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• Pointe of Attraction: Inside the Making of a Ballet - Huffington Post

  17-03-2016 21:58 via
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  Pointe of Attraction: Inside the Making of a Ballet
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  If these aren't words that come to mind when we think of ballet, it is time we revised our definition: These are the things, coupled with exceptional technique, that leave us at the edge of our seats, hands poised to contribute to thunderous applause ...
  

• This Man Is Trying to Reinvent the Pennsylvania Ballet - New York Times

  17-03-2016 15:00 via
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  This Man Is Trying to Reinvent the Pennsylvania Ballet
  New York Times
  PHILADELPHIA — Ángel Corella knows a thing or two about “Don Quixote,” a ballet in which he had few rivals during his reign as a star dancer with American Ballet Theater. So at a recent rehearsal of his new production at the Pennsylvania Ballet, where ...
  

• Juste Debout: the world's biggest street-dance competition – video

  17-03-2016 10:00
  
  Dancers from all over the world compete in the international tour of Juste Debout in the hope that they will get the chance to battle in the preliminary rounds in France and perform at the finals in Paris. This year, for the first time, the judges are all women who have previously won in the four main categories: popping, locking, hip-hop and house Continue reading...
  
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• Iraq's only ballet and music school faces funding crisis - WRAL.com

  17-03-2016 09:01 via
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  Iraq's only ballet and music school faces funding crisis
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  BAGHDAD — Iraq's only music and ballet school has survived decades of war, sanctions and dictatorship, but now faces a funding crisis due to low oil prices and the costly war against the Islamic State group. On a recent day boys and girls in leotards ...and more »
  

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• Ballet Jorgen's Sleeping Beauty aims to 'keep young audiences awake' - Toronto Star

  17-03-2016 05:02 via
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  Ballet Jorgen's Sleeping Beauty aims to 'keep young audiences awake'
  Toronto Star
  Bengt Jorgen, artistic director and CEO of the eponymous ballet troupe he launched almost three decades ago at age 24, isn't much for “same old same old.” Whenever he stages a version of one of the great heritage ballets, Jorgen aims to give it a ...
  

• Ballet Arts: 'Alice in Wonderland' - Jackson Sun

  17-03-2016 04:52 via
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  Ballet Arts: 'Alice in Wonderland'
  Jackson Sun
  About 50 young performers have been rehearsing for the past seven weeks for the Ballet Arts upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland.” “'Alice in Wonderland' of course is a favorite story of young people,” said Artistic Director Pat Brown. “It's had ...
  

• Ballet Magnificat to perform next week in Florence - SCNow

  17-03-2016 03:15 via
  Ballet Magnificat to perform next week in Florence
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  FLORENCE, S.C. – Christian ballet company Ballet Magnificat will be in town next Thursday to perform “Stratagem” at the SiMT building on Florence-Darlington Technical College's campus. The show is based on C.S. Lewis' book “The Screwtape Letters,” a ...
  

• 'Adventures of Madeline and More!' ballet on stage March 19 - Tri-City Herald

  17-03-2016 02:07 via
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  'Adventures of Madeline and More!' ballet on stage March 19
  Tri-City Herald
  The Mid-Columbia Ballet will present “The Adventures of Madeline and More!” on March 19 in Richland. Courtesy Joel Rogo. The Mid-Columbia Ballet will present “The Adventures of Madeline and More!” on March 19 in Richland. Courtesy Joel Rogo.
  

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• Through 'Rodin,' Eifman Ballet Explores the Lives of Tortured Artists - Huffington Post

  17-03-2016 02:06 via
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  Through 'Rodin,' Eifman Ballet Explores the Lives of Tortured Artists
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  Hands linked, women in dust-white bonnets snake around the floor, lurking aimlessly. Their monotonous pace -- so in unison that it seems the routine -- counters the twisted smirks painted across their faces. Some have eyes bulging out of sockets, while ...
  

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