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• Dance Listings for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 - New York Times

  29-10-2015 23:38 via
  New York Times
  Dance Listings for Oct. 30-Nov. 5
  New York Times
  Full reviews of recent dance performances: nytimes.com/dance. A searchable guide to these and other performances is at nytimes.com/events. ☆ American Ballet Theater(through Sunday) The company's fall season — and its 75th anniversary celebration ...and more »
  

• Escort: Animal Nature review – disco classicism from 15-piece New York behemoth

  29-10-2015 22:15
  
  (Escort)Escort were spawned when Eugene Cho and Dan Balis met at an electronic music class in Poughkeepsie, New York. They began making house singles, gradually adding musicians and evolving into a 15-piece orchestral behemoth. Animal Nature, Escort’s second album, has all the trappings of dance classics of the last 30-odd years: If You Say So has a repetitive rhythm, lyrics about “letting go” and a squelchy bassline worthy of Daft Punk; Cabaret has a Giorgio Moroder-esque puls
  
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• Ballet Theatre of Indiana announces its 2nd season - Indianapolis Star

  29-10-2015 21:05 via
  Ballet Theatre of Indiana announces its 2nd season
  Indianapolis Star
  Thump, thump. A heart beats vehemently as the dancers take stage. The pulse rings out as the words they hate to hear, yet constantly replay in their minds, appear on the wall behind them. “I am not good enough.” “My feet were turned in.” “I missed a count.
  

• Arts spotlight: 'Horror Series' by Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet - Dallas Morning News

  29-10-2015 20:56 via
  Dallas Morning News
  Arts spotlight: 'Horror Series' by Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet
  Dallas Morning News
  Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet has been dabbling in the macabre since forming a partnership with the Texas Theatre last year. Now the pieces the young company created to perform before the screening of horror movies, plus two new works inspired by the ...
  

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• National Dance Awards 2015 nominations: ice dance, flamenco and independent companies celebrated

  29-10-2015 18:30
  
  This year’s award nominations are impressively diverse, with excellent independents vying with the titans of British dance, and fiftysomething dancers getting recognitionLife for independent dance artists is getting harder, as funding cuts bite deeper, rents for rehearsal space rise and regional theatres reduce their programmes. Yet one of the outstanding features of this year’s National Dance Awards, whose nominations have just been announced, has been the heroic strength and variet
  
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• The director of 'Hotline Bling' hopes men take away one thing from the video - Tech Insider (blog)

  29-10-2015 17:48 via
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  The director of 'Hotline Bling' hopes men take away one thing from the video
  Tech Insider (blog)
  When the music video for Drake's "Hotline Bling" was released on October 19, its imagery and Drake's dance moves inspired countless memes and parody videos. And Director X, the man behind the video, says he hopes all of that virality will inspire men ...
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• He sucks: AC Ballet revives 'Dracula' in time for Halloween - Atlantic City Weekly

  29-10-2015 17:36 via
  Atlantic City Weekly
  He sucks: AC Ballet revives 'Dracula' in time for Halloween
  Atlantic City Weekly
  If you're looking for something different to do this Halloween, go see Atlantic City Ballet's performance of “Dracula” on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Claridge Hotel. The company will perform at 4 and 10 pm, with a costume contest after the 10 p.m ...
  Atlantic City Ballet Hosts THE POINTE IS THE SHOES Fundraiser TonightBroadway Worldall 5 news articles »
  

• Ballet Memphis Aims To Broaden The Conversation Around Dance In NYC - Huffington Post

  29-10-2015 16:36 via
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  Ballet Memphis Aims To Broaden The Conversation Around Dance In NYC
  Huffington Post
  Through Nov. 1, Ballet Memphis is presenting six original works that celebrate the diverse culture of Memphis, Tennessee and the surrounding Mississippi Delta for its first appearance in Manhattan since 2007. While this region is not typically ...
  

