left to right: Mark Ballas, Alexa PenaVega, Emma Slater, Hayes Grier, Tamar Braxton and Val Chmerkovskiy are see on "Dancing with the Stars" on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. By Cari Skillman. Monday, October 26, 2015 10:59PM. LOS ANGELES --. Halloween ...
  'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Getting spooky on the dance floorSMN Weekly (blog)all 20 news articles »
  

• Boston Ballet's 'Third Symphony' Pushes Boundaries - Harvard Crimson

  27-10-2015 06:46 via
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  Boston Ballet's 'Third Symphony' Pushes Boundaries
  Harvard Crimson
  Not many ballet performances begin with a few dozen men in sweatshirts and sweatpants on stage. But John Neumeier's “Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler: A Ballet”—Boston Ballet's season opener, which premiered on Oct. 22—is not shy about parting from ...
  DANCE REVIEW: Boston Ballet gives the gift of danceWicked Localall 8 news articles »
  

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