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• Kenowa Hills dance team primed for big performance at Disney World - MLive.com

  14-12-2015 23:08 via
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  Kenowa Hills dance team primed for big performance at Disney World
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  The Kenowa Hills dance team was the grand champion at the season-opening Coopersville Invitational. Among their four scheduled competitions this season is a January date for Nationals at Disney World. Pictured in the front row (from left): seniors ...
  

• Indonesian Dance Fest Djakarta Warehouse Project Draws an Estimated 75000 ... - Billboard

  14-12-2015 22:43 via
  Indonesian Dance Fest Djakarta Warehouse Project Draws an Estimated 75000 ...
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  The 8th edition of the Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) dance event in Indonesia's capital of Jakarta took place on December 11-12, and the growth of this powerhouse fest mirrors the development of the overall dance market in Indonesia. Held at the ...and more »
  

• We Tried It: A Dance Class Based on Justin Bieber's Music Video 'Sorry' - PEOPLE Great Ideas

  14-12-2015 22:25 via
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  We Tried It: A Dance Class Based on Justin Bieber's Music Video 'Sorry'
  PEOPLE Great Ideas
  What Is It: Broadway Bodies is a dance studio in New York City that specializes in teaching the choreography to pop songs, music videos and musicals. I heard they were offering a class inspired by my current favorite song, “Sorry,” by Justin Bieber ...
  

• This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015 - TIME

  14-12-2015 22:06 via
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  This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015
  TIME
  In just under five minutes, watch “all of the covers, parodies, memes, & TV cameos” related to Drake's “Hotline Bling” and the rapper's dance moves in the music video in a mashup produced by the music news website Stereogum. It comes out just in time ...and more »
  

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• 'Gotta Dance' pushes back Broadway opening to fall 2016 - Chicago Tribune

  14-12-2015 22:00 via
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  'Gotta Dance' pushes back Broadway opening to fall 2016
  Chicago Tribune
  Haven Burton, left, and Stefanie Powers in rehearsal with "Gotta Dance" director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell at the New 42nd Street Studios in New York. The show, about a senior dance team for the New Jersey Nets, opens at the Bank of America Theatre ...
  Gotta Dance Pushes Back Broadway Bow; New Musical Will Now Open in Fall 2016Broadway.com
  GOTTA DANCE Extends Pre-Broadway Run in ChicagoBroadway World
  

• Dance: Highland pulls off clean sweep at Althoff - Belleville News-Democrat

  14-12-2015 21:01 via
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  Dance: Highland pulls off clean sweep at Althoff
  Belleville News-Democrat
  The Highland varsity dance team performs its winning pom dance routine that received the highest overall score of the day at the IDTA Althoff Regional Competition Saturday at Althoff High School. The Lady Bulldogs won with all four of its routines.
  

• Game of Thrones' Charles Dance Will Be in the Ghostbusters Reboot - IGN

  14-12-2015 20:19 via
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  Game of Thrones' Charles Dance Will Be in the Ghostbusters Reboot
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  By Michael Martin Game of Thrones star Charles Dance will appear in the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot. The actor, best known for his role as the conniving patriarch of the Lannister family, Tywin Lannister, has a role in the new Ghostbusters, according ...and more »
  

• 'Dance Moms' Season 6 Trailer: 7 Moments You Have Missed In The New Lifetime Promo - International Business Times

  14-12-2015 19:43 via
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  'Dance Moms' Season 6 Trailer: 7 Moments You Have Missed In The New Lifetime Promo
  International Business Times
  dms5b_05302015_bq_679 "Dance Moms" star (from left) Mackenzie Ziegler, JoJo Siwa, Nia Frazier, Maddie Ziegler, Kalani Hilliker and Kendall Vertes will return with new episodes in 2016. Photo: Lifetime. With less than one month to go until “Dance Moms” ...
  Abby Lee Miller Creates 'Dance Moms' Drama Facing $5M Fraud Fine & Jail: When ...
  

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• Dance Review: Portland Ballet's 'Nutcracker' colorful fun for the whole family - Press Herald

  14-12-2015 19:03 via
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  Dance Review: Portland Ballet's 'Nutcracker' colorful fun for the whole family
  Press Herald
  Every ballet company takes a slightly different approach to staging the beloved tale of “The Nutcracker,” and Portland Ballet wowed the audience this weekend with its take on what 1880s-era Portland might have looked like. “The Victorian Nutcracker” ...
  Ohio Dance Theatre, Verb Ballets, to perform 'The Nutcracker'Hudson Hub-Timesall 45 news articles »
  

• Little Boy Kills A Dance Routine At The Mall While Wearing Crocs, Of All Things - MTV.com

  14-12-2015 18:32 via
  Little Boy Kills A Dance Routine At The Mall While Wearing Crocs, Of All Things
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  Twitter user fatiimamars caught an unnamed kid playing the video game “Just Dance 2016″ at a mall kiosk like a total pro. The little boy proves it's not what you wear but how you move, wearing socks and Crocs while moving to AronChupa's “I'm an ...and more »
  

• Sorry Migos, This St. Louis Dance Crew May Have Been the First to 'Dab' - BET (blog)

  14-12-2015 18:17 via
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  Sorry Migos, This St. Louis Dance Crew May Have Been the First to 'Dab'
  BET (blog)
  Dabbing has taken over the Internets, so of course everyone in their own way wants to be the one known for being early on the viral trend. Now it seems “The Dab” isn't even an Atlanta thing. At least that's what members of a St. Louis dance crew are ...
  

