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• “Death by Ballet” - Maroon

  13-02-2016 21:10 via
  “Death by Ballet”
  Maroon
  In Ballet, even dying is done gracefully. We warm up for it. We practice: leg up on the barre stretching out the muscles, straddle splits against the mirror. We wear black. This is, after all, our death sentence. At the barre we stand perfectly ...
  

• Houston Ballet set to enchant with 'The Sleeping Beauty' - KTRK-TV

  13-02-2016 20:37 via
  KTRK-TV
  Houston Ballet set to enchant with 'The Sleeping Beauty'
  KTRK-TV
  The classic story of a beautiful but cursed princess is set to take center stage in Houston Ballet's spellbinding production of 'The Sleeping Beauty.' The Ballet says audiences will be mesmerized by the enchanting story of Princess Aurora, who is ...and more »
  

• Milwaukee Ballet's 'Dorian Gray' is a gripping, gorgeous morality tale - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  13-02-2016 20:30 via
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Milwaukee Ballet's 'Dorian Gray' is a gripping, gorgeous morality tale
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  The Milwaukee Ballet performs “Dorian Gray,” artistic director Michael Pink's adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story with Patrick Howell as the perennially beautiful but increasingly tortured Gray. Mark Frohna. Patrick Howell portrays the title figure in ...
  Milwaukee Ballet reaches new heights in Pink's Dorian Gray productionOnMilwaukee.com
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• 'Dance! Dance! Dance!' at ICA celebrates diversity of style - The Boston Globe

  13-02-2016 19:50 via
  The Boston Globe
  'Dance! Dance! Dance!' at ICA celebrates diversity of style
  The Boston Globe
  With its new “DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!” the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston celebrates the diversity of area dance by showcasing four distinctly different companies. The idea, developed with Ruth Birnberg, is terrific — could this be the start ...and more »
  

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• Miami City Ballet mostly thrills in third progam - Miami Herald (blog)

  13-02-2016 18:44 via
  Miami Herald (blog)
  Miami City Ballet mostly thrills in third progam
  Miami Herald (blog)
  The opening of Miami City Ballet's third program on Friday night featured company premieres of a modern ballet and a classic modern dance. The first, Year of the Rabbit, by Justin Peck, proved sleek, vibrant and compelling. The second, Sunset, from ...and more »
  

• Eastview wins Class 3A title in jazz competition in dance team state tournament - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  13-02-2016 17:45 via
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Eastview wins Class 3A title in jazz competition in dance team state tournament
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Gallery: Eastview High School took first place in the Dance Team State Tournament, Jazz finals Friday evening at the Target Center. Eastview High School performs in the Dance Team State Tournament, Jazz finals Friday evening at. Elizabeth Brumley ...and more »
  

• Christopher Wheeldon's Strapless, Royal Ballet, review: 'elegant but flawed portrait of a scandal' - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-02-2016 13:44 via
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Christopher Wheeldon's Strapless, Royal Ballet, review: 'elegant but flawed portrait of a scandal'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Christopher Wheeldon has had plenty to celebrate of late. In 2014, the world-class, Yeovil-born neoclassical choreographer delivered his new full-evening adaptation of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Covent Garden, to public and critical adulation.
  Wheeldon Triple Bill, Royal BalletThe Arts Deskall 3 news articles »
  

• Instaweek: 7 accounts for Russian ballet lovers to follow - Russia Beyond the Headlines

  13-02-2016 10:14 via
  Instaweek: 7 accounts for Russian ballet lovers to follow
  Russia Beyond the Headlines
  Who to follow to see Russian ballet in all its beauty, grandeur and sometimes pain. By Ksenia Isaeva, RBTH. Ballet Instagram. Scroll down to see more. @bolshoi_theatre Life behind the scenes in the mecca of Russian ballet: Svetlana Zakharova getting ...
  

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• A chance to dance with NYC Ballet's best - Albany Times Union

  13-02-2016 03:15 via
  Albany Times Union
  A chance to dance with NYC Ballet's best
  Albany Times Union
  New York City Ballet Principal dancer Jared Angle leads a class for students of MOVE Dance, local teens with special needs, at Saratoga High School Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) less. New York ...
  

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