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• American Ballet Theatre Brings The Nutcracker to the OC - Haute Living

  16-12-2015 21:02
  Haute Living
  American Ballet Theatre Brings The Nutcracker to the OC
  Haute Living
  The Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre have joined forces to present a limited run of performances this December in Orange County. For its west coast premiere and inaugural season at the Center, Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker ...
  

• Nori Is Pretty In Pink At Ballet Class - X17 Online

  16-12-2015 20:53
  X17 Online
  Nori Is Pretty In Pink At Ballet Class
  X17 Online
  Pink nails, pink shoes, pink tights, pink leotard, pink necklace and a fuzzy pink coat! Nori's just so cute we could eat her up! Kim Kardashian's adorable ballerina North West was pretty in furry pink as she headed to ballet class on Wednesday. The ...and more »
  

• AC Ballet's 'The Nutcracker' dances into AC this weekend - Press of Atlantic City

  16-12-2015 20:45
  Press of Atlantic City
  AC Ballet's 'The Nutcracker' dances into AC this weekend
  Press of Atlantic City
  The Atlantic City Ballet will perform its 28th season of 'The Nutcracker' at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey's Performing Arts Center on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12 and 13. Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:28 pm. AC Ballet's 'The ...and more »
  

• Weekend: Basketball & The Nutcracker Ballet - CaryCitizen

  16-12-2015 20:03
  CaryCitizen
  Weekend: Basketball & The Nutcracker Ballet
  CaryCitizen
  Cary, NC — This weekend, you'll find several dance productions around Cary. You can also catch a basketball game, an ugly sweater Christmas party and more. It's all on the calendar. Thursday, December 17, 2015. At Design a Career You'll Love, a 6:30 ...
  

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• Queensland Ballet 'adopts' young dancer - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

  16-12-2015 20:03
  Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
  Queensland Ballet 'adopts' young dancer
  Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
  DARLING DANCER: Beverley Prange Dance Centre principal Madonna Murphy with student Emily Way who is thrilled to have won a special experience for her studio the “Queensland Ballet Adopt-A-Dancer” program. Contributed ...and more »
  

• Review: “Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker” sparkles with flair and energy as a ... - ArtsATL

  16-12-2015 19:58
  ArtsATL
  Review: “Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker” sparkles with flair and energy as a ...
  ArtsATL
  Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker is filled with a newfound urgency due to the upcoming retirement of artistic director John McFall. (Photos by Charlie McCullers). In some cities The Nutcracker tastes like stale fruitcake: a necessary holiday staple endured ...
  State Street Ballet to Bring Holiday Tradition, 'The Nutcracker,' to The GranadaNoozhawkall 4 news articles »
  

• Berks Ballet Theatre takes an artistic leap with 'The Nutcracker' - Reading Eagle

  16-12-2015 18:42
  Reading Eagle
  Berks Ballet Theatre takes an artistic leap with 'The Nutcracker'
  Reading Eagle
  Where and when: Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 310 S. Seventh Ave., West Reading. Tickets: $20 to $30. Tickets available online at www.berksballettheatre.com, by calling 484-552-3757 or at the door prior ...
  

• St. Paul Ballet rei-magines Nutcracker as 'Clara's Dream' - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  16-12-2015 18:13
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  St. Paul Ballet rei-magines Nutcracker as 'Clara's Dream'
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  CAROLINE YANG The company dancers of St. Paul Ballet in “Clara's Dream,” featuring Nicole Brown. Text size. comment. share · tweet · email. Print. more. Share on: Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest. Copy shortlink: Purchase: Order ...
  

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• Self-taught dancer 'in love with ballet' - Charlotte Post

  16-12-2015 17:55
  Self-taught dancer 'in love with ballet'
  Charlotte Post
  “I was involved in a musical,” Alston recalled. “From the dance aspect, apparently I was very good at it—according to my choreographer and members of the production. From there I actually taught myself how to dance off of You Tube, and then I just ...
  

