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• Sierra Nevada Ballet's outreach stretches from Picollo to Peru - Reno Gazette Journal

  26-01-2016 21:05 via
  Reno Gazette Journal
  Sierra Nevada Ballet's outreach stretches from Picollo to Peru
  Reno Gazette Journal
  When Sierra Nevada Ballet Educational Outreach Director Barbara Land shared that SNB would be expanding the outreach program, I had no idea how far out she meant for this program to reach. Land has arranged with the cultural minister of Peru to have ...
  

• Ballet school vs. light rail: Judge rejects PNB's bid for higher relocation costs - The Seattle Times

  26-01-2016 16:03 via
  The Seattle Times
  Ballet school vs. light rail: Judge rejects PNB's bid for higher relocation costs
  The Seattle Times
  A judge ruled Sound Transit may pay “fair-market value” for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Eastside school rather than the replacement cost to relocate it, which the ballet sought. Share story. By Lynn Thompson. Seattle Times staff reporter. A King ...
  

• The inclusive ballet school: 'It's the one place she can be herself'

  26-01-2016 09:57
  
  Five-year-old Sophie is one of many disabled, ill and non-disabled children who have learned to dance at the Flamingo Chicks schoolUntil Sophie, five, started dance classes, she had never been on a play date. Sophie, who has sensory difficulties and is on the autism spectrum, began weekly inclusive ballet sessions at Flamingo Chicks dance school two years ago. George Moden, Sophie’s mother, explains the impact of classes run by the Bristol-based community interest company: “Sophie wo
  
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• Teen ballet sensation Leroy Mokgatle: 'There is no plan B' - The Guardian (blog)

  26-01-2016 08:00 via
  Teen ballet sensation Leroy Mokgatle: 'There is no plan B'
  The Guardian (blog)
  When the 16-year-old South African was told he was too short to become a principal dancer, it motivated him to prove himself. He talks medals, 6am starts and two-minute naps. Leroy Mokgatle at the Genée International ballet competition in 2015.
  

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• Teen ballet sensation Leroy Mokgatle: 'There is no plan B'

  26-01-2016 08:00
  
  When the 16-year-old South African was told he was too short to become a principal dancer, it motivated him to prove himself. He talks medals, 6am starts and two-minute napsBallet came to me almost by mistake. At school, we had to choose an extra-mural activity, like soccer or basketball. I saw ballet on the list, and chose it because I didn’t really know what it meant. I was the only boy in the class, but straight away I loved it. I enjoyed how inside it’s always challenging, but on
  
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• Fresh dance piece 'IN-spired' features flex-and-ripple wonders - The Seattle Times

  26-01-2016 03:50 via
  The Seattle Times
  Fresh dance piece 'IN-spired' features flex-and-ripple wonders
  The Seattle Times
  In “The Ghost Behind Me,” Whim W'Him company member and Bainbridge Island native Patrick Kilbane (center) displays extraordinary flex-and-ripple dance technique. A review of dance company Whim W'Him's “IN-spired” at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle ...
  

• Great Northern Cheer and Dance competition takes place in Helena - Helena Independent Record

  26-01-2016 03:38 via
  Helena Independent Record
  Great Northern Cheer and Dance competition takes place in Helena
  Helena Independent Record
  The host Mustangs squad performs it's routine at last year's Great Northern Cheer and Dance Competition at the Carroll College PE Center. 2016-01-25T19:30:00Z Great Northern Cheer and Dance competition takes place in HelenaIndependent Record ...
  

• Father - Slow Dance 2 [New Song] - HotNewHipHop

  26-01-2016 02:47 via
  HotNewHipHop
  Father - Slow Dance 2 [New Song]
  HotNewHipHop
  Father continues to roll out new music in support of his upcoming album I'm A Piece Of Shit. After hitting us with tracks like “In State Outta Mind” & “She Know,” the ATL newcomer decides to come through today and share another for us called 'Slow ...
  

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• Kelsea Ballerini's Hotel Room Turns Into Bieber Dance Party - Taste of Country

  26-01-2016 00:05 via
  Taste of Country
  Kelsea Ballerini's Hotel Room Turns Into Bieber Dance Party
  Taste of Country
  Prior to a show in Buffalo, N.Y. over the weekend weekend, Kelsea Ballerini took part in a dance party at her hotel … in the shower. Honestly, it's as much fun as you think. The “Dibs” singer helped two Country 106.5 WYRK-FM deejays sing Justin Bieber ...
  

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