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• Chloe Lukasiak Lands Role In 'Center Stage: Dance Camp' Movie; Maddie Ziegler ... - Reality Tea

  04-11-2015 23:39 via
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  Chloe Lukasiak Lands Role In 'Center Stage: Dance Camp' Movie; Maddie Ziegler ...
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  Is Maddie Ziegler done with Dance Moms? Is she joining Chloe Lukasiak in the alumni category? Whatever the case, both girls have have been doing exciting things with their careers and continue to Dance! Dance! Dance! Cutting Edge 4G LTE Smartphones ...
  'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler Advances In People's Choice Awards Ballot ...Design & Trend
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• Review: 'Hagoromo' Offers More Than Dance at BAM Harvey Theater - New York Times

  04-11-2015 23:23 via
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  Review: 'Hagoromo' Offers More Than Dance at BAM Harvey Theater
  New York Times
  A central scene of “Hagoromo” occurs in sustained silence, as Jock Soto, playing a fisherman, toys with a mysterious veil that he has found on a remote island. We know — he does not — that this veil is the Hagoromo, a sacred mantle: we have seen an ...
  

• Review: Garth Fagan Dance Honors Geoffrey Holder With Festivity, Not Sorrow - New York Times

  04-11-2015 23:12 via
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  Review: Garth Fagan Dance Honors Geoffrey Holder With Festivity, Not Sorrow
  New York Times
  Garth Fagan knows that mourning doesn't need to be sorrowful. That attitude guides his latest dance, an ode to the prolific choreographer, performer, painter, director and designer — and Mr. Fagan's friend — Geoffrey Holder, who died last year.
  ROC's cultural ambassdor to dance world gets rave review from NYTRochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)all 2 news articles »
  

• Stoner Winslett, Windows, and taking Richmond Ballet back to the future - RVANews

  04-11-2015 22:43 via
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  Stoner Winslett, Windows, and taking Richmond Ballet back to the future
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  Richmond Ballet's founder and leader gets excited about the revival of her signature work, performing Saturday, November 7th and Sunday, November 8th at Carpenter Theatre. November 4, 2015; 3:26 PM • by Susan Howson.and more »
  

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• Post:Ballet performs original work at SoMa's Oasis club - SFGate

  04-11-2015 22:21 via
  Post:Ballet performs original work at SoMa's Oasis club
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  Robert Dekkers and his Post:Ballet, seen here in one of their “Six Pack” programs earlier this year at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, continue their “Do Be” series with “Pasturing,” a collaboration with the Living Earth Show. The “Do Be” show ...
  

• Gigi Hadid Gets Ballet Beautiful For the VS Fashion Show - HarpersBAZAAR.com (blog)

  04-11-2015 22:20 via
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  Gigi Hadid Gets Ballet Beautiful For the VS Fashion Show
  HarpersBAZAAR.com (blog)
  ​How do you get in shape to walk the Victoria's Secret fashion show? For Gigi, a VS rookie, it means taking up double-duty workouts, with her nights spent at Gotham Gym and mornings at Ballet Beautiful. The 20-year-old model gave us a vague glimpse at ...
  

• Ballet West's Season Opener at Capital Theatre - KUTV 2News

  04-11-2015 22:19 via
  Ballet West's Season Opener at Capital Theatre
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  SALT LAKE CITY - October 19, 2015 - Iconic Classics, Ballet West's Season Opener, will feature some of the most important ballets from quintessential choreographers of the 20th Century. A dazzling triple bill, Iconic Classics takes the stage November 6 ...
  

• 5 Questions: Lori Haslam, PHS dance coach - Corvallis Gazette Times

  04-11-2015 21:59 via
  5 Questions: Lori Haslam, PHS dance coach
  Corvallis Gazette Times
  Philomath High School dance coach Lori Haslam loves to be involved with her local school. She has served as the dance coach now for eight years and has been the choreographer for PHS musicals for seven years. Haslam is also the PHS prom coordinator ...
  

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• Worlds in Conversation: In Process With Arch Contemporary Ballet - Huffington Post

  04-11-2015 21:57 via
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  Worlds in Conversation: In Process With Arch Contemporary Ballet
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  I love to watch rehearsals: there's just something about seeing people process, collaborate, make mistakes, and work through them. So when Sheena Annalise, director of Arch Contemporary Ballet, invited me to take a look at her company's newest work ...and more »
  

• Ballet Ireland brings Coppélia to the Burnavon - The Ulster Herald

  04-11-2015 21:06 via
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  Ballet Ireland brings Coppélia to the Burnavon
  The Ulster Herald
  Principal Ballerina, Kesi Olley-Dorey, who will be dancing in this week's performance at the Burnavon, Cookstown. Photo: Ros Kavanagh. Ballet Ireland are excited to announce details of their production of Coppélia which will visit the Burnavon in ...
  

