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• Augusta roots serve ballet star Alphy Poulin well - Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

  07-03-2016 20:03 via
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  Augusta roots serve ballet star Alphy Poulin well
  Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
  The Cony High School graduate's career took him to Boston, Brazil, Portugal, Geneva, Germany and the Juilliard School in New York City. By Keith Edwards Staff Writer. [email protected] | 207-621-5647. Share. facebook · tweet · email. print ...and more »
  

• Highlands Ballet Company Academy to present Sleeping Beauty…The Spell - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

  07-03-2016 19:42 via
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  Highlands Ballet Company Academy to present Sleeping Beauty…The Spell
  Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
  Highlands Ballet Academy's presentation of Sleeping Beauty…The Spell, will open March 20 at 3 p.m. at Southwest Virginia Community College. Sleeping Beauty…The Spell is a Highlands Ballet spin on the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, popularized by ...
  

• Johnny Cash meets cutting-edge ballet in PBT's Mixed Repertory #2 - NEXTpittsburgh

  07-03-2016 18:45 via
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  Johnny Cash meets cutting-edge ballet in PBT's Mixed Repertory #2
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  The iconic songs of Johnny Cash are getting the full ballet treatment for four exciting nights at downtown's Byham Theater. For its latest mixed repertory series, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) kicks off the spring season with four distinct works ...
  

• Classical Ballet Comes to Smyrna - Patch.com

  07-03-2016 18:27 via
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  Classical Ballet Comes to Smyrna
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  The International City School of Ballet is becoming an integral part of the city's culture. Smyrna-Vinings, GA. By Tim Darnell (Patch Staff) - March 7, 2016 12:17 pm ET. ShareTweetGoogle PlusRedditEmailComments0. Classical Ballet Comes to Smyrna.and more »
  

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• Ballet puts a new spin on prodigal son - WOODTV.com

  07-03-2016 18:25 via
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  Ballet puts a new spin on prodigal son
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  2015 was a year full of accomplishments for WOOD TV8, let's look back at our community involvement. KCAS pets of week Candy and Hank 030516 · KCAS Pets of the Week: Hank and Candy. March 4, 2016. If you're looking for a fuzzy friend ahead of Easter, ...and more »
  

• Montreal Is Hosting A Free Ballet Show At Place Des Arts - MTL Blog (blog)

  07-03-2016 17:03 via
  Montreal Is Hosting A Free Ballet Show At Place Des Arts
  MTL Blog (blog)
  Montrealers, rejoice! Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal is hosting FREE ballet shows March 31st – April 2nd, 2016. If you have a particular taste for the finer things in life, but don't necessarily have the means to enjoy them – this news will ...
  

• Royal Ballet wish granted for teen cancer survivor - U.TV

  07-03-2016 16:29 via
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  Royal Ballet wish granted for teen cancer survivor
  U.TV
  A Lurgan teenager who recovered from cancer after a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her little sister has enjoyed a dream trip to visit the Royal Ballet School in London organised by Make-A-Wish UK. Cancer survivor Amy Uprichard pictured with ...
  

• Houston Ballet's Winter Mixed Rep Adds Three Works to its Repertory - Houston Press

  07-03-2016 16:04 via
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  Houston Ballet's Winter Mixed Rep Adds Three Works to its Repertory
  Houston Press
  A big beautiful tree hangs upside down. Most of the rest of the stage is dark, hiding we don't know what. The dancers' job as laid before them by Czech contemporary dance choreographer Jiri Jylian: to defy gravity. Brigitte Martin, stager for Wings of ...
  

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• REVIEW:"Firebird Ballet" creates evening of "scintillating orchestral color" - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

  07-03-2016 15:36 via
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  REVIEW:"Firebird Ballet" creates evening of "scintillating orchestral color"
  Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
  CEDAR FALLS — Audiences were treated to an evening of scintillating orchestral color and percussive intricacies at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Saturday with a presentation of the wcfsymphony orchestra, led by Music Director and ...and more »
  

• Ave Maya: Ballet Gala in Memory of Prima Plisetskaya Impresses London - Sputnik International

  07-03-2016 15:10 via
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  Ave Maya: Ballet Gala in Memory of Prima Plisetskaya Impresses London
  Sputnik International
  A Ballet Gala in memory of legendary Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya wowed the audience at the London Coliseum on Sunday night and has become the biggest celebration of extraordinary dancer's life outside Russia. Maya Plisetskaya performing on ...
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• Soaring high in tutus: Kids learn dance at Ballet Philippines - GMA News

  07-03-2016 11:56 via
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  Soaring high in tutus: Kids learn dance at Ballet Philippines
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  Ballet is largely perceived as an art form that only the upper class can afford to either study or appreciate, but Ballet Philippines wants to change that. BP, a resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, wants to bring ballet into the ...
  

