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• Chasing their ballet dream - Castanet.net

  10-11-2015 23:50 via
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  Chasing their ballet dream
  Castanet.net
  Dozens of dancers had the opportunity to chase their dancing dreams Tuesday afternoon in Kelowna. As part of their national audition tour, Canada's National Ballet School, based in Toronto, held auditions for local dancers at The Canadian School of ...
  

• Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market tickets on sale, opens this weekend - Your Houston News

  10-11-2015 21:51 via
  Your Houston News
  Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market tickets on sale, opens this weekend
  Your Houston News
  It's time to get your tickets to the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market set for Nov. 12-15 at NRG Center. General admission tickets are already on sale for this yearly shopping extravaganza, which for many individuals marks the beginning of the holiday ...and more »
  

• SF Ballet losing 2 principal dancers - SFGate

  10-11-2015 19:27 via
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  SF Ballet losing 2 principal dancers
  SFGate
  Joan Boada and Pascal Molat, two longtime San Francisco Ballet stars, are leaving the company after the 2015-16 season, which will include a farewell performance sometime next spring by the pair. Both Boada, a Cuban who came here as principal dancer ...
  

• Memorial show for dancer Jonathan Ollivier who died in motorbike crash

  10-11-2015 17:15
  
  Choreographer Matthew Bourne will host an evening of performances, from Rambert, Northern Ballet and more, paying tribute to the Car Man starJonathan Ollivier, the dancer who was killed hours before a show in London this summer, will be celebrated in a memorial dance evening.Related: Jonathan Ollivier obituaryContinue reading...
  
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• Memorial to former Northern Ballet star - Yorkshire Evening Post

  10-11-2015 16:29 via
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  Memorial to former Northern Ballet star
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  A former Northern Ballet star who was killed hours before a show will be celebrated in a memorial dance evening. Jonathan Ollivier, 38, died in a motorbike accident in August, hours before he was due to perform in the final show of Matthew Bourne's The ...and more »
  

• ArtsBeat | Miami City Ballet Returns for Joyce Season - New York Times (blog)

  10-11-2015 16:29 via
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  ArtsBeat | Miami City Ballet Returns for Joyce Season
  New York Times (blog)
  Miami City Ballet will give a season in New York for the first time since 2009. Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo team up for a program of contemporary ballet pieces with the pianist Bruce Levingston. These are some of the highlights of the Joyce ...
  Miami City Ballet to debut at New York's Lincoln CenterMiami Herald
  Miami City Ballet Kicks Off 30th Anniversary SeasonHaute Livingall 4 news articles &
  

• Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley revealed as mystery camp mate on I'm A Celebrity - Mirror.co.uk

  10-11-2015 16:18 via
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  Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley revealed as mystery camp mate on I'm A Celebrity
  Mirror.co.uk
  Tony Hadley has been confirmed for I'm A Celebrity - after managing to keep his name out of the rumour mill for months. The Spandau Ballet singer was one of the 10 celebs that were announced to enter the jungle of Tuesday. But unlike his fellow camp ...
  It's True! Legendary Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley set to swap Aylesbury ...Buckingham Advertiser
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• 'The Moulin Rouge has an army of dressers – we can't put all the feathers on ourselves'

  10-11-2015 09:00
  
  Our series on dancers’ lives continues with Isabelle Van Den Bergh’s day at the Parisian theatre, from a can-can warm-up to shows that require 10 costumes eachOur theatre is full of paintings of the Moulin Rouge by Toulouse-Lautrec, so you feel the history surround you. We perform to 1,800 people each night, with a different vibe every time. Sometimes you get a quiet audience, but most of the time they’re lively – often screaming and applauding. Related: Dancer Xander Par
  
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• Through ballet, reviving the arts - Temple News

  10-11-2015 07:36 via
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  Through ballet, reviving the arts
  Temple News
  Coralie-Michele Francois, a teacher at the International Ballet Exchange, leads the rehearsal school students. | Margo Reed TTN. Nancy Malmed thinks liberal arts programs have been neglected in Philadelphia public schools for far too long—and the ...
  