• Sylvie Guillem Prepares to End Her Ballet Career - New York Times

  04-11-2015 20:33 via
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  Sylvie Guillem Prepares to End Her Ballet Career
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  MILAN — “I am not nice,” the ballerina Sylvie Guillem said. Seated in her dressing room in the Teatro Arcimboldi here, Ms. Guillem burst out laughing. “That has gotten me into a lot of trouble.” Nice or not, the French-born Ms. Guillem — tall, skinny ...
  

• Brett is Back!

  04-11-2015 20:03 via blog.linesballet.org
  *Alonzo King LINES Ballet is so thrilled to welcome Brett Conway back to the stage with us. We had a chance to talk to him about his return, how he's changed and what he's most
  
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• Recommended Dose: October's Best Dance Tracks - NPR

  04-11-2015 19:39 via
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  Recommended Dose: October's Best Dance Tracks
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  It took a little while to shake-off the sugar crash of Halloween, but we're finally ready to present our October edition of Recommended Dose. This month features Balearic house from Australia, eerie techno from a fashion-minded Russian, Colombian club ...and more »
  

• A Ballerina's Tale watches Misty Copeland break down ballet barriers - Toronto Star

  04-11-2015 19:32 via
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  A Ballerina's Tale watches Misty Copeland break down ballet barriers
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  A Ballerina's Tale. 2.5 stars. Directed by Nelson George. 85 minutes. Screening Nov. 4 and 5, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. STC. A Ballerina's Tale pirouettes around how rising star ballerina Misty Copeland's overcame issues involving race and childhood ...
  Stereotypes based on skin color hinder expression in balletRU Daily Targumall 3 news articles »
  

• Dance event of the season set to bow - The Desert Sun

  04-11-2015 19:15 via
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  Dance event of the season set to bow
  The Desert Sun
  The stature of the judges gives an indication of the growing importance of the McCallum Institute's 18th Annual Choreography Festival. There's Keith Young, an Emmy-nominated choreographer and former principal dancer with the Twyla Tharp Dance ...
  OU School of Dance honors Dance Partners at “Fall for Dance” eventCity-sentinelall 3 news articles »
  

• Tickets for Nutcracker Ballet - Cecil Whig

  04-11-2015 18:10 via
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  Tickets for Nutcracker Ballet
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  The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition that will be brought to the stage beautifully by Ballet Chesapeake December 5th and 6th, with tickets on sale now at balletchespeake.org. Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 5:55 am. Tickets for Nutcracker Ballet ...
  

• Art and ballet merge for 'moving' presentation Nov. 11 at Vero Beach Museum of Art - TCPalm

  04-11-2015 17:50 via
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  Art and ballet merge for 'moving' presentation Nov. 11 at Vero Beach Museum of Art
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  The Folk Art exhibit from the Morris Museum of Art on view in the Vero Beach Museum of Art's Holmes Gallery will be part of the “Moving Images 3x3” ballet Nov. 11. (FILE PHOTO). By Angela Smith. Posted: 11:41 a.m.. share. 0. top. The Folk Art exhibit ...
  

• Local officer breaks out in 'Hit the Quan' dance at community center - WSB Atlanta

  04-11-2015 17:47 via
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  Local officer breaks out in 'Hit the Quan' dance at community center
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  One Gwinnett County police officer is getting lots of recognition on social media, and not just for how great an officer he is on the job. Officer Kevin Martinez was at the Stone Mountain Community Center on Oct. 17 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to ...
  Gwinnett County officer breaks out in 'Hit the Quan' dance at community centerAtlanta Journal Constitution
  Police officer 'Hit the Quan" at community cen
  

• Visiting musicians, choreographers collaborate with ballet - Louisville Eccentric Observer

  04-11-2015 17:42 via
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  Visiting musicians, choreographers collaborate with ballet
  Louisville Eccentric Observer
  Every fall the Louisville Ballet presents their in-studio performance, Choreographers' Showcase. It's a chance for company members to grow their talents and for audiences to see the dancers in a more intimate space. This year each choreographer is ...
  

• Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba Blends Dance Traditions - New York Times

  04-11-2015 17:03 via
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  Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba Blends Dance Traditions
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  It's always a hot night in Havana wherever and whenever Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba performs. In her “Cuba Vibra!,” Ms. Alfonso's Havana-based company, in only 95 minutes, will celebrate the development of Cuban music and dance from the 1950s to the ...
  

• Performance of the ultimate fairy tale ballet - Carmarthen Journal

  04-11-2015 15:28 via
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  Performance of the ultimate fairy tale ballet
  Carmarthen Journal
  THE world-renowned Moscow Ballet - La Classique demonstrate their continued quality of dance and performances in a dramatic production of this timeless favourite set to Tchaikovsky's superb score at the Lyric. The ballet is a favourite of ballerinas ...
  

• Boy wonder of the ballet world - Buxton Advertiser

  04-11-2015 14:41 via
  Boy wonder of the ballet world
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  Award-winning, scene-stealing dance company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo return.…in size 12 pointe shoes. The world's favourite boy ballet company presents an inspired blend of their loving knowledge of dance, their brilliant comic approach ...and more »
  

• Before He Could Make Dance Music, M. Geddes Gengras Had to Learn to Dance - L.A. Weekly

  04-11-2015 13:44 via
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  Before He Could Make Dance Music, M. Geddes Gengras Had to Learn to Dance
  L.A. Weekly
  M. Geddes Gengras doesn't normally make dance music. A staple of L.A.'s experimental music scene, you're more likely to find him making tweaks to intricate modular synths. But Gengras' latest album, New Lines, aims right for the dance floor. Released ...
  

• Rambert: Love, Art and Rock'n'Roll review – stylish moves to Picasso and the Stones

  04-11-2015 13:33
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  A supremely confident triple bill combines a clever response to Picasso’s 3 Dancers, a haunting Schoenberg recital and Miguel Altunaga as a cocky Red Rooster in Christopher Bruce’s Rolling Stones tribute Related: Passion, pain and Picasso: the ballet bringing his Three Dancers to life Repertory companies are rare in contemporary dance, with the single-choreographer model all but universal. But in their current mixed bill, Rambert make a supremely confiden
  
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• Dance your way to start your day with Daybreaker - WCVB Boston

  04-11-2015 11:43 via
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  Dance your way to start your day with Daybreaker
  WCVB Boston
  ERIKA: IT'S CALLED DAY-BREAKER AND IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING A POSITIVE, SOBER ENVIRONMENT TO KICK OFF YOUR DAY. IT STARTED IN NEW YORK CITY AND HAS EXPANDED TO 11 CITIES AROUND THE GLOBE. IT USED TO BE ABOUT ...
  

• 'Dance Moms' Star Chloe Lukasiak Joins 'Center Stage: Dance Camp' - Latin Post

  04-11-2015 11:38 via
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  'Dance Moms' Star Chloe Lukasiak Joins 'Center Stage: Dance Camp'
  Latin Post
  NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Chloe Lukasiak attends the NYX Cosmetics VIP lounge at BeautyCon NY 2015 at Pier 36 on October 17, 2015 in New York City. (Photo : Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for NYX Cosmetics). Share This Tweet This. After her gig at ...
  'Dance Moms' Star Chloe Lukasiak Shares Photo Of 'Center Stage: Dance Camp ...International Business Times
  Chloe Lukasiak Of 'Dance Moms' Lands Movie Role: Wh
  

• The politics of dancing: world leaders show off their not-so-smooth moves

  04-11-2015 08:08
  
  From Justin Trudeau’s Punjabi folk dancing to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s on-the-spot jogging, there’s few things more cringeworthy than watching a politician boogieIt is a universal truth that there is something incredibly disconcerting about seeing a politician dance.The Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten startled the nation on Wednesday when footage was released revealing how he not-quite-shimmied his way through a traditional welcoming ceremony on a visit
  
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• Dance-a-Lorus features inspired multimedia collaborations - StarNewsOnline.com

  04-11-2015 06:33 via
  Dance-a-Lorus features inspired multimedia collaborations
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  Dancers perform "Love or Not" at Dance-A-Lorus during the Cucalorus Film Festival in 2014. StarNews file. By Justin Lacy StarNews Correspondent. Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 12:30 a.m.. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2015 at 4:23 ...and more »
  

• Dance preview: India in Focus series continues with Aakash Odedra's 'Rising' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  04-11-2015 06:01 via
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  Dance preview: India in Focus series continues with Aakash Odedra's 'Rising'
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  East meets West in a fresh new way as the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continues its India in Focus series. Brilliant young talent Aakash Odedra will unveil some of the latest developments in his art when he brings “Rising” to the Byham Theater on Friday ...
  

