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• Ballroom Blitz to show off fifth-graders' dance moves - Gloucester Daily Times

  15-03-2016 23:32 via
  Ballroom Blitz to show off fifth-graders' dance moves
  Gloucester Daily Times
  This St. Patrick's Day, 71 Rockport Elementary School fifth-graders will attend the annual Ballroom Blitz event, which the public is welcome to attend. The free event begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, at the Rockport High School gymnasium, providing ...
  

• Mutare to host Jibilika Dance Festival finals - The Herald

  15-03-2016 23:16 via
  The Herald
  Mutare to host Jibilika Dance Festival finals
  The Herald
  Mutare will this year host the ninth edition of the Jibilika Dance Festival that will see dancers from Zimbabwe's 10 provinces taking part. This year's edition will run under the theme “Empowerment” and the festival is slated for August 26 to 27. In a ...
  

• Iona ready for the Dance - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  15-03-2016 22:57 via
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  Iona ready for the Dance
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  On opposite ends of the Lower Hudson Valley — in New Rochelle and Spring Valley — the hoop faithful on Tuesday were looking ahead to the Big Dance, the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and Iona College's Denver date with Iowa State. The team ...and more »
  

• An over-the-top 'Cinderella' from Texas Ballet Theater - Dallas Morning News

  15-03-2016 22:23 via
  Dallas Morning News
  An over-the-top 'Cinderella' from Texas Ballet Theater
  Dallas Morning News
  Texas Ballet Theater's Cinderella employs elaborate sets, dramatic lighting and over-the-top physical humor, with male dancers portraying the evil stepsisters. By MANUEL MENDOZA. Special Contributor. Published: 15 March 2016 04:23 PM. Updated: 15 ...
  

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• Sydney teenager killed while practising new dance move - Yahoo7 News

  15-03-2016 22:13 via
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  Sydney teenager killed while practising new dance move
  Yahoo7 News
  Six months after sharing a video of him and his dancing partner tackling a tricky new Chinese dance move, Sydney teenager Tommy Ngo died in a freak accident while practising the newly-acquired routine. Lion dancer Ngo, 19, died while rehearsing in ...
  Death of 20-year-old man caused by dance move going disastrously wrongNEWS.com.auall 15 news articles »
  

• From dancer to dancer: Richmond Ballet interviews their own - RVANews

  15-03-2016 21:50 via
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  From dancer to dancer: Richmond Ballet interviews their own
  RVANews
  Studio Two opens tonight, and in honor of this, Susan Howson…got the dancers to do her work for her. March 15, 2016; 3:03 PM • by Susan Howson. From left to right: Richard Foggio, Sabrina Holland, Abi Goldstein, and Ira White. Richmond Ballet 2015.
  

• Metro Beer Board: You Can Dance If You Want to, But You Have to Pay the Fiddler - Nashville Scene

  15-03-2016 21:06 via
  Nashville Scene
  Metro Beer Board: You Can Dance If You Want to, But You Have to Pay the Fiddler
  Nashville Scene
  A nearly 50-year-old Metro code requiring permits to dance in Music City may keep students from awkwardly stepping in circles at a prom at Nashville's all-ages venue Rocketown this spring. (Before you check your calendar. Yes, it's still 2016. You have ...and more »
  

• 2016 Ballet Ball Late Party - The Tennessean

  15-03-2016 20:45 via
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  2016 Ballet Ball Late Party
  The Tennessean
  The 2016 Ballet Ball Late Party celebrated the 30th anniversary season of the Nashville Ballet inside the Schermerhorn Symphony Center's grand balcony lobby March 12. While the main party guests were seated for dinner in Laura Turner Concert Hall, Late ...
  

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• Texas Ballet Theater's new season offers world premieres, Rolling Stones - Fort Worth Star Telegram

  15-03-2016 20:35 via
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  Texas Ballet Theater's new season offers world premieres, Rolling Stones
  Fort Worth Star Telegram
  The Snow Queen (Carolyn Judson) dancing with Snowflakes during dress rehearsal of “The Nutcracker” at Bass Hall in 2015. The classic remains on Texas Ballet Theater's 2016-2017 season. Paul Moseley [email protected]. Alice in ...
  

