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• Ogunquit Performing Arts welcome Portland Ballet dancers - York County Coast Star

  29-12-2015 21:24 via
  York County Coast Star
  Ogunquit Performing Arts welcome Portland Ballet dancers
  York County Coast Star
  OGUNQUIT - On Sunday Dec. 6, dancers from the Portland School of Ballet performed, in full costume, several classical movements from their seasonal favorite “The Victorian Nutcracker.” After several years attempting to host Portland Ballet for an ...and more »
  

• Children dance into holiday with Augusta Ballet's Anyone Can Dance Camp - The Augusta Chronicle

  29-12-2015 17:33 via
  Children dance into holiday with Augusta Ballet's Anyone Can Dance Camp
  The Augusta Chronicle
  Naomi and Jackson Dukes' grandmother wanted them to be active during their visit with her and their father in Augusta during the holidays. Photos. Back | Next. Girls practice their dance moves during the Augusta Ballet's Anyone Can Dance Camp for kids at.
  

• A former ballet dancer is teaching women how to defend themselves with high heels - Business Insider Australia

  29-12-2015 17:33 via
  Business Insider Australia
  A former ballet dancer is teaching women how to defend themselves with high heels
  Business Insider Australia
  “A woman should be able to defend herself, regardless of the shoe she is wearing,” said Avital Zeisler, 26, who teaches a “Stilettos and Self-Defence” class in New York City. The class teaches women how to defend themselves — both in and with high heels.and more »
  

• Gainsborough: Bolshoi Ballet Live is back this month with a special event - Retford Today

  29-12-2015 13:20 via
  Retford Today
  Gainsborough: Bolshoi Ballet Live is back this month with a special event
  Retford Today
  The first dose of Bolshoi Ballet Live for 2016 at Trinity Arts Centre in Gainsborough is on January 24 with a brand production of The Taming of the Shrew. Screened live from Moscow, this is special event for Trnity Arts as Shakespeare's classic play is ...and more »
  

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• The art of effective protest: from flamenco flash mobs to craftivism

  29-12-2015 12:35
  
  Environmental and social campaigners are getting creative by using illustration, craft and dance to put sustained pressure on business and governments
  The image of a tiny, inflatable Greenpeace boat circling Shell’s Brent Spar became a defining moment in corporate activism. That was 1995. NGOs have always met big challenges with ingenuity, but two decades later we are seeing campaigning groups take on corporate power and governments in different, arguably more subtle ways. Here are just a
  
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• Seniors dance on wheels; leg broken in hypnosis; funeral home liquor permit - Arizona Daily Star

  29-12-2015 12:19 via
  Arizona Daily Star
  Seniors dance on wheels; leg broken in hypnosis; funeral home liquor permit
  Arizona Daily Star
  MADISION, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators in Wisconsin say they will continue pursuing a bill penalizing communities that block law enforcement from inquiring about immigration status or cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The bill ...and more »
  

• Lions Club Park Senior Center plans dance tonight - The Killeen Daily Herald

  29-12-2015 11:36 via
  Lions Club Park Senior Center plans dance tonight
  The Killeen Daily Herald
  The Lions Club Park Senior Center is hosting its annual New Year's Dance from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. today. Paul Racicot, disc jockey, plays a variety of music genre with many line dances included. News Tip- 300x250. Admission into the dance is $4 per person.
  

• 'Dance Moms' Update: Maddie Ziegler To Leave Show After Season 6 - Christian Post

  29-12-2015 08:24 via
  Christian Post
  'Dance Moms' Update: Maddie Ziegler To Leave Show After Season 6
  Christian Post
  Singer Sia and dancer Maddie Ziegler arrive at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. February 8, 2015. Child dancer, actress and model Maddie Ziegler is bound to say goodbye to Lifetime's reality TV show "Dance Moms." According to ...
  'Dance Moms' Special Season 6 Halloween Competition Announced By LifetimeThe Oceanside Post
  'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler Reveals She Does He
  

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• Altus sets New Year's Eve dance - The Lawton Constitution

  29-12-2015 08:15 via
  The Lawton Constitution
  Altus sets New Year's Eve dance
  The Lawton Constitution
  ALTUS The Altus Ballroom Dancers will host a New Year's Eve Dance featuring live music by the popular jazz combo Logan Walker and the Guys of Lawton from 9 p.m. to midnight Thursday in the Western Oklahoma State College Multipurpose Room.and more »
  

• Deadline Jan. 4 for 2016 WV State Dance Festival - Huntington Herald Dispatch

  29-12-2015 06:07 via
  West Virginia Public Broadcasting
  Deadline Jan. 4 for 2016 WV State Dance Festival
  Huntington Herald Dispatch
  CHARLESTON - Directors from dance companies and schools across West Virginia are invited to enroll students in the West Virginia Division of Culture and History's 2016 statewide dance festival. Directors have until Jan. 4 to submit applications to the ...
  West Virginia dance festival to be held in AprilCentre Daily Timesall 21 news articles »
  

• School uses power of dance, music to help special needs students - WLKY Louisville

  29-12-2015 04:19 via
  WLKY Louisville
  School uses power of dance, music to help special needs students
  WLKY Louisville
  BRING THEM ON PLANES. A LOCAL SCHOOL IS USING THE HEALING POWER OF DANCE AND MUSIC TO HELP SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS. WLK-Y'S JENNIFER BAILEYS SHOWS US THE NEW FUND FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM ARTS FOR ...and more »
  

• Psy's latest gender-bending dance performance is surreally good - Mashable

  29-12-2015 01:32 via
  Mashable
  Psy's latest gender-bending dance performance is surreally good
  Mashable
  Live music shows are, more often than not, triumphantly boring. From the bad sound to the blaring lights and miserable seating, it makes you ask: "Why did I pay for this?" Unless, of course, you're at a Psy concert. Footage from one of the Korean pop ...
  

• Trisha Brown Retrospective to Dance Into UW World Series, 2/4-6 - Broadway World

  29-12-2015 01:25 via
  Trisha Brown Retrospective to Dance Into UW World Series, 2/4-6
  Broadway World
  Washington State native Trisha Brown is considered the most widely acclaimed choreographer of the postmodern era. For over 50 years, she pushed the limits of choreographic movement, changing modern dance forever. At 79, Trisha Brown has ...
  

• Weddle fined $10K by Chargers for watching his daughter dance - KSL.com

  29-12-2015 00:06 via
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  Weddle fined $10K by Chargers for watching his daughter dance
  KSL.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Agent David Canter says San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle has been fined $10,000 by the team for remaining on the sideline at halftime of a Dec. 20 home game to watch his daughter dance in a program sponsored by the team's ...
  Chargers fined Eric Weddle $10K for watching daughter dance at halfCBSSports.com
  Agent: San Diego Chargers Fined Player $10000 For Watching His Daughter Dance ...
  

• New York City Ballet Introduces Its Future With a Flurry of 'Nutcracker' Debuts - New York Times

  29-12-2015 00:00 via
  New York Times
  New York City Ballet Introduces Its Future With a Flurry of 'Nutcracker' Debuts
  New York Times
  How do you make your debut in roles as exalted as the Sugarplum Fairy and her cavalier in “George Balanchine's The Nutcracker”? And how much does a debut performance count for? The questions recurred this Christmas season at New York City Ballet ...
  

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