• How Cali’s DIY dance clubs keep the spirit of salsa alive

  10-11-2015 07:30
  
  In Cali, south Colombia, discotecas are treasure troves of old-school salsa and other Latino music, with vast collections of vinyl, turntables, posters, and, of course, dance floorsSantiago de Cali is the self-proclaimed capital of salsa, not because this musical genre was born there (that would be the Bronx), nor because it had the best bands (that would be Puerto Rico, Cuba or the Bronx again), but because the locals in this city in south-west Colombia have adopted it as their own, making the
  
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• Two City Council members dance to benefit local charity - Lynchburg News and Advance

  10-11-2015 05:59 via
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  Two City Council members dance to benefit local charity
  Lynchburg News and Advance
  Sheron White Colston assists council members Treney Tweedy and Jeff Helgeson in rehearsing a swing dance at the Dance Theater of Lynchburg on Monday evening. Tweedy and Helgeson will perform at Dancing with the Lynchburg Stars 2015 on ...
  

• Arswain and TAPE GHØST reshape dance music at Kairos - The Stanford Daily

  10-11-2015 05:58 via
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  Arswain and TAPE GHØST reshape dance music at Kairos
  The Stanford Daily
  Arswain (Freddy Avis '16) and TAPE GHØST (David Grunzweig BS '14 MA '16) stood in the darkened room, with laptops, mixers and guitar at the ready, on a stage framed by Christmas lights. People sloshed their wine and chatted on the dance floor, eyes on ...
  

• Bindi Irwin Wows on Dancing with the Stars- While Blindfolded! - People Magazine

  10-11-2015 04:42 via
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  Bindi Irwin Wows on Dancing with the Stars- While Blindfolded!
  People Magazine
  Irwin wowed the Dancing with the Stars judges by performing a flawless Viennese waltz blindfolded, earning perfect 10s. "This dance has meant so much and it's so beautiful," Irwin, 17, said. "The energy feels so good that I can't stop shaking every ...
  Dance Improv With Derek Hough: EW puts his skills to the test!Entertainment Weekly
  Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough dance PERFECT Viennese Waltz (VIDEO)Rick
  

• Families feel scammed by sudden closing of Gardner dance studio - fox4kc.com

  10-11-2015 01:53 via
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  Families feel scammed by sudden closing of Gardner dance studio
  fox4kc.com
  GARDNER, Kan. -- The sign on the door at Top Performance Dance Studio reads: "Due to circumstances out of our control, classes will be canceled tonight. Sorry for any inconvenience." Lari Smith takes exception to the sentiment, “She's not sorry or she ...and more »
  

• 'Dancing with the Stars' Recap: The Top 6 Perform Dance Duets - BuddyTV (blog)

  10-11-2015 01:38 via
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  'Dancing with the Stars' Recap: The Top 6 Perform Dance Duets
  BuddyTV (blog)
  The end is near on Dancing with the Stars season 21. Just six couples remain and, in 15 days, one of them will win the Mirror Ball Trophy. This week the couples will all perform an individual routine, then get paired up for a trio of dance duets ...
  DWTS' Tamar Braxton Rushed to the Hospital, May Not Dance TonightJust Jared
  Couples Pair Up for Special Team Dance Tonight on 'DWTS'Fanlala
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• Spain's Compania Flamenca brings more than dance - Midland Reporter-Telegram

  10-11-2015 01:21 via
  Midland Reporter-Telegram
  Spain's Compania Flamenca brings more than dance
  Midland Reporter-Telegram
  Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788. Free. hccmidland.org. Posted: Monday, November 9, 2015 6:08 pm | Updated: 6:13 pm, Mon Nov 9, 2015. Spain's Compania Flamenca brings ...
  

• “Shame and despair turn out to be her superpower”: New ballet drama “Flesh and ... - Salon

  10-11-2015 01:02 via
  Salon
  “Shame and despair turn out to be her superpower”: New ballet drama “Flesh and ...
  Salon
  I came to “Breaking Bad” late, years after everyone else had watched it, and I devoured the episodes, sinking deeper and deeper into the poetic web of violence spun by Walt and Jesse as they entered the world of meth making. The “Ozymandias” episode ...
  On TV, Ballet Spins Gender DisparityWall Street Journal
  Monitor – Graduating From Breaking Bad to
  

• Goodbyes to the Lord of the Dance and Mademoiselle Non - New York Times

  10-11-2015 00:28 via
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  Goodbyes to the Lord of the Dance and Mademoiselle Non
  New York Times
  Farewells. Doesn't the number of dance farewells this year seem unusually large? Five ballerinas have left American companies: Carla Körbes (Pacific Northwest Ballet), Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes (American Ballet Theater) and Jennie ...
  

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