• WATCH: Model Qandeel Baloch vows to 'strip dance' if Pakistan defeat India on March 19 - Zee News

  15-03-2016 19:54 via
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  WATCH: Model Qandeel Baloch vows to 'strip dance' if Pakistan defeat India on March 19
  Zee News
  New Delhi: In 2011, Poonam Pandey grabbed all the headlines after making a 'promise' of going nude if India won the World Cup. WATCH: Javed Miandad blasts Shahid Afridi, Pakistan players in epic rant. MUST READ ...
  Watch: Like Poonam Pandey, Pakistani model promises 'strip dance' if Pak beat IndiaDaily News & Analysisall 1,453 news articles »
  

• Ballerina receives pointe foot prosthesis allowing her to dance again for first time in 13 years - The Independent

  15-03-2016 19:42 via
  The Independent
  Ballerina receives pointe foot prosthesis allowing her to dance again for first time in 13 years
  The Independent
  An amateur ballerina in Brazil, whose lower left leg was amputated after a road accident, has spoken of her joy after becoming among the first people to receive a pointe foot prosthesis allowing her to dance classical ballet again. The breakthrough ...and more »
  

• I Tried a Beyoncé Dance Class—Here's What Happened - StyleCaster

  15-03-2016 19:30 via
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  I Tried a Beyoncé Dance Class—Here's What Happened
  StyleCaster
  You should know that while I'm a self-confessed fitness addict, I abhor dance classes. Hate them. Despise them. I have no rhythm and generally lack the basic coordination required to follow a level-one dance class for beginners. However, I also worship ...
  

• Orange County's Festival Ballet Theatre brings in dance stars for 'The Sleeping Beauty' - OCRegister

  15-03-2016 18:52 via
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  Orange County's Festival Ballet Theatre brings in dance stars for 'The Sleeping Beauty'
  OCRegister
  Cameron Schwanz, foreground, and Clara Mason work on Festival Ballet Theatre's production of “The Sleeping Beauty,” with dancers Alexander Fost, from left, Greyson Hanson, and AJ Abrams in background. Mason is dancing for international ballet star ...and more »
  

• A dance drama of football and spinal injuries - SFGate

  15-03-2016 18:49 via
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  A dance drama of football and spinal injuries
  SFGate
  Andrew Hinderaker's “Colossal,” receiving its West Coast premiere at San Francisco Playhouse, explores the story of Mike, a former University of Texas football player struggling to move forward after a spinal injury has left him in a wheelchair. And it ...
  

• Hermes Fuses Dance and Latin Music on 'Mixed Emotions' EP: Exclusive - Billboard

  15-03-2016 18:08 via
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  Hermes Fuses Dance and Latin Music on 'Mixed Emotions' EP: Exclusive
  Billboard
  After two years spent honing his studio skills, Los Angeles producer/lyricist Hermes Lopez is ready for his first release. Trance Music's Next Class: 16 DJs to Watch. The newcomer will today (March 15) release his Mixed Emotions EP, featuring five ...
  

• Preview: “Mapping Dance: The Scores of Anna Halprin” - BLOUIN ARTINFO

  15-03-2016 16:49 via
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  Preview: “Mapping Dance: The Scores of Anna Halprin”
  BLOUIN ARTINFO
  Curated by Elliot Mercer and Muriel Maffre, the exhibition “Mapping Dance: The Scores of Anna Halprin” opening this week at the Museum of Performance +Design (MP+D), is a partnership with California Historical Society (CHS) which currently hosts the ...and more »
  

• Grad student's thesis work, a dance requiem, premieres Wednesday - Central Washington University

  15-03-2016 16:34 via
  Grad student's thesis work, a dance requiem, premieres Wednesday
  Central Washington University
  For graduate student Krista Connelly, Wednesday marks the culmination of a year's worth of work when her master's thesis Life, After premieres in McConnell Auditorium. Connelly, a music composition major, is thrilled to see it all come together. "I'll ...and more »
  

• Misty Copeland and President Obama Talk Race, Dance and Education - Dance Spirit

  15-03-2016 15:55 via
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  Misty Copeland and President Obama Talk Race, Dance and Education
  Dance Spirit
  One is American Ballet Theatre's first African American female principal; the other is the United States' first African American president. Obviously, Misty Copeland and Barack Obama are incredible role models. But it turns out these two leaders have ...
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• How Oakland's turfers and ballet dancers found their groove - PBS NewsHour

  15-03-2016 14:56 via
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  How Oakland's turfers and ballet dancers found their groove
  PBS NewsHour
  Oakland street dancer My-Linh Le is drawn to the things that connect people. But last fall, when Le set out to bring together some of the Bay Area's top turf dancers alongside a selection of the region's rising ballet talent in a single dance project ...
  

