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• Dali' Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker - Ruidoso News

  09-12-2015 23:29
  Ruidoso News
  Dali' Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker
  Ruidoso News
  Little feet and tutus are making the final preparations for the beloved holiday classic "The Nutcracker" - a favorite annual production presented by Dali' Ballet. Rehearsals began in August, ramping up in October to a demanding seven-day-a-week ...and more »
  

• 'Brown Ballerina' addresses lack of diversity in ballet - SouthFlorida.com

  09-12-2015 20:48
  SouthFlorida.com
  'Brown Ballerina' addresses lack of diversity in ballet
  SouthFlorida.com
  Ali Cultural Arts will screen “Brown Ballerina” on Saturday, Dec. 12. The short film follows a black ballerina who dreams of becoming a principal dancer. Ali Cultural Arts will screen “Brown Ballerina” on Saturday, Dec. 12. The short film follows a ...
  

• Bryony Brind, ballet dancer - obituary - Telegraph.co.uk

  09-12-2015 18:10
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Bryony Brind, ballet dancer - obituary
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Bryony Brind, who has died of heart failure aged 55, made world headlines in 1982 when, aged just 22, she was picked out of the Royal Ballet's junior ranks by Rudolf Nureyev to become his partner at Covent Garden. Only half his age, the coltish Bryony ...
  Former Royal Ballet principal Bryony Brind dies at 55BBC News
  Ballet Dancer Bryony Brind DiesContactmusic.comall 4 news articles »
  

• ArtsBeat | Ballet Hispanico Consolidates Leadership Roles, With Eduardo Vilaro ... - New York Times (blog)

  09-12-2015 17:00
  New York Times (blog)
  ArtsBeat | Ballet Hispanico Consolidates Leadership Roles, With Eduardo Vilaro ...
  New York Times (blog)
  Ballet Hispanico, which was founded 45 years ago to explore Latino dance, is rechoreographing its management structure. The company announced Wednesday that Eduardo Vilaro, its artistic director since 2009, would become its chief executive officer as ...
  Eduardo Vilaro Named Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ballet ...Broadway Worldall 3 news article
  

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• Does your nuclear shelter have a bar? Michael Smith on 40 years of mocking America

  09-12-2015 16:09
  
  Scared at airport security? Anxious about ageing? Fearful your fallout shelter doesn’t quite cut it? The artist Michael Smith has been reliving the horrors of modern life since the 70s – as a dance-cum-comedy actThe man closes his office door for what seems like the last time. Around him are a gang of fresh-faced twentysomething co-workers, like a particularly vexatious Gap advert. He stands patiently as they present him with a giant gold watch; seconds later, they are gone. His shou
  
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• Delta hunter skips ballet, bags double main beam buck - Jackson Clarion Ledger

  09-12-2015 15:24
  Jackson Clarion Ledger
  Delta hunter skips ballet, bags double main beam buck
  Jackson Clarion Ledger
  Field trips are almost always exciting for children, but the thought of attending a performance of The Nutcracker had little appeal for at least one Ruleville sixth-grader. Instead, Bryce Ware, 12, wanted to be in the woods. "He didn't want to go see ...
  

• Carlos Acosta: A Classical Selection review – erotic tension in bold farewell

  09-12-2015 13:21
  
  Coliseum, London
  The Cuban star’s entertaining valedictory showcase demonstrates perfectly why he will be much missed in balletCarlos Acosta’s last performances with the Royal Ballet were clouded somewhat by the critical reactions to his ballet Carmen, which he’d choreographed for his farewell season. While Acosta the dancer was deservedly garlanded with love at his curtain calls, the choreography itself was harder to like. Related: Carlos Acosta: ' I still don't know what bein
  
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• Darcey Bussell: Ballet boys eclipsing girls thanks to Billy Elliot effect - Telegraph.co.uk

  09-12-2015 08:02
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Darcey Bussell: Ballet boys eclipsing girls thanks to Billy Elliot effect
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Female ballet dancers could be at risk of being left behind thanks to the "Billy Elliot effect", Darcey Bussell has suggested, as she claimed dance schools are now inundated with more boys than girls. Bussell, the former ballet principal and Strictly ...
  

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• Round Rock ballet company revamps Christmas classic - Austin American-Statesman

  09-12-2015 07:01
  Austin American-Statesman
  Round Rock ballet company revamps Christmas classic
  Austin American-Statesman
  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the Statesman delivered to your inbox. The classic holiday ballet audiences know and love will get a revamping this holiday season as a Round Rock-based ballet company performs a version for ...and more »
  

• Back to the Barre: Lauren Kessler's Midlife Ballet Adventure - Seattle Weekly

  09-12-2015 02:49
  Seattle Weekly
  Back to the Barre: Lauren Kessler's Midlife Ballet Adventure
  Seattle Weekly
  Like a Venn diagram, Lauren Kessler's new memoir Raising the Barre (Da Capo, $25) sits at the intersection of two different popular genres: self-actualization and behind-the-scenes reporting. An Oregon journalist and author whose recent work has ...
  

• Black Diamond Ballet to perform 'The Nutcracker' - Contra Costa Times

  09-12-2015 01:45
  Black Diamond Ballet to perform 'The Nutcracker'
  Contra Costa Times
  PITTSBURG -- Growing up in a very small Central Valley foothills town it wasn't easy to find a place that offered dance and ballet lessons, but Amanda Farris dreamed of being a ballerina. After years of driving great distances to get to dance lessons ...
  

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