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• Flesh-Toned Ballet Shoes Will Soon Be Available for People of Color - Smithsonian

  18-03-2016 18:34 via
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  Flesh-Toned Ballet Shoes Will Soon Be Available for People of Color
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  Eric Underwood. Eric Underwood's Instagram rant about having to put makeup on his shoes inspired a new ballet shoe by Bloch. (Eric Underwood). smithsonian.com. March 18, 2016 1:26PM. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0. In the world of ballet, the word “pancake ...
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• Ballet star Acosta returns to Cuban roots with dance company - Reuters

  18-03-2016 17:57 via
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  Ballet star Acosta returns to Cuban roots with dance company
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  HAVANA Global ballet star Carlos Acosta returns to his Cuban roots when his new dance company takes to the stage next month. Since retiring last year from London's Royal Ballet where he was principal guest artist, the 42-year-old has gone back to his ...and more »
  

• FoCo ballet leaves tradition behind with new production - The Coloradoan

  18-03-2016 17:50 via
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  FoCo ballet leaves tradition behind with new production
  The Coloradoan
  With their bodies, their movement and music, they weave a tale without saying a word. Dancers tell a story. And, while Canyon Concert Ballet has excelled at telling these stories in the traditional way through classics like, "The Nutcracker ...
  

• Motion captured: five of the best dance photographs

  18-03-2016 13:04
  
  From postcards of ballerinas to digital shots where the performers barely look human, the art of snapping dancers has had a dramatic evolutionPhotography created a revolution in the recording of dance. Before its advent, the history of the art form was mediated through the highly coloured accounts of critics or the stylised images of painters. It was only after the very first, stiff experiments with daguerreotypes in the mid-19th century that we began to accumulate evidence of how dancers actual
  
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• Cincinnati Ballet announces new season - Cincinnati.com

  18-03-2016 02:18 via
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  Cincinnati Ballet announces new season
  Cincinnati.com
  It's a big year for Victoria Morgan, the artistic director and CEO of Cincinnati Ballet. The just-announced season marks her 20th year with the company. But Morgan's world is based on dynamic movement. That's her language and her life. So, yes, there ...
  Cincinnati Ballet will take 'Nutcracker' to Kennedy Center for 2016-17 seasonWCPOall 2 news articles »
  

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