• 'Dance Moms' Secrets & Scandals: 12 Juiciest Fights & Fakes To Rock Abby Lee Miller & The ALDC - OK Magazine

  15-03-2016 14:27 via
  OK Magazine
  'Dance Moms' Secrets & Scandals: 12 Juiciest Fights & Fakes To Rock Abby Lee Miller & The ALDC
  OK Magazine
  There's so much drama at the Abby Lee Dance Company that the dance studio made famous by Dance Moms may as well be a theater company! Click through to read the top 12 secrets and scandals from the ALDC, where Abby Lee Miller's motto is “save ...
  Maddie Ziegler Is Officially Leaving Dance MomsTeenVogue.com
  Maddie Ziegler Dishes on Her 'So You Think You Can
  

• Bartabas and Andrés Marín: Golgota review – a ceremony of flamenco horses

  15-03-2016 14:08
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  This beguiling new work by the equestrian-dance maverick is dense with religious imagery and finds a wordless connection between man and beastDuring Easter week in southern Spain, whole towns and cities become saturated with religion. In Seville especially, the streets are thronged with penitentially robed, conical-hatted nazarenos, and ceremonial floats bearing candles and statues of the crucified Christ and the Virgin Mary. And it’s that concentration of thea
  
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• College Corner: Mabreys highlight locals in Big Dance - Asbury Park Press

  15-03-2016 11:48 via
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  College Corner: Mabreys highlight locals in Big Dance
  Asbury Park Press
  UConn, UConn, UConn. That's all you hear when outsiders talk about women's college basketball. The Huskies' quest for an NCAA Tournament four-peat might seem like a foregone conclusion, but Notre Dame is 31-1 thanks in part to a couple of stars from ...and more »
  

• Jenna Dewan Tatum Teaches Anna Faris How to Dance Seductively and It's Pretty Hilarious - E! Online

  15-03-2016 04:50 via
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  Jenna Dewan Tatum Teaches Anna Faris How to Dance Seductively and It's Pretty Hilarious
  E! Online
  Behold Tuesday?s guest! The incredible @jennaldewan!! Needless to say @annafaris & Jenna got a little silly? Damn it?s going to be a great episode! A video posted by Anna Faris is Unqualified (@unqualified) on Mar 14, 2016 at 4:59pm PDT. Where do we ...
  Anna Faris gets lessons in the art of the sexy dance from Jenna Dewan TatumUSA TODAY
  See Jenna Dewan Tatum teach Anna Faris the
  

• Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Spring Home Season 2016: A World Premiere Collaboration and the Return of “Shostakovich”

  15-03-2016 01:53 via blog.linesballet.org
  For three decades, Alonzo King has collaborated with some of the world’s most distinguished artists. This spring he is joined by tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd and jazz pianist Jason Moran as they bring their acclaimed musical partnership to dance for the first time. King’s choreography is fertile creative ground for the trailblazing duo − two generations of jazz masters who share “an unerring ability to get to the emotional heart of a song,&rdqu
  
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• Vitesse review – Australian Ballet serves ambitious contemporary triple bill - The Guardian

  15-03-2016 00:58 via
  The Guardian
  Vitesse review – Australian Ballet serves ambitious contemporary triple bill
  The Guardian
  Robyn Hendricks and Kevin Jackson in DGV or Dance á Grande Vitesse. Photograph: Jeff Busby. Jana Perkovic. Monday 14 March 2016 19.57 EDT Last modified on Monday 14 March 2016 20.10 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email ...and more »
  

• Vitesse review – Australian Ballet serves ambitious contemporary triple bill

  15-03-2016 00:57
  
  State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne
  Annual contemporary bill is a welcome respite from the Australian Ballet’s conservative repertoire and elevated by the inclusion of a Jiří Kylián pieceThe Australian Ballet’s annual contemporary bill offers a respite from the company’s conservative repertoire, and an opportunity to see some of Australia’s most skilled dancers interpret key works of modern and contemporary ballet. This year’s triple bill, Vitess
  
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