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• Houston Ballet dancers stretch their vocal muscles - Houston Chronicle

  04-03-2016 23:30 via
  Houston Chronicle
  Houston Ballet dancers stretch their vocal muscles
  Houston Chronicle
  Kaleigh Courts, Connor Walsh and artists of Houston Ballet rehearse Jerome Robbins' "West Side Story Suite," which the company performs for the first time Thursday. Kaleigh Courts, Connor Walsh and artists of Houston Ballet rehearse Jerome Robbins' ...
  

• Local students invited to workshop at Cuban ballet school - KSAT San Antonio

  04-03-2016 23:12 via
  KSAT San Antonio
  Local students invited to workshop at Cuban ballet school
  KSAT San Antonio
  SAN ANTONIO - Ballet takes hard work and dedication. Erin Butts, Abigail Davis, Raleigh Ledford, Olivia Mattivi, Erin O'Connor, Jadelyn Stanfill and Brittany Vahalik spend most of their days in the dance studio at the Quenedit Ballet School in San Antonio.and more »
  

• New York City Ballet suits up for courage and soars in 'La Sylphide' - Washington Post

  04-03-2016 22:28 via
  Washington Post
  New York City Ballet suits up for courage and soars in 'La Sylphide'
  Washington Post
  What a change we saw in the New York City Ballet, in the second program of its Kennedy Center engagement. Some of the ballerinas wore woolens and heeled character shoes, while others donned white tulle and fairy wings. The men bared their legs in kilts ...
  

• At the Pennsylvania Ballet, a Don Quixote from New York, Barcelona, and Facebook - Vanity Fair

  04-03-2016 20:30 via
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  At the Pennsylvania Ballet, a Don Quixote from New York, Barcelona, and Facebook
  Vanity Fair
  In 2012, Angel Corella took his last bow at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as a principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre. It marked the end of a 17-year career with the company, which began when Corella—frustrated by the lack of a classical ...
  Pa. Ballet's 'Don Quixote': Much to like, great to seePhilly.comall 3 news articles »
  

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• SF Ballet's Nedvigin takes Atlanta Ballet post - San Francisco Chronicle

  04-03-2016 19:42 via
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  SF Ballet's Nedvigin takes Atlanta Ballet post
  San Francisco Chronicle
  Gennadi Nedvigin performs as Lensky in S.F. Ballet's production of John Cranko's “Onegin,” which will be Nedvigin's last role with the company. Gennadi Nedvigin performs as Lensky in S.F. Ballet's production of John Cranko's “Onegin,” which will be ...
  

• Review: Carolina Ballet's new program shows company's strengths - News & Observer

  04-03-2016 19:38 via
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  Review: Carolina Ballet's new program shows company's strengths
  News & Observer
  Randi Osetek and Adam Crawford Chavis in Carolina Ballet's “Variations on a Theme.” Chris Schonwalder Chris Walt Photography. Marcelo Martinez in Carolina Ballet's “Tempest Fantasy.” Ted Salamone Photography. Margaret Severin-Hansen, Richard ...
  

• Young Dancers Train for Perfection in Famed Moscow Ballet Academy - NBCNews.com

  04-03-2016 19:05 via
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  Young Dancers Train for Perfection in Famed Moscow Ballet Academy
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  Young ballet dancers from all over the world pursue their dreams at Moscow State Academy of Choreography. 12 Photos. advertisement · advertisement. Share; Share · Tweet · Share · Email; Print; Comment. 1. A student stretches in a hallway before the ...
  Oregon girl lands a place at Russia's Bolshoi ballet AcademyDaily Mailall 85 news articles »
  

• Kaash review – Akram Khan and Anish Kapoor conjure up the cosmos

  04-03-2016 14:11
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The choreographer yokes Hindu theology to theoretical physics, creating a vast world against the drumming and chanting of Nitin Sawhney’s scoreIn 2002, the premiere of Kaash felt like a watershed in Akram Khan’s career, the moment when this prodigiously talented dancer revealed himself as a choreographer of stamina and reach. It wasn’t simply that Kaash was his first full-length work, but that by collaborating with artists such as Nitin Sawhney and
  
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• Ballet artists showcase talents to benefit community - Madison.com

  04-03-2016 12:07 via
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  Ballet artists showcase talents to benefit community
  Madison.com
  Madison Ballet artists showcase their talents Friday and Saturday in their self-produced “Encore!” in Promenade Hall at the Overture Center. prev. next. No tutus are required to enjoy ballet at 7:30 p.m. Friday or Saturday at 2:30 or 7:30 p.m. in the ...
  

• Leeds: Romantic ballet at the Grand Theatre - Yorkshire Evening Post

  04-03-2016 10:18 via
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  Leeds: Romantic ballet at the Grand Theatre
  Yorkshire Evening Post
  Dress rehearsal of Swan Lake by Northern Ballet at Leeds Grand Theatre. PIC: Simon Hulme. 08:57 Friday 04 March 2016. 0. Have your say. it's a ballet which is regarded as one of the most romantic of all time. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake - based on a German ...
  11 Ways Being Into Ballet Growing Up Makes You A Stronger MomRomperall 6 news articles »
  

• How Adelaide could become Australia's most exciting city – simply by doubling down on culture

  04-03-2016 06:04
  
  South Australia is on track to having Australia’s worst economy but, as anyone who’s been to Adelaide in March knows, there’s one thing the city excels atIs there any place in the world as magnificent as Adelaide during festival season?Some animating spirit takes over and the city is packed with thousands of people getting their minds turned inside out by art. Related: Everything happens in Adelaide in March – our picks of the festivalRelated: Adelaide fringe 2016: five a
  
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• Former Panthers player raises money through Charlotte Ballet competition - WSOC Charlotte

  04-03-2016 04:54 via
  WSOC Charlotte
  Former Panthers player raises money through Charlotte Ballet competition
  WSOC Charlotte
  Mike Rucker was one of the Carolina Panthers' most dominant pass rushers, ranking third in franchise history in quarterback sacks in his nine-year career. But on display Saturday will be a more elegant side of him. Charlotte Ballet is teaming up with ...
  

• Julie Shanahan on dancing in her 50s and life beyond Pina Bausch

  04-03-2016 01:33
  
  Adelaide’s Shanahan comes full circle, returning to her home town with Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal after first seeing them perform there in 1982Classically trained, willowy Adelaide-born dancer Julie Shanahan loved her art, and had completed her ballet exams at 17. But for several years she had been aware she didn’t fit the ballet mould: she was too tall. Related: Everything happens in Adelaide in March – our picks of the festivalRelated: The James Plays Trilogy r
  
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