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• S.F. ballet dancers channel a pair of Hepburns - San Francisco Chronicle

  14-01-2016 23:15 via
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  S.F. ballet dancers channel a pair of Hepburns
  San Francisco Chronicle
  Jahna Frantziskonis, left, and Lauren Strongin pose for a photo at the War Memorial Opera House, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in San Francisco, Calif. The two dancers have recently joined the San Francisco Ballet. Jahna Frantziskonis, left, and Lauren ...
  

• Greensboro women making news in ballet world - Greensboro News & Record (blog)

  14-01-2016 22:36 via
  Greensboro News & Record (blog)
  Greensboro women making news in ballet world
  Greensboro News & Record (blog)
  GREENSBORO - Kara Medoff Barnett and Megan LeCrone both studied at Greensboro Ballet. And both have made recent news in the ballet world. This week, Barnett was named executive director of American Ballet Theatre. (Click here to read the article.) ...and more »
  

• ArtsBeat | Vail International Dance Festival Announces Program - New York Times (blog)

  14-01-2016 21:47 via
  ArtsBeat | Vail International Dance Festival Announces Program
  New York Times (blog)
  The American Ballet Theater principal Isabella Boylston will be artist in residence and the Philadelphia-based BalletX will be the company in residence at this year's Vail International Dance Festival, which announced its 2016 program Thursday. The ...
  

• Dance Theatre of Harlem: Classical ballet, multihued - Charlotte Observer

  14-01-2016 20:50 via
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  Dance Theatre of Harlem: Classical ballet, multihued
  Charlotte Observer
  This dress, headdress and skirt come from the company's production of “Dougla.” Courtesy of Dance Theatre of Harlem. The current company of Dance Theatre of Harlem, including Chrystyn Fentroy and Francis Lawrence, will perform at Knight Theater.and more »
  

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• American Ballet Theatre Names New Head - Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)

  14-01-2016 19:29 via
  American Ballet Theatre Names New Head
  Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)
  The American Ballet Theatre, based in New York, has named Kara Medoff Barnett its next executive director, The Wall Street Journal reports. Ms. Medoff, previously an executive for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, replaces the longtime head ...
  

• In ballet class, underprivileged dance fairy tale - Shanghai Daily (subscription)

  14-01-2016 17:51 via
  In ballet class, underprivileged dance fairy tale
  Shanghai Daily (subscription)
  DRESSED in delicate pointed shoes and a wispy tutus, 13-year-old Lin Shuxin feels like a real princess as she watches herself in the mirror, her body dancing the movements of “The Nutcracker.” Born as the child of a financially disadvantaged family ...
  

• Ballet's Boada and Molat look back on career highlights - San Francisco Chronicle

  14-01-2016 16:45 via
  Ballet's Boada and Molat look back on career highlights
  San Francisco Chronicle
  Two veteran principals retire from the San Francisco Ballet this year. We asked them to recall the highlights of their careers. Joan Boada (joined San Francisco Ballet in 1999): “Hands down, my best memory at the San Francisco Ballet was the opening of ...and more »
  

• New York City Ballet Art Series Presents Marcel Dzama - Hyperallergic

  14-01-2016 16:30 via
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  New York City Ballet Art Series Presents Marcel Dzama
  Hyperallergic
  Following the highly acclaimed installations by FAILE, JR, and Dustin Yellin, New York City Ballet collaborates for the 2016 Art Series with Winnipeg native and Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist Marcel Dzama. Dzama will exhibit Art Series' first ...
  

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• Ballet for Cab, Truck and Bicycle - New York Times

  14-01-2016 14:30 via
  Ballet for Cab, Truck and Bicycle
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  Dear Diary: Metropolitan Diary. Reader tales from the city. The New Colossus, Updated · The Airbnb From Hell · A Quiet Round of Golf · Speed Date on the Fifth Avenue Bus · Absolutely Final Delivery · See More ». Riding down Second Avenue recently in ...
  

• Le Corsaire, English National Ballet, theatre review: Shimmering dancing and ... - The Independent

  14-01-2016 14:17 via
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  Le Corsaire, English National Ballet, theatre review: Shimmering dancing and ...
  The Independent
  English National Ballet's Le Corsaire is a romp, packed to the gills with pirates, daft plotting and virtuoso dancing. It's also full of male roles, taken with gusto by the home team and some terrific guest artists. Based very loosely on a poem by Lord ...
  English National Ballet's Le Corsaire, dance review: Ridiculous but winningEvening Standard
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• 'It's time for myself': the teen carers dancing for Matthew Bourne

  14-01-2016 14:09
  
  Teenage primary care-givers will perform a curtain-raiser for Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty at Sadler’s Wells – a chance to lessen their isolation and explore the expressive world of danceThe teens spinning, jumping and posing in a small, sweaty practice room of the English National Ballet, behind the Royal Albert Hall in London, all have one thing in common.They are not professional dancers, but carers rehearsing a curtain-raiser for tonight’s production of Matthew Bourne&rsq
  
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• “Kill the Indian in the Child” Theme of Royal Winnipeg Ballet Tour - Indian Country Today Media Network

  14-01-2016 05:30 via
  Indian Country Today Media Network
  “Kill the Indian in the Child” Theme of Royal Winnipeg Ballet Tour
  Indian Country Today Media Network
  Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation – is a dark, yet hopeful examination of the legacy of Canada's brutal "kill the Indian in the child" indigenous residential schools. The ballet will traverse Canada beginning later this month until April and ...and more »
  

• Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps - New York Times

  14-01-2016 00:08 via
  New York Times
  Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps
  New York Times
  “There are only two tempos, too fast or too slow,” Cameron Grant, the principal pianist with New York City Ballet, said with a melancholy laugh after rehearsal a few weeks ago. It was the middle of “Nutcracker” season, and that evening he was scheduled ...and more »
  

• Review: At American Dance Platform, Charm and Structure Without Flight - New York Times

  14-01-2016 00:03 via
  New York Times
  Review: At American Dance Platform, Charm and Structure Without Flight
  New York Times
  American Dance Platform is a new project at the Joyce Theater. From the audience's point of view, though, it looks much like what has been happening at the Joyce each year in the second week of January. This is APAP week (for the Association of ...and more »
  

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