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• Omaha finds beauty in Moscow Festival Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty" - The Creightonian

  02-02-2016 23:49 via
  Omaha finds beauty in Moscow Festival Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty"
  The Creightonian
  The Orpheum kicked off its 2016 season with the Moscow Festival Ballet's one night only performance of "Sleeping Beauty" last Saturday evening, Jan. 23. The Moscow Festival Ballet last performed in Omaha in April 2014, when the company performed ...
  

• Mata Hari brought to life in new ballet - Hurriyet Daily News

  02-02-2016 23:04 via
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  Mata Hari brought to life in new ballet
  Hurriyet Daily News
  Nearly a century after she was shot as an alleged spy, the story of the world's ultimate femme fatale, Mata Hari, is to be staged for the first time as a ballet in her native Netherlands. “Mata Hari” will open to an already sold-out premiere at the ...
  

• Museum in Motion: 'Pop-up' ballet performance at art museum - TCPalm

  02-02-2016 22:56 via
  Museum in Motion: 'Pop-up' ballet performance at art museum
  TCPalm
  Early Learning Coalition Board Meeting: 8:30 a.m. Feb. 3. Early Learning Coalition Office, 4472 Okeechbee Road, Fort Pierce. More Lifestyle Headlines. St. Lucie County Community Calendar · Community Calendar for Martin County · St. Lucie County ...
  

• Pigments Come to Life in a Film Ballet Set to Sondheim's "Color and Light" - Playbill.com

  02-02-2016 21:52 via
  Pigments Come to Life in a Film Ballet Set to Sondheim's "Color and Light"
  Playbill.com
  Colby Hyland and Sophie Andreassi play the roles of George and Dot, but ones very different from the musical. In the film, the various colors on George's palette come to life and dance. The story adds an unexpected twist at the end. As a soundtrack ...
  

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• Joffrey Ballet continues to forge the new with 'Tipping Point' - Chicago Sun-Times

  02-02-2016 21:10 via
  Joffrey Ballet continues to forge the new with 'Tipping Point'
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Joffrey Ballet dancers Lucas Segovia (from left), Amanda Assucena and Yoshihisa Arai rehearse the world premiere of Ashley Page's "Tipping Point." (Photo: Quinn Wharton). Joffrey Ballet continues to forge the new with 'Tipping Point'. Hedy Weiss on ...and more »
  

• Preview: Atlanta Ballet's Nadia Mara and Christian Clark dig into the romance of “Moulin Rouge” - ArtsATL

  02-02-2016 20:34 via
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  Preview: Atlanta Ballet's Nadia Mara and Christian Clark dig into the romance of “Moulin Rouge”
  ArtsATL
  When Atlanta Ballet first staged the Royal Winnipeg Ballet extravaganza Moulin Rouge — The Ballet in 2010, Christian Clark and Nadia Mara played the lead roles of Nathalie and Matthew. Except Clark danced in the “B” cast and Mara, then 21 and in just ...
  

• Watch: 1st Look at Documentary Chronicling Misty Copeland's Rise in Ballet World - The Root (blog)

  02-02-2016 20:07 via
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  Watch: 1st Look at Documentary Chronicling Misty Copeland's Rise in Ballet World
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• Barre fitness piques interest in ballet - Toronto Star

  02-02-2016 17:03 via
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  Barre fitness piques interest in ballet
  Toronto Star
  Christine Peterson was only 7 years old when her ballet dreams were dashed by feedback that was, to say the least, pointed. Her mother had been taking her to lessons in Vancouver for about a year, and she bore signs of promise — good turnout, great feet.and more »
  

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• ArtsBeat | Mauro Bigonzetti to Direct La Scala Ballet - New York Times (blog)

  02-02-2016 16:56 via
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  ArtsBeat | Mauro Bigonzetti to Direct La Scala Ballet
  New York Times (blog)
  Mauro Bigonzetti, an Italian choreographer with a substantial reputation in Europe and the United States, has been appointed director of La Scala Ballet, the company announced on Monday. He succeeds Makhar Vaziev, who will become the director of the ...
  Choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti Named Director of La Scala BalletArtforum
  'Opera,' ballet inspired by Gabby Barredo installation, closes BP's 4
  

• Citing lack of donations, Madison Ballet cancels 'Peter Pan,' remainder of season - Madison.com

  02-02-2016 12:46 via
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  Citing lack of donations, Madison Ballet cancels 'Peter Pan,' remainder of season
  Madison.com
  Dancers with the Madison Ballet Company warm up using a ballet barre before a performance of "The Nutcracker." The company recently announced that it's suspending the remainder of its season following "Spring Rep I" on Friday and Saturday. prev. next.and more »
  

• For 30 years, photographer captured ballet's beauty - Columbus Dispatch

  02-02-2016 11:53 via
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  For 30 years, photographer captured ballet's beauty
  Columbus Dispatch
  Request to buy this photo Eamon Queeney, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Photographer Will Shively at the Marcia Evans Gallery, the Short North venue where 30 of his ballet images will be shown. Request to buy this photo Will Shively One of many Will ...and more »
  

• 'The Most Incredible Thing' Debuts at City Ballet - WNYC

  02-02-2016 10:04 via
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  'The Most Incredible Thing' Debuts at City Ballet
  WNYC
  Rehearsal for the world premiere of New York City Ballet's "Most Incredible Thing," choreographed by Justin Peck. (Erin Baiano / New York City Ballet). i. Feb 2, 2016. New York City Ballet premieres a new ballet based on the Hans Christian Andersen ...
  Artist Marcel Dzama and the NYC Ballet's "The Most Incredible Thing"Cool Huntingall 3 news articles »
  

• Ballet Hispánico returns to Philadelphia - Philly.com

  02-02-2016 09:02 via
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  Ballet Hispánico returns to Philadelphia
  Philly.com
  It's not an obvious career path: Eduardo Vilaro has gone from starring in a middle school production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown to becoming an award-winning choreographer and director of an internationally celebrated, New York City dance ...
  

• Flamenco superstar Sara Baras: 'If you don’t feel it, you can’t do it'

  02-02-2016 09:00
  
  In the last of our dancers’ diaries, the flamenco legend says the genre is not about technique but emotion – above all, it must come from the heartFor almost 20 years, I have maintained my own company. It has given me the freedom to show the world how I feel and to learn how I can best present my flamenco productions. I have been able to do shows both with and without narrative, and to develop the work with dance and music in a very positive way. I’ve had to take a lot of risks
  
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• February 2016 | Reimagining Rosas danst Rosas

  02-02-2016 01:28
  When pop star Beyoncé, looking for moves for her Countdown video in 2011, swiped some steps from the work of Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, she ignited a process that resulted in a brilliant gift to the world dance community.Many artists, violated in this way, might respond with legal action. But De Keersmaeker, director of the Brussels-based troupe Rosas and of the international contemporary dance and choreography school PARTS (Performing Arts Research and Training Stu
  
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• Atlanta Ballet's 'Moulin Rouge' shows light and dark sides of Paris - Access Atlanta

  02-02-2016 00:49 via
  Access Atlanta
  Atlanta Ballet's 'Moulin Rouge' shows light and dark sides of Paris
  Access Atlanta
  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Looking in on a rehearsal for “Moulin Rouge — The Ballet” is like stepping into the past — Paris, circa 1890. Atlanta Ballet dancers practice whip turns and ...
  

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