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• North West Pairs Her Tutu With a Balmain Blazer for Ballet Class, Gets a ... - Us Magazine

  29-10-2015 15:35 via
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  North West Pairs Her Tutu With a Balmain Blazer for Ballet Class, Gets a ...
  Us Magazine
  Kim Kardashian calls North West "My little Balmain Ballerina" North West donned a leotard, tutu, and a Balmain blazer for her dance class on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in L.A.; see Kim Kardashian's daughter's designer ensemble here! Credit: courtesy of Kim ...
  North West Rocks Custom Balmain Blazer & Tutu For Dance Class — See The PicHollywood Life
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• North West Tells Off the Paparazzi For Taking Photos Outside Her Ballet Class - Life & Style Weekly

  29-10-2015 15:26 via
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  North West Tells Off the Paparazzi For Taking Photos Outside Her Ballet Class
  Life & Style Weekly
  While arriving at an Oct. 28 ballet class in LA, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's two-year-old daughter was in a cheerful mood until see saw the massive sea of paparazzi blocking her way into the dance studio. RELATED: Kim Kardashian is Nervous About ...
  North West Rocks Custom Balmain Blazer & Tutu For Dance Class — See The PicHollywood Life
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• Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet's Swan Lake at Theatre Royal Plymouth - Exeter Express and Echo

  29-10-2015 15:23 via
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  Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet's Swan Lake at Theatre Royal Plymouth
  Exeter Express and Echo
  Swan Lake - Natasha Oughtred as Odette and Jamie Bond as Prince Siegfried with Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet -... SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your message. Swan Lake - Nao Sakuma as Odette and Chi Cao as Prince Siegfried - photo Bill ...
  

• James Sewell Ballet pirouettes onto campus: Friday performance to feature ... - Hillsdale Collegian

  29-10-2015 14:01 via
  Hillsdale Collegian
  James Sewell Ballet pirouettes onto campus: Friday performance to feature ...
  Hillsdale Collegian
  James Sewell Ballet dancer Eve Schulte. The James Sewell Ballet performs at 8 p.m. Friday in Markel Auditorium. James Sewell Ballet Facebook page | Courtesy. The James Sewell Ballet from Minneapolis, Minnesota, will treat students to a fun, diverse ...
  

• Cuban Ballet Meets Silicon Valley: Carreño Presents Alonso's Giselle - Cuban Art News

  29-10-2015 13:51 via
  Cuban Ballet Meets Silicon Valley: Carreño Presents Alonso's Giselle
  Cuban Art News
  On October 16, 2015, the newly renamed Silicon Valley Ballet (SVB, formerly San Jose Ballet) premiered Cuban Alicia Alonso's version of the ballet Giselle at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. The production underscored the SVB's bright ...
  

• Local ballet dancers partner with professional company in 'Excalibur' - Herald-Mail Media

  29-10-2015 12:03 via
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  Local ballet dancers partner with professional company in 'Excalibur'
  Herald-Mail Media
  By Ric Dugan/Staff PhotographerStudents from Ballet and All That Jazz rehearse for their production of "Excalibur." Local ballet dancers partner with professional company in 'Excalibur'. Ric Dugan/Staff Photographer ...
  

• Drakula ballet returns to Opera House - Connectstoughton

  29-10-2015 09:57 via
  Drakula ballet returns to Opera House
  Connectstoughton
  StageWorks Projects has a scary treat scheduled for Halloween weekend when it stages “Drakula: The Performance,” at the Stoughton Opera House. Artistic Director Coleen Kehl says producing a ballet to perform the story of Vlad, Prince of Walachia, ...
  

