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• Community honors ballet instructor's longtime dancing and teaching - Columbia Missourian

  22-02-2016 23:56 via
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  Community honors ballet instructor's longtime dancing and teaching
  Columbia Missourian
  Halcyone Perlman, front center, teaches three students, from left, Maddie Jones, Helena Jordheim and Margaret Straw on Saturday during a class at her studio, Perlman-Stoy School of Ballet. Perlman dances at studio. Thomas Pierce. At right, Perlman ...and more »
  

• At New York City Ballet, Works That Tell Stories and Don't - New York Times

  22-02-2016 23:24 via
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  At New York City Ballet, Works That Tell Stories and Don't
  New York Times
  The ballets of Justin Peck usually grow on renewed acquaintance. This hasn't happened yet with his latest work, “The Most Incredible Thing,” which had its premiere at New York City Ballet on Feb. 2. After three viewings and two casts, I like it no ...
  

• Scandalous painting inspires new London ballet Strapless - The Daily Star

  22-02-2016 23:12 via
  The Daily Star
  Scandalous painting inspires new London ballet Strapless
  The Daily Star
  A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on February 23, 2016, on page 16. Recommended. Entities. People. John Singer Sargent · Christopher Wheeldon · Amelie Gautreau · Edward Watson · Deborah Davis. Locations & natural ...and more »
  

• Twerking, waltzing and daggering – the dances that caused moral panic

  22-02-2016 21:42
  
  A Mississippi bounce concert was called off over concerns from the authorities about twerking – and it’s not the first dance style that has caused alarm “You can’t wear a thong. You must keep the cleft of your buttocks covered. And you cannot simulate a sex act.” Rusty Hannah of Mississippi’s Alcoholic Beverage Control there, explaining why a concert by bounce artist Big Frieda was cancelled. While also reminding everyone how funny the word “cleft”
  
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• Silicon Valley Ballet's Prismatic Return From Spain - San Francisco Classical Voice

  22-02-2016 21:36 via
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  Silicon Valley Ballet's Prismatic Return From Spain
  San Francisco Classical Voice
  Lahna Vanderbush and Ihosvany Rodriguez in <em>Prism</em> (Photo What made Silicon Valley Ballet's just-concluded tour of Spain a success was warmly displayed Friday night, as the company opened its Director's Choice weekend of performances at ...
  

• White swan, black swan, love and death at S.F. Ballet - San Francisco Examiner

  22-02-2016 21:16 via
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  White swan, black swan, love and death at S.F. Ballet
  San Francisco Examiner
  Yuan Yuan Tan and Tiit Helimets appear in Helgi Tomasson's “Swan Lake” on San Francisco Ballet's Program 3. (Courtesy Erik Tomasson). By J.B. Rosario on February 22, 2016 12:13 pm. facebook · twitter · google_plus · mail · facebook · twitter ...
  'Swan Lake' returns to SF Ballet with a few feathers out of placeSFGate
  Review: Only occasionally did
  

• The Dream/A Month in the Country, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome — 'Satisfying' - Financial Times

  22-02-2016 19:05 via
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  The Dream/A Month in the Country, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome — 'Satisfying'
  Financial Times
  Joseph Caley and Nao Sakuma in 'The Dream' (reviewed performance covers a different cast). Photo: Bill Cooper. With Anne Hathaway's cottage only 25 miles down the road, Birmingham Royal Ballet is taking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death ...
  

• Hamburg Ballet Prepares To Dazzle Chicago In Behind The Scenes Videos - Chicagoist

  22-02-2016 19:02 via
  Hamburg Ballet Prepares To Dazzle Chicago In Behind The Scenes Videos
  Chicagoist
  When you go to the ballet, it's usually to see incredible dance—but especially when it comes to touring ballets, there's as much talent behind the scenes as there is onstage. Take the The Hamburg Ballet, returning to the Harris Theater this week in ...
  

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• James Bond-themed ball attracts Houston royalty - Chron.com

  22-02-2016 18:19 via
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  James Bond-themed ball attracts Houston royalty
  Chron.com
  As one Houston Ballet insider divulged, the 2016 Ballet Ball theme, "From Russia with Love", was the merge of two board members' visions: James Bond and palaces. The winning combo proved to be a blockbuster hit for some 420 black-tie gala-goers at the ...
  

• Ballet Black: A pointe in the right direction - The Voice Online

  22-02-2016 17:33 via
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  Ballet Black: A pointe in the right direction
  The Voice Online
  IT'S safe to say that most 20-something black girls remember reading Amazing Grace as a child. But for those who are not familiar with the story by author Mary Hoffman, it is a modern tale of hopes, aspirations and role models, which is pitched ...
  

