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• The Dance, The Music and the Lyrics - Huffington Post

  21-01-2016 17:43 via
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  The Dance, The Music and the Lyrics
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  Sharing information with people is an everyday event in the business world. The challenge for most Creative Executives is to communicate in a way that allows their team to hear and understand. Business folklore has it that communication can be broken ...and more »
  

• Business of the year: Woodbury Dance Center gives back to the community - Woodbury Bulletin

  21-01-2016 17:18 via
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  Business of the year: Woodbury Dance Center gives back to the community
  Woodbury Bulletin
  With seven different nominations and testimonials submitted this year, the Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce's Business of the Year has been selected, hands down, as Woodbury Dance Center. Advertisement. Owned by sisters Kathy Johnson Mueller ...
  

• Indiana dance instructor taps her own unique style - The Courier-Journal

  21-01-2016 14:32 via
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  Indiana dance instructor taps her own unique style
  The Courier-Journal
  Active, creative and not afraid to enjoy her style, this week's Stylemaker is a dance instructor who knows how to "strut her stuff." Name: Mindy Scott Garcia Age: 35. Home Town: Sellersburg, Ind. Education: B.S. exercise physiology from IUPUI Career ...
  

• Royal Ballet: Ashton double bill review – Osipova is regal and electric - The Guardian

  21-01-2016 14:30 via
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  Royal Ballet: Ashton double bill review – Osipova is regal and electric
  The Guardian
  There are sections of Rhapsody that are as brilliant and romantically sublime as anything Frederick Ashton created. Yet it's a strange ballet. Unevenly paced, it struggles to make structural sense of the light and dark in Rachmaninov's score; and since ...
  The Royal Ballet's Rhapsody, Royal Opera House, theatre review: Virtuoso display marks return of Natalia OsipovaThe Independentall 7 news
  

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• Step by step: Dance salsa, tango and more in the Med City - Post-Bulletin

  21-01-2016 14:19 via
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  Step by step: Dance salsa, tango and more in the Med City
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  Five years ago, Rochester resident Sharon Gentling began taking dance lessons. Her life hasn't been the same since. The lessons were meant to give Gentling enough skill to compete in the Rochester Arts Council's inaugural "Dancing for the Arts," a ...
  

• Panthers fans cash in on 'Dab on 'em' dance craze - myfox8.com

  21-01-2016 14:04 via
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  Panthers fans cash in on 'Dab on 'em' dance craze
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  Whether it's Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, head coach Ron Rivera or even owner Jerry Richardson, the popular “dab on 'em” dance move, made famous in the hip-hop community, has been a season-long staple in the Panthers nation.
  

• Royal Ballet: Ashton double bill review – Osipova is regal and electric

  21-01-2016 13:59
  
  Royal Opera House, London
  The Royal’s revival of Rhapsody turns from pretty to thrilling, while Two Pigeons takes off in playful, touching styleThere are sections of Rhapsody that are as brilliant and romantically sublime as anything Frederick Ashton created. Yet it’s a strange ballet. Unevenly paced, it struggles to make structural sense of the light and dark in Rachmaninov’s score; and since its creation in 1980 it has struggled to find the right designer. After two unsatisfa
  
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• Second chance to dance - Jerusalem Post Israel News

  21-01-2016 11:57 via
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  Second chance to dance
  Jerusalem Post Israel News
  The demands of the job, coupled with the fatal implication of injury to one's career, make for a short but intense stay at the top of the ballet world. Widely considered to be the greatest Russian ballerina of her generation, Ulyana Lopatkina is ...
  

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• Lion Dance team roars to success - Worcester Mag

  21-01-2016 11:20 via
  Lion Dance team roars to success
  Worcester Mag
  Above: Lion tail Minh Ly hoists Khang Ta to the ceiling. Photo by Steven King. Lion dancing is a traditional dance developed in Asia just about the same time history began to be recorded, and while there are regional differences in dance style ...
  

• 2016 Winter Arts Preview: Classical Music, Dance - San Francisco Examiner

  21-01-2016 09:07 via
  2016 Winter Arts Preview: Classical Music, Dance
  San Francisco Examiner
  Mark Foehringer Dance Project celebrates its 20th anniversary season with a show called "Body of Work" on Jan. 31. (Courtesy Matt Haber). By Examiner Staff on January 21, 2016 12:01 am. facebook · twitter · google_plus · mail · facebook · twitter ...
  