• Ballet Kelowna mixes it up for 2015/16 season - Globalnews.ca

  29-10-2015 06:35 via
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  Ballet Kelowna mixes it up for 2015/16 season
  Globalnews.ca
  Ballet Kelowna launched their new season Wednesday night with a preview of upcoming performances, including a show set to Johnny Cash music choreographed by the company's artistic director and CEO Simone Orlando. Bryon McLuckie/ Global ...and more »
  

• Neumeier creates 6-section ballet - The Huntington News

  29-10-2015 06:17 via
  The Huntington News
  Neumeier creates 6-section ballet
  The Huntington News
  Nearly 30 male ballet dancers bounded across the stage, punctuating otherwise elegant steps with a sudden crook of an arm or slap to the thigh. This lively first movementof the“Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler,”, titled “Yesterday,” was the first of six ...
  BALLET REVIEW: A visual feast at the balletThe MIT Techall 2 news articles »
  

• Saint Simeon's resident gets visit from Tulsa Ballet dancers - Tulsa World

  29-10-2015 06:05 via
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  Saint Simeon's resident gets visit from Tulsa Ballet dancers
  Tulsa World
  Tulsa Ballet dancer Tyleigh Baughman watches as caregiver Jeff Centeno places her tiara on Saint Simeon's Senior Community resident Laura Blakewell, a former ballerina, at the senior center on Wednesday. A visit by four dancers was organized through ...
  

• Shadows and light in Luminarium Dance's 'Spektrel' - The Boston Globe

  29-10-2015 05:01 via
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  Shadows and light in Luminarium Dance's 'Spektrel'
  The Boston Globe
  CAMBRIDGE — In the dance world these days, making it to your fifth season is no small achievement. And Luminarium Dance Company, which was founded in 2010 by Merli V. Guerra and Kimberleigh A. Holman, has not just endured, it has created 51 ...
  

• Michael Bennett, on his non-Von Miller sack dance - NBCSports.com

  29-10-2015 04:47 via
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  Michael Bennett, on his non-Von Miller sack dance
  NBCSports.com
  Earlier this year, Broncos linebacker Von Miller drew a fine for a hip-thrusting sack-celebration homage to a Key & Peele routine in which two pelvic thrusts were permissible but three pumps resulted in a penalty. Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett ...and more »
  

• Dance power: DC cop and teen turn confrontation into dance-off - RT

  29-10-2015 03:00 via
  RT
  Dance power: DC cop and teen turn confrontation into dance-off
  RT
  A Washington, DC police officer who had been seeking to disperse two groups of young people on K Street, ended up in a dance-off when challenged by one of the teenagers to do the Nae Nae. The dance-off between the police officer and teenager ...
  Police officer challenges teen to dance-offMSNBC
  D.C. Police Officer Accepts Dance-Off Challenge From TeenNBC4 Washington
  Police Officer and Teen Compete in Epic Dance-OffABC News
  

• Get your dance on at Salsa Des Moines - DesMoinesRegister.com

  29-10-2015 01:29 via
  Get your dance on at Salsa Des Moines
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  If you've ever watched old-time black and white films featuring the choreography of Fred Astaire and his lovely dance partners, then you've certainly admired the graceful fluidity and impeccable rhythm in their dance steps. To them, dancing was a form ...
  

• Kendall Jenner Stars in Futuristic, Dance-Filled Balmain for H&M Commercial ... - E! Online

  29-10-2015 01:18 via
  E! Online
  Kendall Jenner Stars in Futuristic, Dance-Filled Balmain for H&M Commercial ...
  E! Online
  If anything's going to inspire Kendall Jenner to break out into her happy dance, it's Balmain for H&M's new collection. Remember when we snuck a behind-the-scenes peek of KJ breaking it down with Balmain's creative director, Olivier Rousteing, just ...and more »
  

• Cool at School: Dance classes in Park Slope - News 12 Brooklyn

  29-10-2015 00:10 via
  News 12 Brooklyn
  Cool at School: Dance classes in Park Slope
  News 12 Brooklyn
  The program has allowed the 33 coed students to learn all types of routines, including ballet and modern dance. (October 28, 2015 6:44 PM). Some seventh-graders at M.S. 443 in Park Slope have been taking dance classes four days a week with the help of ...and more »
  

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