• Kendall Jenner & Drake Perform Epic 'Hotline Bling' Dance At Her Birthday Party - Hollywood Life

  04-11-2015 05:25 via
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  Kendall Jenner & Drake Perform Epic 'Hotline Bling' Dance At Her Birthday Party
  Hollywood Life
  Well Kendall Jenner certainly had a happy birthday! The model fulfilled something that many only imagine in their wildest dreams: doing the 'Hotline Bling' dance with Drake himself! So how did she do? Kendall Jenner did her 20th birthday in style, and ...and more »
  

• Garth Fagan Dance celebrates 45th anniversary in New York City - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)

  04-11-2015 04:37 via
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  Garth Fagan Dance celebrates 45th anniversary in New York City
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)
  Garth Fagan Dance is taking its show on the road this week, November 3-8, presenting 8 performances at the Joyce Theater in the Chelsea section of New York City. Audiences will see the celebrated company perform new works like Garth Fagan's Geoffrey ...
  

• Ballet Hispanico at the Apollo Theater - Fox5NY

  04-11-2015 04:14 via
  Ballet Hispanico at the Apollo Theater
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  Ballet Hispanico has been around 45 years. Artistic director Eduardo Vilaro says it all started with dancer and choreographer Tina Ramirez. By: JESSICA FORMOSO. Posted:Nov 03 2015 10:11PM EST. Updated:Nov 03 2015 10:12PM EST. Ballet Hispanico ...
  Ballet Hispanico to Collaborate with Apollo TheaterBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  

• Dance performance Friday at Rio Grande Theatre - Las Cruces Sun-News

  04-11-2015 02:58 via
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  Dance performance Friday at Rio Grande Theatre
  Las Cruces Sun-News
  The Consulate General, city of Las Cruces and Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte are hosting an aerial dance show. Loading… Post to Facebook. Dance performance Friday at Rio Grande Theatre The Consulate General, city of Las Cruces and Centro ...
  

• Dance icon kicks up heels in Billings - KTVQ Billings News

  04-11-2015 02:44 via
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  Dance icon kicks up heels in Billings
  KTVQ Billings News
  She's even been called "a gifted original” and is best known for her own unique, risk-taking, experimental works in modern art performance. Lula Washington is co-founder and artistic director of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre located in Los Angeles.
  West High students get lessons in history, culture from Lula Washington Dance ...Billings Gazetteall 2 news articles »
  

• Kalamazoo Ballet Bullard School debuted young dancers at fall offering - Western Herald

  04-11-2015 01:51 via
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  Kalamazoo Ballet Bullard School debuted young dancers at fall offering
  Western Herald
  The event showcased dancers performing a wide range of dances including traditional ballet, medieval dance and a Hungarian branch dance. With the exception of one adult woman and a few high school-aged dancers, the offering was primarily made up of ...
  

• Dance Theatre of San Francisco leaps into new season - San Jose Mercury News

  04-11-2015 00:30 via
  Dance Theatre of San Francisco leaps into new season
  San Jose Mercury News
  One of newest additions to the Bay Area dance scene is taking an exciting leap. Since dancer Annie Henry launched Dance Theatre of San Francisco in 2013, the contemporary ballet company has made a vivid impression with performances at ODC Theater ...
  

• Celebrating Twyla Tharp's 50th year of dancing and dance-making - Chicago Sun-Times

  04-11-2015 00:07 via
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  Celebrating Twyla Tharp's 50th year of dancing and dance-making
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Matthew Dibble and Rika Okamoto dance as part of the "Twyla Tharp - 50th Anniversary" program at the Auditorium Theatre, Nov. 5-8. (Photo: Ruven Afanador). Celebrating Twyla Tharp's 50th year of dancing and dance-making. Hedy Weiss on November 3, ...
  Twyla Tharp Dance leaps onto Wharton stage for 50th anniversary tourWKARall 8 news articles »
  

• Science: Everyone Should Be Dancing - Details

  04-11-2015 00:00 via
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  Science: Everyone Should Be Dancing
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  If you want proof of why you feel so good after a night out dancing, look no further than new research out of the University of Oxford. Scientists there just released the results of a study that proves group dancing not only strengthens social bonds ...
  

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