• Remix this dance track by clicking samples—and listen to random variations - Boing Boing

  14-12-2015 17:24 via
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  Remix this dance track by clicking samples—and listen to random variations
  Boing Boing
  Adventure Machine is an online music-remixing widget by Madeon, whose album Adventure came out earlier this year. Similar to Novation's Launchpad gadget, you click different buttons in the grid to turn different loops on and off, thereby creating your ...
  

• 3 Viral Dance Videos That Will Make You Smile - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  14-12-2015 16:07 via
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  3 Viral Dance Videos That Will Make You Smile
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  This time of year can be tough. Maybe you're having a less-than-perfect start to your holiday season. Maybe your weekend felt too short, and you're shuffling off to work or school against your wishes. Maybe you feel that if you hear “Waltz of the ...and more »
  

• BWW Review: Dance Magazine Awards 2015, an Extraordinary Night for ... - Broadway World

  14-12-2015 16:05 via
  BWW Review: Dance Magazine Awards 2015, an Extraordinary Night for ...
  Broadway World
  This was the Oscars of the dance world-a star-studded event to honor five recipients who have made an extraordinary mark within their own careers to the art of dance. Dance Magazine awards were presented to ballerina and artistic director of the ...and more »
  

• Children helping children get to dance - News-Daily.com

  14-12-2015 15:29 via
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  Children helping children get to dance
  News-Daily.com
  Arnold Elementary students dance during a charity benefit Friday to provide needy families with toys for Christmas. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson). Children helping children get to dance. Pastor Paul Cook of Three Point Bible Church disc jockeys for the ...
  

• Dancers Know No Limits at World Latin Dance Cup - Miami New Times

  14-12-2015 15:10 via
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  Dancers Know No Limits at World Latin Dance Cup
  Miami New Times
  Jessica Trujillo is a world champion salsa dancer. Her team, the Omambo Dance Project, won the professional salsa team division at the World Latin Dance Cup last year. When she called her best friend back home in Los Angeles from the competition at the ...
  

• How Rudolf Nureyev danced to freedom

  14-12-2015 13:09
  
  In 1961, on tour in Paris, the Kirov Ballet’s star made a historic dash from his KGB bodyguards into the arms of French police. But was there more to his defection than meets the eye? A BBC film tells the storyThe day after Rudolf Nureyev defected to the west, the Daily Express ran the story on its front page under the triumphant headline “dance to freedom”. So began the mythologising of ballet’s most famous star, the wild and beautiful dancer who, in a moment of daring o
  
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• 'Don't look at my feet!': Royal Ballet principal ballerina prepares for Nutcracker – video

  14-12-2015 10:57
  
  Royal Ballet principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson prepares for her opening performance of the classic Christmas production The Nutcracker at London’s Royal Opera House. Alone in the studio, she rehearses her routine and explains why she is happy to sacrifice so much for her ballet careerWatch Lauren Cuthbertson in The Nutcracker live on 16 December at 7.15pm GMT with an encore screening at 2pm on Sunday 27 December Continue reading...
  
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• State Street Ballet Has The Perfect Way To Spend A 5-Hour Layover - Huffington Post

  14-12-2015 06:34
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  State Street Ballet Has The Perfect Way To Spend A 5-Hour Layover
  Huffington Post
  Have five hours to kill in the airport? You could check out the selection of neck pillows in the magazine shop. Or, if you have some mad ballet skills, you could use that time to make the best airport layover video ever. Members of the State Street ...
  Nutcracker Ballet performers post Facebook video at Denver airportMetroall 8 news articles »
  

• A Butte first: Tiernan performer qualifies for the big dance - Montana Standard

  14-12-2015 05:03 via
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  A Butte first: Tiernan performer qualifies for the big dance
  Montana Standard
  Connor Ford, 16, of Butte will compete in the World Championship of Irish Dance next spring in Glasgow, Scotland. 2015-12-13T21:30:00Z 2015-12-14T10:34:03Z A Butte first: Tiernan performer qualifies for the big danceRenata Birkenbuel Renata.
  

• AHANA Dance Showcase: A Great Mix of Talent - The Emory Wheel

  14-12-2015 02:23 via
  AHANA Dance Showcase: A Great Mix of Talent
  The Emory Wheel
  Hip hop, modern, Persian, tap — these are only a few of the dance styles that were included in this year's AHANA Dance showcase. The variety in the show was astounding; there was something for every dance lover to enjoy. Dec. 3 through 5, AHANA put on ...
  

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