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• Surprise wheelchair dance wows at wedding - USA TODAY

  24-11-2015 20:42 via
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  Surprise wheelchair dance wows at wedding
  USA TODAY
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. - For a dance like no other, with a woman like no other, John Palmer wanted to move like he hasn't since a pool accident paralyzed him and put him in a wheelchair 19 years ago. So Palmer, a 37-year-old software developer from Holt, ...and more »
  

• Into the groove: how we taught Madonna to krump and thrust

  24-11-2015 17:05
  
  The Queen of Pop has always expressed herself through her moves. But who shows Madonna the steps? Her dance crew reveal all – from brutal all-night rehearsals to performing on her command at the afterparty In the late 70s, Madonna Ciccone was a young dancer just arrived in New York, living on popcorn and self-belief between classes at the legendary Martha Graham’s dance school, and clubbing the night away at Danceteria. Related: Madonna at Madison Square Garden review – 'There
  
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• 'DWTS' — Bindi & Derek's Dance Was Best Of The Season: They Should Win - Hollywood Life

  24-11-2015 16:14 via
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  'DWTS' — Bindi & Derek's Dance Was Best Of The Season: They Should Win
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  The freestyle dances during the last episode of 'DWTS' always separate the good from the great, and Bindi & Derek proved why they deserved to win Season 21 with their emotional, stripped down performance on Nov. 23. Dancing with the Stars always ...
  Carlos PenaVega Goes Shirtless for Sexy 'DWTS' Finale Dance!Just Jared
  Watch Bindi Irwin's final DWTS dance honoring her father t
  

• Announcing the 2015 Dance Your Ph.D. winner - Science Now

  24-11-2015 14:06 via
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  Announcing the 2015 Dance Your Ph.D. winner
  Science Now
  When Florence Metz turned in her Ph.D. thesis on water protection policy this year at the University of Bern in Switzerland, she thought her work was done. But then a friend sent her an email with congratulations and an order: "Dance your Ph.D.!" The ...
  Get Academically Funky With the Winners of the 2015 'Dance Your Ph.D.' ContestGOOD Magazine
  The Many Ways to "Dance Your Ph.D"Smithsonian
  Water Policy Explained Through Dance I
  

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• Skittles, balls and ballet: Gandini Juggling's jaw-dropping new show – in pictures

  24-11-2015 11:25
  
  The ever-innovative circus company Gandini Juggling have created a new show with classically trained dancers. Take a look at their rehearsals for Meta, which is staged as part of the 40th birthday celebrations of Jacksons Lane in north London Continue reading...
  
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• Gotta dance! A day in the life of Broadway star Mara Davi

  24-11-2015 09:00
  
  What’s it like to perform in a razzle-dazzle New York musical? Exhilarating and exhausting, says the tap-dancing, high-kicking star of Dames at SeaPerforming in a musical is demanding – we have to act, sing and dance. My mom took me to dance classes at three, and I always sang around the house. I grew up in Colorado with the classic movie musicals starring Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse that we honour in Dames at Sea, and would sing along to every Disney princess.As the show is up and r
  
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• Why I cried as I watched Bindi Irwin on Dancing With the Stars

  24-11-2015 00:52
  
  There is a curious, almost parental response to seeing former child stars become adults – especially when so few manage to do so unscathedWhen it comes to sudden bursts of sobbing, I tend to cry mostly where I’m meant to: a sad commercial about a lonely pensioner; anything to do with baby animals in crisis; the entire back catalogue of Joni Mitchell.So it was a surprise when I felt tears stinging my eyes as I watched Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough take on the rumba – complete with
  
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