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• Washington Ballet's 'Hamlet': Madness without method in it - Washington Post

  25-03-2016 20:44 via
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  Washington Ballet's 'Hamlet': Madness without method in it
  Washington Post
  Alas, poor “Hamlet,” I knew you as a splendid play . . . and I really wish you'd stay that way. To be blunt, you're not a very good ballet. This was the clearest point made in the Washington Ballet's production of Stephen Mills's murky “Hamlet,” which ...
  'Hamlet' at The Washington BalletDC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog)all 2 news articles »
  

• Dance Moms Is Still the Most Batshit Reality Show on Television - Jezebel

  25-03-2016 19:52 via
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  Dance Moms Is Still the Most Batshit Reality Show on Television
  Jezebel
  Before you say it, yes, I know: we live in a world of Kardashians and Duggars and multiple reality shows about bad plastic surgery. But as Jezebel has noted before, Dance Moms is fucking bananas, because it includes a tyrannical, condescending, often ...
  I'm watching Dance Moms with my 8-year-old twin daughters: Episode 12Entertainment Weekly
  'Dance Moms' season 6 episode 13 spoilers: Jill and Kendall confront
  

• Little boy dances the happiest dance ever when he gets to first base: Watch the video! - Today.com

  25-03-2016 19:01 via
  Today.com
  Little boy dances the happiest dance ever when he gets to first base: Watch the video!
  Today.com
  We're pretty sure this boy just captured the title of "most valuable dancer ever." And why not? Even the smallest of victories should be celebrated. Tee-ball is no exception. When you finally get on base.. pic.twitter.com/iONBr8WkAB. — L E N A ...and more »
  

• Scarlatti showed me how to step into other dance cultures - The Guardian

  25-03-2016 18:16 via
  The Guardian
  Scarlatti showed me how to step into other dance cultures
  The Guardian
  A powerful new hybrid … Vidya Patel and Nancy Nerantzi rehearse An Italian in Madrid. Photograph: Jane Hobson. Richard Alston. Friday 25 March 2016 13.15 EDT Last modified on Friday 25 March 2016 13.26 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter ...
  

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• Scarlatti showed me how to step into other dance cultures

  25-03-2016 18:15
  
  Choreographer Richard Alston’s newest work celebrates the music of Domenico Scarlatti and the global influences that made his music so daringly innovativeSome people think that I’m hopelessly old-fashioned because I still choreograph to music. Well, so be it. I feel deeply that the instinct to move to music is ancient and so basic that it goes way beyond any recent short-term fashions. Exploring this magical link, trying to bring it into sharper focus, has been central to my choreogr
  
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• Motor City exhibition 'Dance' shows how motion has long inspired American art - Washington Post

  25-03-2016 17:25 via
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  Motor City exhibition 'Dance' shows how motion has long inspired American art
  Washington Post
  DETROIT — When Jane Dini was an art-history graduate student at the University of California at Santa Barbara, she showed her résumé to her academic adviser. He noted that she listed her undergraduate dance study and her work as children's ballet ...and more »
  

• When the boss is a ballerina: Julie Kent on balancing Washington Ballet top job and family - Washington Post

  25-03-2016 17:02 via
  Washington Post
  When the boss is a ballerina: Julie Kent on balancing Washington Ballet top job and family
  Washington Post
  NEW YORK — “You'll note,” says Julie Kent, with a wry smile, “that I get the second hug, after the dog.” The former ballerina has just walked into her Upper West Side apartment on a recent evening, closely trailing the Cavapoo puppy that spent the day ...
  

• Friday Video Break Time: Be Mesmerized by Justin Peck's New Ballet - Dance Spirit

  25-03-2016 15:24 via
  Friday Video Break Time: Be Mesmerized by Justin Peck's New Ballet
  Dance Spirit
  The New York City Ballet soloist's first work for San Francisco Ballet, In the Countenance of Kings, is set to debut on April 7. #TeamBallet is excited about this one, and for good reason: It features a score by Sufjan Stevens, with whom Peck seems to ...
  

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• Ballet barre fitness studio open in old Midlothian Cafe Caturra spot - wtvr.com

  25-03-2016 14:04 via
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  Ballet barre fitness studio open in old Midlothian Cafe Caturra spot
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  RICHMOND, Va. — For its third outpost in the Richmond market, a national fitness brand is hopping into Midlothian. Pure Barre, a brand of ballet barre fitness studios, is opening a new location at 1282 Alverser Plaza Drive, just off Huguenot Road.and more »
  

• Beautiful ballet takes centre stage - Germiston City News (blog)

  25-03-2016 09:44 via
  Germiston City News (blog)
  Beautiful ballet takes centre stage
  Germiston City News (blog)
  Drama, romance and passion will unite when the Royal Moscow Ballet visits Emperors Palace this April with a programme of three classical ballet masterpieces. The company, which consists of principal dancers from leading Russian choreography schools, ...
  

• Bringing back the Yakshagana ballet in honour of Karanth - The Hindu

  25-03-2016 01:11 via
  Bringing back the Yakshagana ballet in honour of Karanth
  The Hindu
  The Karnataka Kala Darshini from Bengaluru will organise the Kota Shivaram Karanth Utsava at Sasthan and Udupi on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Srinivas Sasthan, honorary president of Karnataka Kala ...and more »
  

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