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• American Ballet Theater Names Kara Medoff Barnett Executive Director - New York Times

  12-01-2016 18:11 via
  Wall Street Journal
  American Ballet Theater Names Kara Medoff Barnett Executive Director
  New York Times
  She started ballet lessons at 3 in North Carolina, but gave up dancing for college, then Harvard Business School and a career in the arts that eventually led her to become an executive at Lincoln Center. Now Kara Medoff Barnett is returning to her ...
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• Resolution review – jazzy jumps and froggy squats in dance showcase

  12-01-2016 17:34
  
  The Place, London
  Crystal Zillwood saved the uneven opening night of this six-week festival for new dance with an exploration of the overlaps between human and animal lifeEvery January, the Resolution festival sweeps away dance’s Christmassy diet of sparkles and replaces it with – well, almost anything else. The six-week festival is a platform for new choreographers, each evening showcasing works by three entrants. Many established names started out here, but only one thing is certai
  
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• Moves from the Mahabharata: Akram Khan's Until the Lions – in pictures

  12-01-2016 09:00
  
  With his new dance spectacular, Akram Khan has returned to the story of an unsung heroine from the Mahabharata. Take a closer look at the show, which has its world premiere at London’s Roundhouse, where it runs until 24 January© All photographs by Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Continue reading...
  
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• BBC Young Dancer finalist Vidya Patel: 'Your feet are almost a musical instrument'

  12-01-2016 08:01
  
  The rising dance star on the exchange of ideas in her collaboration with Richard Alston, kathak’s rhythm and grace, and meditating before rehearsalReaching the final of the BBC Young Dancer competition last year opened a lot of doors for me, especially as a young south Asian artist. It was a massive help in letting people see what I could do. I performed at Latitude with Sadler’s Wells, and at Wembley stadium for the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit in November.Richa
  
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