• Stars pay tribute to Russian ballet great Maya Plisetskaya - Evening Standard

  07-03-2016 11:36 via
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  Stars pay tribute to Russian ballet great Maya Plisetskaya
  Evening Standard
  She was one of the world's greatest ballerinas — so it was fitting that a West End gala tribute to Maya Plisetskaya was hailed by a former protégé as “one of the great London ballet nights”. Stars from the Bolshoi, Mariinsky and Royal Ballets, among ...
  

• We go behind-the-scenes with the Bovim ballet company. (Photos: Nardus Engelbrecht/Channel24) - Channel 24

  07-03-2016 11:10 via
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  We go behind-the-scenes with the Bovim ballet company. (Photos: Nardus Engelbrecht/Channel24)
  Channel 24
  Cape Town – Bovim Ballet, the brainchild of Sean Bovim, is making ballet super-sexy and entertaining by creating popular works that draw in a new and young market. Channel24 got a rare and exclusive glimpse behind the curtain of the group's latest ...
  

• Maquoketa students' dance marathon lifts hOpe - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

  07-03-2016 09:46 via
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  Maquoketa students' dance marathon lifts hOpe
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  Maquoketa High School club's event exceeds expectations raising money for U of I Children's Hospital. Story · Image (2). ShareShare; Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size · Larger font size. Previous Next. Maquoketa ...and more »
  

• The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet auditions young dancers - RT

  07-03-2016 09:45 via
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  The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet auditions young dancers
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  Being a professional ballet dancer is an exhausting job. To live a fairy-tale on stage, ballet dancers have to suffer for their art behind the scenes: they follow a gruelling training schedule and stick to a strict diet. From an early age, they live in ...
  

• Japanese group does its hypnotic robot dance in Shanghai - Mashable

  07-03-2016 08:52 via
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  Japanese group does its hypnotic robot dance in Shanghai
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  It doesn't seem to matter how many times you've seen World Order do its exhaustively rehearsed machine-like dance routine. This time, the group has filmed its latest video for "Quiet Happiness" in Shanghai, popping and locking in the busy city amidst ...
  

• Yalies dance for Arakawa - Yale Daily News (blog)

  07-03-2016 08:06 via
  Yalies dance for Arakawa
  Yale Daily News (blog)
  On Saturday, hundreds of Yale students gathered at the “Schuy is the Limit Dance-a-thon” to dance for a cause. The event, which was held in Payne Whitney Gymnasium, was hosted by Yale's chapter of Pi Beta Phi to raise money for Schuyler Arakawa '15.
  

• Jeté, pursued by a bear: dancing The Winter's Tale

  07-03-2016 08:00
  
  Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon on adapting Shakespeare’s problem play as a ballet – and how to interpret theatre’s most famous stage directionThe Winter’s Tale was a suggestion that came to me from Nick Hytner. I said to him I’d really like to choreograph a Shakespeare and all the obvious ones have been done. He said: “Well, The Winter’s Tale has proved really challenging for directors. I’ve got a feeling it might work for dance. I think some o
  
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• Popular dance competition open to all, regardless of age or nationality - The Star Online

  07-03-2016 07:51 via
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  Popular dance competition open to all, regardless of age or nationality
  The Star Online
  THE NORTHERN region's most popular dance competition Shuddup N' Dance is set to return bigger and better this year. After last year's positive reception from the public, season three of this competition will be held in more locations before the grand ...
  

• Watch Dance Dance on fast moving trailer - Times of India

  07-03-2016 07:31 via
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  Watch Dance Dance on fast moving trailer
  Times of India
  In this week's dance reality show Dance Dance, contestants will perform on the fast moving trailer. It is for the first time in the South Indian television channel various dancers will be giving some breath taking performances on fast moving trailer ...
  

• College Basketball: Penmen, Hawks punch D-II dance cards - The Union Leader

  07-03-2016 07:19 via
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  College Basketball: Penmen, Hawks punch D-II dance cards
  The Union Leader
  Southern New Hampshire University and St. Anselm College earned berths in the NCAA East Region Division II men's basketball tournament beginning Saturday at host Holy Family University in.and more »
  

• Audience takes centre stage in pioneering virtual reality dance film - The Guardian

  07-03-2016 06:55 via
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  Audience takes centre stage in pioneering virtual reality dance film
  The Guardian
  Stuck in the Middle With You, a new virtual reality dance production commissioned by Acmi and Sydney Dance Company. Photograph: Wendell Levi Teodoro. Jana Perkovic. Monday 7 March 2016 00.40 EST Last modified on Monday 7 March 2016 01.08 ...
  

• Dance festival steps up for Garfield - Daily Item

  07-03-2016 06:54 via
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  Dance festival steps up for Garfield
  Daily Item
  Late Lynn resident Ellen Garfield will have the 40th Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston dedicated in her memory. By GAYLA CAWLEY. LYNN — The Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston celebrates its 40th anniversary next week on a sad note: The event will ...
  