• Four young Mersey ballet dancers to appear in professional production after wowing in auditions - Liverpool Daily Post

  22-02-2016 17:00 via
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  Four young Mersey ballet dancers to appear in professional production after wowing in auditions
  Liverpool Daily Post
  Four young ballet dancers from Merseyside will share the stage with professional dancers for the English Youth Ballet after wowing talent scouts at an open casting call. The girls, all aged between nine and 13, were selected from more than 200 hopefuls ...and more »
  

• Princeton Youth Ballet Presents Cinderella This Spring - Patch.com

  22-02-2016 15:18 via
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  Princeton Youth Ballet Presents Cinderella This Spring
  Patch.com
  Princeton, NJ -- The Princeton Youth Ballet presents Cinderella, an original ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Risa Kaplowitz, on May 14 and 15. Auditions are underway, and tickets are available now at www.PrincetonYouthBallet.org. When she was ...
  

• Woman, 106, visits White House, breaks into dance (Video) - WTOP

  22-02-2016 13:42 via
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  Woman, 106, visits White House, breaks into dance (Video)
  WTOP
  Virginia McLaurin, 106, breaks into dance with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House in a video posted Sunday. (Courtesy White House video capture via Twitter). WASHINGTON — Breaking out into spontaneous dance ...
  106-Year-Old Woman Turns White House Visit Into A Dance PartyHuffington Post
  Obamas dance with 106-year-old womanThe Hill (blog)
  Watch a 106-Year-Old Woman Dance as She Mee
  

• Dance Card: How 5 NJ teams stand in NCAA Tourney hunt - Asbury Park Press

  22-02-2016 12:30 via
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  Dance Card: How 5 NJ teams stand in NCAA Tourney hunt
  Asbury Park Press
  They're exhaling in South Orange and West Long Branch this morning after close calls Sunday. They're sharpening the knives in Old Nassau for one more big game. They're marking the calendar in University Heights as the postseason is coming to Newark.
  

• New dance workout drawing more to gym - WCVB Boston

  22-02-2016 11:44 via
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  New dance workout drawing more to gym
  WCVB Boston
  BOSTON —Not much rivals the joy of a Bollywood dance number and a popular workout inspired by the movie industry in India may help spice up your winter fitness routine. The class is called Bolly-X. Participant Alex Bourque from Cambridge said it's ...
  

• 'Dance Moms' Season 6 Spoilers: Will The Mini Elite Team Return To Lifetime Show? - Design & Trend

  22-02-2016 11:31 via
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  'Dance Moms' Season 6 Spoilers: Will The Mini Elite Team Return To Lifetime Show?
  Design & Trend
  (Photo : Getty Images/Frederick M. Brown) Will Abby Lee Miller's Mini Elite team be regular cast members of "Dance Moms?" "Dance Moms" season 6 recently saw Abby Lee Miller putting together a new Mini Elite team. However, the last two episodes of the ...and more »
  

• Namibia: Dance Battle This Friday - AllAfrica.com

  22-02-2016 11:25 via
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  Namibia: Dance Battle This Friday
  AllAfrica.com
  Hosted by First Rain Dance Theatre and calling all dancers from Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja to animate, pop, lock, b-boy, kwaito or Latin dance their way to bragging rights and a modest cash prize, FRDT's Dance Battle is the place to be this ...
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• Eyewitness: Glasgow

  22-02-2016 10:59
  
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• Ballet for golden girls - VIDEO goes viral - Plymouth Herald

  22-02-2016 10:55 via
  Ballet for golden girls - VIDEO goes viral
  Plymouth Herald
  A short film by Somerset ballet Carla Steenkamp Sheills showing graceful older ladies enjoying ballet has already gone viral, amassing more than 1.5 million views worldwide. Its popularity might just be something to do with part of the film's core ...
  

• Bismarck State College brings back dance team - Washington Times

  22-02-2016 08:03 via
  Bismarck State College brings back dance team
  Washington Times
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Bismarck State Mystiques have restarted an old tradition at Bismarck State College: a dance team. The coach, Bridget Carlson, is a former Timberwolves dancer who graduated from Minnesota State University-Mankato with a ...and more »
  

• Obamas dance with energetic 106-year-old guest at White House – video - The Guardian

  22-02-2016 07:52 via
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  Obamas dance with energetic 106-year-old guest at White House – video
  The Guardian
  In a touching video shared by the White House, 106-year-old Virginia McLaurin fulfils her dream of visiting the White House and meeting President Obama for Black History Month. The lively senior citizen said she was 'so happy' to have lived to see a ...
  

• Ballroom Dance Lessons - Omaha World-Herald

  22-02-2016 07:11 via
  Ballroom Dance Lessons
  Omaha World-Herald
  Each Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. we are teaching beginner styles of Ballroom dance. If you have no dancing experience, that's okay! If you want to brush up on a style or are tired of the bar scene, Vintage Ballroom is the place to be. For a limited ...
  