• Holiday classic ballet 'The Nutcracker' features local dancers - KHON2

  16-12-2015 17:44
  Holiday classic ballet 'The Nutcracker' features local dancers
  KHON2
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• Drone Censored Nude Ballet (NSFW-ish) - The Interrobang

  16-12-2015 17:42
  The Interrobang
  Drone Censored Nude Ballet (NSFW-ish)
  The Interrobang
  This cleverly choreographed dance to the theme song from Swan Lake uses flying drones to sensor the nudity of the dancers. Just another example of robots beginning to control us. You never let us have any fun, Robots! Read more at gizmodo.com.and more »
  

• The 10 Reasons We All Became Obsessed With Ballet in 2015 - POPSUGAR UK

  16-12-2015 17:33
  POPSUGAR UK
  The 10 Reasons We All Became Obsessed With Ballet in 2015
  POPSUGAR UK
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• USA Ballet's 'Nutcracker' coming to HCC - Bloomington Pantagraph

  16-12-2015 17:11
  Bloomington Pantagraph
  USA Ballet's 'Nutcracker' coming to HCC
  Bloomington Pantagraph
  Dancing Saturday in the USA Ballet Youth Ensemble's production of “The Nutcracker” will be, on floor, Brielle Tripke; front from left, Angelika Campbell, Breanne D'Costa, Tanner Carlson-Huber and Grace Bruketta; and back from left, Madison Weiss, Ken ...
  

• The Conversation With Misty Copeland, Breaking Ground In Ballet - ESPN

  16-12-2015 16:05
  ESPN
  The Conversation With Misty Copeland, Breaking Ground In Ballet
  ESPN
  Meet the women who made the biggest impacts on their sports and the societies in which they live. In this signature espnW column, Allison Glock sits down for a candid Q&A with a remarkable person. The aim is to cover topics high and low, deep and less ...
  

• Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet presents the Nutcracker - Petoskey News-Review

  16-12-2015 15:56
  Petoskey News-Review
  Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet presents the Nutcracker
  Petoskey News-Review
  Sean Miller/News-Review The Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet rehearses the Nutcracker ballet. Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 9:47 am. Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet presents the Nutcracker Sean Miller (231) 439-9378 ...
  Orchestra, ballet school team up for The NutcrackerCambridge Times
  Cambridge Ballet Company to present 'The Nutcracker'The Star Democratall
  

• 'Nutcracker' ballet returns to Warner Theatre with DC twist - WTOP

  16-12-2015 14:53
  WTOP
  'Nutcracker' ballet returns to Warner Theatre with DC twist
  WTOP
  The Washington Ballet's Ayano Kimura and Andile Ndlovu perform an American-themed scene from "The Nutcracker." (Media4artists/Theo Kossenas). WTOP's Jason Fraley previews 'The Nutcracker'. Jason Fraley | December 15, 2015 6:15 pm. Audio Player.
  Greenville Ballet presents 32nd annual 'Nutcracker'Greenville News
  Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker review – after 400 performances, still solid goldThe Guardian
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• Lucia Devine obituary

  16-12-2015 14:46
  
  My friend Lucia Devine, who has died of cancer aged 57, was a dedicated educationist, committed to bringing sport, dance and the arts to all the children and young people she encountered during her career in east London.Daughter of Elizabeth (nee McGirl), a former civil servant, and Larry Devine, a wages clerk for ICI, she was born in Wingate, a small mining village in County Durham, and baptised Mary, after her two grandmothers, at the local Catholic church; her faith remained important to her
  
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• Drones perform 'Swan Lake' with naked ballet dancers - RT

  16-12-2015 14:05
  RT
  Drones perform 'Swan Lake' with naked ballet dancers
  RT
  Drones are quickly becoming a tool for commerce, but one Japanese company's naked ambition to improve its 'bottom' line reveals an artistic side to the flying robots. TrendsViral. Backed by Tchaikovsky's masterpiece Swan Lake, the video A Kind Drone ...and more »
  