• Shay Ishii Dance Company's Dancestry ... Vivid: Audiences gained much from ... - Austin Chronicle

  21-01-2016 07:01 via
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  Shay Ishii Dance Company's Dancestry ... Vivid: Audiences gained much from ...
  Austin Chronicle
  In April 2000, the Erick Hawkins Dance Company premiered Lucia Dlugoszewski's "Motherwell Amor," a contemplative ode to the paintings of Robert Motherwell, at the 91st Street Playhouse in New York City. It was just two days after Dlugoszewski's death, ...
  

• As dance music booms, top club bets on Macau over New York - Yahoo News

  21-01-2016 06:47 via
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  As dance music booms, top club bets on Macau over New York
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  House music was made in America, but as the dance scene increasingly goes mainstream a leading club is placing its bets on Macau over New York. Pacha NYC, one of the premier nightclubs in New York and a launchpad for DJs now famous around the ...and more »
  

• Metal Pole Mayhem premieres aerial dance showcase - Duke Chronicle

  21-01-2016 06:39 via
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  Metal Pole Mayhem premieres aerial dance showcase
  Duke Chronicle
  Although a plethora of unique and eclectic shows have come to Durham throughout the years, an especially unusual performance will be at Motorco Music Hall this month. Metal Pole Mayhem is a pole and aerial showcase and is set to debut in Durham ...
  

• Dance department takes on 'Passion of Flamenco' - Duke Chronicle

  21-01-2016 06:39 via
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  Dance department takes on 'Passion of Flamenco'
  Duke Chronicle
  Last Spring, Duke's dance department kicked off the Passion of Flamenco, a year during which the department welcomed world-renowned artists to teach and perform for students. In 2016, Dickinson and the rest of the dance department with continue to ...
  

• Kaos performance showcases hip-hop, contemporary dance - The Miami Hurricane

  21-01-2016 06:17 via
  The Miami Hurricane
  Kaos performance showcases hip-hop, contemporary dance
  The Miami Hurricane
  Kaos President Megan Bullock kicks up into a headstand during the Kaos Kickoff Showcase Wednesday night at the Rock. The event was originally scheduled for the fall semester, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Evelyn Choi // Staff ...and more »
  

• 2016 Winter Arts Guide: Dance - SF Weekly

  21-01-2016 03:09 via
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  2016 Winter Arts Guide: Dance
  SF Weekly
  Winter in San Francisco might not weigh hard on the body like it does elsewhere. But bodies in motion keep us even warmer. From mothers-to-be to mothers-in-law, from a veneration of the world's most valuable carbohydrate as an object to a festival ...
  

• Teacher helps students get in step with dance classes - Fremont Tribune

  21-01-2016 03:07 via
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  Teacher helps students get in step with dance classes
  Fremont Tribune
  Sarah Baltzer has been teaching adults to dance at the Fremont Family YMCA for two years. This winter, she is teaching two classes on Tuesday evenings. The beginners will convene at 7 p.m. and the intermediate dancers will begin at 8 p.m.. Research ...
  

• Arts preview: Ohio State dance department's Off the Wall - Columbus Alive

  21-01-2016 02:52 via
  Columbus Alive
  Arts preview: Ohio State dance department's Off the Wall
  Columbus Alive
  In the Ohio State University Department of Dance, the above is described with the term “intermedia,” and while not really a new idea, it provides the framework on which the department's upcoming Off the Wall programs are built. Off the Wall is a ...
  

• Shibari: pushing boundaries in the ancient Japanese practice of knot tying

  21-01-2016 02:48
  
  Daniel Kok and Luke George explore the delicate rules of submission and domination in shibari while binding each other, and audience members, in ropeDark lighting combines with booming music. With naked torsos shining, artists Daniel Kok and Luke George slowly, carefully, bind each other in rope. They string themselves – and later audience members – from the ceiling, like colourful trussed chickens. Placed on stage are everyday objects, including a kettle, table and mop bound by neon
  
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• LA-based dance company uses water to spark conversation about race - 89.3 KPCC

  21-01-2016 01:56 via
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  LA-based dance company uses water to spark conversation about race
  89.3 KPCC
  Samad Guerra performs a scene-in-development from Agua Furiosa, during a choreographic lab at Grand Park in August 2015. Labs gave the public a chance to experience and engage in the work before its completion. Alfonso Gomez. Vector triangle white.and more »
  

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