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• Gallery: National Ballet School auditions - Edmonton Journal

  15-11-2015 22:20 via
  Edmonton Journal
  Gallery: National Ballet School auditions
  Edmonton Journal
  Canada's National Ballet School held auditions for its full-time professional ballet program and post-secondary program at Lecky School of Dancing in Edmonton on Nov. 15, 2015. Dancers were assessed for quality of movement, coordination and overall ...
  

• Russia's Irina Vakhromeeva to host ballet class Nov. 22 - Monitor

  15-11-2015 22:04 via
  Monitor
  Russia's Irina Vakhromeeva to host ballet class Nov. 22
  Monitor
  Deborah Case announces a master ballet class all classically trained ballet dancers through the Rio Grande Valley won't want to miss. Case is hosting one of Russia's treasured ballerinas, Irina Vakhromeeva, at the Deborah Case Dance Academy from 1:30 ...
  

• Tallahassee Ballet surprises onlookers at Downtown Getdown - Florida Flambeau

  15-11-2015 21:24 via
  Florida Flambeau
  Tallahassee Ballet surprises onlookers at Downtown Getdown
  Florida Flambeau
  As hundreds of students waited outside the doors to the civic center with hopes of seeing Amy Schumer perform at the civic center on Friday night, many others chose to wander up South Adams Street to take part in the Tallahassee Downtown Getdown.
  

• Ballet Hispanico Celebrates 45 Years - CBS Local

  15-11-2015 20:47 via
  CBS Local
  Ballet Hispanico Celebrates 45 Years
  CBS Local
  This year, the group has an extra reason to dance as well: It is celebrating its 45th annivesary. Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro and dancers Melissa Fernandez and Lyvan Verdecia stopped by the CBS2 studios to talk about the celebration. Fernandez and ...
  

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• At the Washington Ballet's Latin-themed gala, dancing was (of course) the main ... - Washington Post

  15-11-2015 20:45 via
  Washington Post
  At the Washington Ballet's Latin-themed gala, dancing was (of course) the main ...
  Washington Post
  A roomful of ballet lovers and some hot Latin tunes? Of course there was going to be a smoking dance floor at the Noche de Pasion fete for the Washington Ballet and its Latino Dance Fund. The event, the ballet's 6th annual fundraiser, was held at the ...
  

• Ballet Manila's Christmas gift–a full-length 'Pinocchio' - Inquirer.net

  15-11-2015 20:13 via
  Inquirer.net
  Ballet Manila's Christmas gift–a full-length 'Pinocchio'
  Inquirer.net
  “Pinocchio” is the third offering of From Page to Stage, Ballet Manila's 20th performance season. Based on the Italian children's novel by Carlo Collodi, it was the second animated film by Walt Disney in 1940, following the success of “Snow White and ...and more »
  

• Tavaziva review – energetic African Carmen loses power

  15-11-2015 18:26
  
  The Place, London
  In this retelling of the classic story, transposed to an oil plant, the dancing is upbeat and impressive – until it wears outZimbabwe-born Bawren Tavaziva has developed a distinctive choreographic signature that seamlessly blends African, ballet and contemporary dance in highly physical works, usually inflected with an African theme. The style tours well and widely, and often goes down a storm with Tavaziva’s youthful audience. Africarmen transposes the classic stor
  
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• Miami City Ballet delivers 'Swan Lake' magic - Palm Beach Daily News

  15-11-2015 18:16 via
  Palm Beach Daily News
  Miami City Ballet delivers 'Swan Lake' magic
  Palm Beach Daily News
  Miami City Ballet opened Friday night to an almost full house at the Kravis Center with the visual classic beauty of Balanchine's one act Swan Lake. This version is always a favorite because it delivers all of everyone's favorite choreography and music ...
  

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• Miami City Ballet delivers 'Swan Lake' magic, but chemistry lacking - Palm Beach Daily News

  15-11-2015 18:16 via
  Palm Beach Daily News
  Miami City Ballet delivers 'Swan Lake' magic, but chemistry lacking
  Palm Beach Daily News
  Miami City Ballet opened Friday night to an almost full house at the Kravis Center with the visual classic beauty of Balanchine's one act Swan Lake. This version is always a favorite because it delivers all of everyone's favorite choreography and music ...
  

• Visualizing Ballet Movements with E-Traces - Hackaday

  15-11-2015 16:05 via
  Hackaday
  Visualizing Ballet Movements with E-Traces
  Hackaday
  When we think of wearable technologies, ballet shoes aren't the first devices that come to mind. In fact, the E-Traces pointé shoes by [Lesia Trubat] may be the first ever “connected ballet shoe.” This project captures the movement and pressure of the ...
  

• The new age of ballet in Chennai - The Hindu

  15-11-2015 11:31 via
  The Hindu
  The new age of ballet in Chennai
  The Hindu
  In the mirror-lined studio at the Academy of Modern Danse (AMD), a row of girls dressed in black leotards and pink tutus lines up with military precision — steely-eyed, with their backs straight and shoulders squared — awaiting instructions from ...
  

• Who Killed Bambi?; Kaleidoscopic Arts – review

  15-11-2015 09:00
  
  DanceEast, Ipswich; Galvanisers Union, London
  Renaud Wiser’s take on the Snowden affair has more craft than story, while Kaleidoscopic Arts head for the pub…Renaud Wiser is a Swiss-born dancer and choreographer. Now 36, he is a founder member of New Movement Collective, one of the UK’s sharpest-edged contemporary ensembles, and the director of Renaud Wiser Dance Company, his own imprint. Who Killed Bambi? is inspired by the Snowden affair, and the ravenousness with which
  
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• Ballet La Crosse to stage 'Cinderella' - La Crosse Tribune

  15-11-2015 08:11 via
  La Crosse Tribune
  Ballet La Crosse to stage 'Cinderella'
  La Crosse Tribune
  Abby Inglett practices her role of Cinderella during a dress rehearsal at Misty's Dance Unlimited in Onalaska. “Cinderella,” which is being put on by Ballet La Crosse, opens Nov. 28 at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts. Abby Inglett practices ...
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• A ballet that gave birth to an historic partnership - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  15-11-2015 07:08 via
  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  A ballet that gave birth to an historic partnership
  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  Editor's Note: Regretfully, our requests for interview with the Sarasota Ballet's artistic staff and dancers for this story on the company's upcoming performances of Sir Frederick Ashton's historic ballet, “Marguerite and Armand,” were declined. Ever ...and more »
  

• Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley made his daughter sign a confidentiality ... - Mirror.co.uk

  15-11-2015 01:01 via
  Mirror.co.uk
  Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley made his daughter sign a confidentiality ...
  Mirror.co.uk
  Singer Tony Hadley had to make one of his kids sign a confidentiality contract to stop his name leaking out before he got to Australia for I'm A Celebrity. The Spandau Ballet frontman feared his eight-year-old daughter Zara could have ruined his ...and more »
  

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