• Ballet for Christmas? Three gorgeously festive productions heading to Cardiff - WalesOnline

  16-12-2015 12:08
  WalesOnline
  Ballet for Christmas? Three gorgeously festive productions heading to Cardiff
  WalesOnline
  And this year's no exception as they bring a trio of work, including a UK premiere. So what can we expect? The Snow Maiden. What? This is the UK premiere of The Snow Maiden, which revolves around a beautiful girl who dances too far outside the Land of ...
  RDC ballet presents magical tradition of The NutcrackerRed Deer Express (registration) (blog)all 4 news articles »
  

• Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody reinterpreted for 40th anniversary – video

  16-12-2015 11:54
  
  Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was the UK’s Christmas number 1 in 1975. Forty years later, the song is reinterpreted by a duet from the English National Ballet, a string quartet from the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Boys Choir, cut with archive footage of Queen’s performance on Christmas Eve in 1975Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody is screened on BBC4 on Friday at 10pmContinue reading...
  
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• Bolshoi Ballet Film Shows World of Dance, Kremlin Politics - ABC News

  16-12-2015 08:09
  Huffington Post
  Bolshoi Ballet Film Shows World of Dance, Kremlin Politics
  ABC News
  On the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, the dancers were all elegance and grace, leaping through the air and lifting their partners with seemingly little effort. But up close in a rehearsal hall a few days before the performance, prima ballerina Maria ...
  Bolshoi Ballet Documentary Explores World Of Beauty And ViolenceHuffington Postall 64 news articles »
  

• Dance in 2015: has the Royal Ballet lost the plot? - Telegraph.co.uk

  16-12-2015 08:05
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Dance in 2015: has the Royal Ballet lost the plot?
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Look back over the new and recent work that the Royal Ballet performed at Covent Garden in 2015, and it is hard to feel much Festive cheer. In March, there was Untouchable, by Hofesh Shechter. In May, came Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works, followed in ...and more »
  

• Judith Mackrell's top 10 dance of 2015

  16-12-2015 08:00
  
  Wayne McGregor distilled the essence of Virginia Woolf while others tackled Milton and Samuel Beckett, and the beauty of maturity found champions in Alessandra Ferri and Sylvie GuillemThe exquisitely verbal art and life of Virginia Woolf was an unlikely source for a new ballet by Wayne McGregor. As a choreographer, his sensibility is so speedy, so physical, so entirely 21st-century, that he and Woolf might have come from different planets. Yet some chemistry sparked between them and made Woolf W
  
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• Ashland Regional Ballet performs 'The Nutcracker' - Mansfield News Journal

  16-12-2015 06:09
  Mansfield News Journal
  Ashland Regional Ballet performs 'The Nutcracker'
  Mansfield News Journal
  ASHLAND - Ashland Regional Ballet will perform “The Nutcracker” at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at The Hugo Young Theatre, 401 College Ave., Ashland University campus. Ashland Regional Ballet has been performing “The ...
  

• Seneca Valley's Treu makes her mark on American Ballet Theatre's summer program - Tribune-Review

  16-12-2015 03:09
  Seneca Valley's Treu makes her mark on American Ballet Theatre's summer program
  Tribune-Review
  Veridy Treu was only 3 years old when she started taking ballet classes. Her mother, Kristen Treu, happened to be buying her first ballet slippers at All That Jazz when they ran into Kwang-suk Choi, a well-respected international dancer. Choi kneeled ...
  

• Misty Copeland to be immortalized in vibrant San Pedro Ballet School mural - The Daily Breeze

  16-12-2015 01:16
  Misty Copeland to be immortalized in vibrant San Pedro Ballet School mural
  The Daily Breeze
  Muralist Kelcey Fisher will paint four vibrant panels of ballet superstar Misty Copeland of on the side of the San Pedro Ballet School at 13th Street and Pacific Avenue in time for her homecoming next week, when the intersection will be named in her honor.
  

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