• Dance choreographer offers free Hip Hop classes in Lynn - Daily Item

  22-02-2016 06:37 via
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  Dance choreographer offers free Hip Hop classes in Lynn
  Daily Item
  LYNN— Giving back is Lynn native dance choreographer Devin Woolridge motivation for teaching a free, six-week children's Hip Hop dance class at Centerboard's Family Forward Resource Center in March. Woolridge, who has been featured on America's ...
  

• Fairmont school invites fathers, daughters for dance - The Herald-News

  22-02-2016 06:06 via
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  Fairmont school invites fathers, daughters for dance
  The Herald-News
  LOCKPORT – Diamond Campbell was reminded by his daughter every day of an upcoming dance at Fairmont School District 89. The dance she looked forward to was the first ever father-daughter dance, held Friday at the Fairmont school. Educators and staff ...and more »
  

• Namaste, Bob's Burgers, namaste - A.V. Club

  22-02-2016 06:05 via
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  Namaste, Bob's Burgers, namaste
  A.V. Club
  As returning Bob's Burgers guest characters go, there aren't many deeper cuts than Jairo, the Brazilian capoeira instructor from the show's fourth ever episode, “Sexy Dance Fighting.” That episode came from an era when Bob's Burgers was still figuring ...and more »
  

• Dance students at Rawlings Elementary get master class - Wink News

  22-02-2016 05:47 via
  Dance students at Rawlings Elementary get master class
  Wink News
  PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) – Students in the dance-focus program at Marjorie K. Rawlings Elementary Center for the Fine Arts had the opportunity of a lifetime recently: They took a master class with Hope Boykin, a dancer in the world-famous Alvin Ailey ...and more »
  

• Male High School dance team wins state title - WDRB

  22-02-2016 05:08 via
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  Male High School dance team wins state title
  WDRB
  An attorney for University of Louisville trustee Jonathan Blue has asked a judge to subpoena Texas football coach Charlie Strong, the former Louisville coach, to compel Strong to testify in Blue's divorce case with wife Tracy Blue. More >>. An attorney ...and more »
  

• Washington dance team's routine tells the story of 2013 tornado - Peoria Journal Star

  22-02-2016 04:24 via
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  Washington dance team's routine tells the story of 2013 tornado
  Peoria Journal Star
  WASHINGTON — All eyes were on the Pantherettes at halftime of a high school boys basketball game Friday night in Torry Gym. Washington Community High School's dance team performed its competition routine, “Washington Strong,” a musical and lyrical ...and more »
  

• Big Pharma's Delicate Dance on Drug Prices - Wall Street Journal

  22-02-2016 04:05 via
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  Big Pharma's Delicate Dance on Drug Prices
  Wall Street Journal
  Drug makers are enjoying a research-and-development revival after a fallow period. Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 45 new drugs, more than double the number in 2006. But the industry also faces growing criticism of the prices ...
  

• Watch Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Dance His Face Off On Party Boat (Video) - NESN.com

  22-02-2016 02:19 via
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  Watch Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Dance His Face Off On Party Boat (Video)
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  Rob Gronkowski's massive rager on the high seas is in full swing, and it's going exactly how you'd expect. The New England Patriots tight end embarked on a three-day cruise to the Bahamas on Friday along with celebrities like Waka Flocka Flame, Flo ...and more »
  

• Claire Cunningham's Guide Gods review – disability and religion meet in dance

  22-02-2016 02:04
  
  Perth festival, St George’s Cathedral
  The Scottish dancer’s work asks: if disability is considered a test or punishment from God, what does that mean for disabled people?Claire Cunningham looks down at the steps in front of her, at the teacup and saucer in her hands, at the crutches hooked over her biceps. She slowly transfers the saucer into one hand, uses the other to grasp a crutch and lowers herself down a step. The saucer is transferred, the other crutch moved down. One step dow
  
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• Day of Dance inspires women to take charge of their health - nwitimes.com

  22-02-2016 02:01 via
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  Day of Dance inspires women to take charge of their health
  nwitimes.com
  Gladys Cook leads a Zumba session Sunday during the Franciscan Alliance's 5th annual Day of Dance program at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville. Sponsored by the Spirit of Women, the event included free health screenings, a Dessert with ...and more »
  

• Review: Limón Dance Company Reconstructs Its Founder's 'Dialogues' - New York Times

  22-02-2016 00:48 via
  New York Times
  Review: Limón Dance Company Reconstructs Its Founder's 'Dialogues'
  New York Times
  In the golden age of modern dance, works were choreographed and performed and either kept alive through performance or not performed and thus most likely forgotten. In rare cases, a work might have been filmed, leaving a record for posterity. Recently ...
  

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