• Audience takes centre stage in pioneering virtual reality dance film

  07-03-2016 06:40
  
  Acmi join forces with Sydney Dance Company for an immersive film that combines choreography with virtual reality, allowing the audience to view the production from all angles
  How do you capture a stage show on screen? The challenge has always been to somehow translate the multidimensional experience of live performance – in which the spectator chooses where to focus attention – to the guided eye of film, where it’s the director who decides what to zoom in on, and for how long.
  
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• Flamenco frenzy on London stage: archive, 7 March 1961

  07-03-2016 06:30
  
  7 March 1961: The women are sketching classical ballet attitudes while the snake-hipped dagoes are strutting and shuffling with portentous menaceColiseum, LondonLuisillo, Spanish dancer and a fine one, is no stranger to London though he has not had a season here these last five years. He returns with a good company headed by Teresa Amaya, flamenco dancer, Maria Vivo, and an inexhaustible supply of angry young Rumpelstiltskins who thrash the floor, a special floor, with their heels like waiters d
  
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• Manassas Ballet Theatre presents an ode to spring - Inside NoVA

  07-03-2016 06:01 via
  Manassas Ballet Theatre presents an ode to spring
  Inside NoVA
  Manassas Ballet Theatre's “Dances and Divertissements: A Spring Sampler” has performances at 7:30 p.m. March 11 and 12, as well as at 3 p.m. March 13 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas. Posted: Sunday, March 6, 2016 11:37 pm | Updated: ...
  

• Australian Ballet: dance in the domain of skill, risk and speed - Sydney Morning Herald

  07-03-2016 04:45 via
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  Australian Ballet: dance in the domain of skill, risk and speed
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Choreographer William Forsythe's groundbreaking work, In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, is widely acknowledged as a piece that changed ballet. But that's the last thing that would have occurred to its creator, almost 30 years ago, as he set about ...
  

• Melbourne Ballet Company stretches into shape at Alex Theatre St Kilda - Sydney Morning Herald

  07-03-2016 04:36 via
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  Melbourne Ballet Company stretches into shape at Alex Theatre St Kilda
  Sydney Morning Herald
  St Kilda's Alex Theatre is a new-ish venue on the landscape but a solid string of productions (such as the sell-out Bad Jews, returning in April) augurs well for its longevity. Now, the Alex is adding ballet to its catalogue as the Melbourne Ballet ...and more »
  

• Man uses dance to connect with elderly, special needs children - WDAM-TV

  07-03-2016 04:08 via
  Man uses dance to connect with elderly, special needs children
  WDAM-TV
  A man is using dance to make a difference in his community. Kelly Vuyovich put together the “Trip Around the World” dance showcase Sunday afternoon that starred senior citizens, special needs children and student performances. Vuyovich has always had a ...
  

• Local Studio Offers Parkinson's Dance Class - KEZI TV

  07-03-2016 03:52 via
  Local Studio Offers Parkinson's Dance Class
  KEZI TV
  EUGENE, Ore. -- Men and women living with a crippling disease are turning to dance for physical therapy. Ballet North West Academy specifically designed a dance class for people with Parkinson's disease. Those who attend the class said it's not only a ...and more »
  

• Dance teacher's abuse left student anguished and isolated, inquiry told - The Guardian

  07-03-2016 03:48 via
  The Guardian
  Dance teacher's abuse left student anguished and isolated, inquiry told
  The Guardian
  Former dance studio director and instructor Grant Davies (centre) is unloaded from a Corrective Services van at Burwood local court in Sydney in December 2014. Davies is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in 2015. Photograph: Dan ...
  Dance teacher Grant Davies' terrible mistake: Royal CommissionSydney Morning Herald
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• “Ecstatic dance” draws out sadness, brings healing - The Register-Guard

  07-03-2016 02:45 via
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  “Ecstatic dance” draws out sadness, brings healing
  The Register-Guard
  1/6 – Benjamin Crandall and Christine Ratchinsky dance around their niece, Abigail Gramson, 4, during an “Ecstatic Dance” session at WOW Hall on Sunday. Ecstatic dance is a type of free-form movement “without an agenda or concern for aesthetics.
  

• LINES Ballet Training Program Spring Showcase 2016

  07-03-2016 00:45 via blog.linesballet.org
  February welcomed the start of several creative processes for the Spring Showcase in May. On the bill are world premieres by an all-star cast of visiting and local choreographers including LINES’ own Lee Wei Chao, Ballet Master Arturo Fernandez, Artistic Director of tinypistol Maurya Kerr, dawsondancesf‘s Gregory Dawson, Sidra Bell Sidra Bell Dance New York and guest artist Shannon Gillen of Vim Vigor! Former LINES dancer and Training Program a
  
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• Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre brings comedic view of single life - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  07-03-2016 00:42 via
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  Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre brings comedic view of single life
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  As past projects "Vaudeville" and "The Bra Project" attest, former Milwaukee dancer-choreographer Kelly Anderson knows how to combine comedy and quality dance. Her Chicago-based Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre will visit Milwaukee to perform ...
  

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