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• Royal New Zealand Ballet's Wizard of Oz coming to Napier - All About Hawke's Bay

  05-04-2016 23:20 via
  Royal New Zealand Ballet's Wizard of Oz coming to Napier
  All About Hawke's Bay
  Lucy Green will play Dorothy in the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of The Wizard of Oz, coming to Napier on June 12. Photo: supplied. Napier will have the honour of closing the Royal New Zealand Ballet's biggest tour of 2016 when The Wizard of ...
  

• Enter a Twilight Zone of Ballet-Turned Digital Art - The Creators Project (blog)

  05-04-2016 23:06 via
  The Creators Project (blog)
  Enter a Twilight Zone of Ballet-Turned Digital Art
  The Creators Project (blog)
  A series of works examines time everlasting and the philosophical idea of “eternal return” through a bunch of carefully chosen historic elements in Chicago-based visual artist Claudia Hart's first solo exhibition with TRANSFER Gallery. Starting late ...
  

• Ballet X Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Gala and 10 Year Retrospective - Huffington Post

  05-04-2016 22:28 via
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  Ballet X Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Gala and 10 Year Retrospective
  Huffington Post
  Ballet X will be celebrating 10 years of groundbreaking choreography on April 7 with The Premier Party. The highlight of the night will be one night only performances by the dancers. David Haas, whose family is considered one of the Philadelphia region ...
  This Little Boy Caught Practicing Ballet Is the Sweetest Thing You'll See TodayBabbleall 3 news articles »
  

• Montgomery Ballet thanks sponsors - Montgomery Advertiser

  05-04-2016 21:51 via
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  Montgomery Ballet thanks sponsors
  Montgomery Advertiser
  Despite the threat of thunderstorms Thursday evening, guests leaped to the opportunity to be entertained at ServisFirst Bank of Montgomery for the Montgomery Ballet's Sponsor Appreciation Reception. Proud to be supported by patrons, businesses and ...
  

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• Charlotte Ballet opts for a new Hope - Charlotte Observer

  05-04-2016 21:43 via
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  Charlotte Ballet opts for a new Hope
  Charlotte Observer
  Hope Muir will leave Scottish Ballet to become artistic director of Charlotte Ballet in summer 2017. Courtesy of Charlotte Ballet. i. Hope Muir will leave Scottish Ballet to become artistic director of Charlotte Ballet in summer 2017. Courtesy of ...
  Charlotte Ballet Welcomes New Artistic DirectorBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  

• Misty Copeland Makes Big Leaps in Expanding Ballet Training - Variety

  05-04-2016 19:00 via
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  Misty Copeland Makes Big Leaps in Expanding Ballet Training
  Variety
  “I took my first ballet class on a basketball court at the Boys & Girls Club,” says Misty Copeland, the first black woman to be promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre. So it's a full-circle moment now that Copeland, as one of Variety's ...and more »
  

• Matthew Bourne takes risk on ballet version of The Red Shoes - The Guardian

  05-04-2016 14:41 via
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  Matthew Bourne takes risk on ballet version of The Red Shoes
  The Guardian
  Publicity shot for Sir Matthew Bourne's production of The Red Shoes, starring Ashley Shaw. Photograph: PR. Mark Brown Arts correspondent. Tuesday 5 April 2016 08.40 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 5 April 2016 17.00 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
  Matthew Bourne to stage Red Shoes balletBBC News
  Sir Matthew Bourne to revive The Red Shoes saying ballet 'dazzles your senses and breaks your heart'
  

• Matthew Bourne takes risk on ballet version of The Red Shoes

  05-04-2016 14:40
  
  Choreographer says show based on 1948 film – a Broadway version of which flopped – will be his love letter to the theatreIt is some people’s favourite movie but the stage version was one of the biggest disasters in Broadway history. So the choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne admitted he was taking a risk as he announced his next production: The Red Shoes.Bourne is to make a ballet version of the 1948 Powell and Pressburger film, which starred Moira Shearer as a ballerina forced to
  
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• Local ballet students on point for summer with prestigious posts - Village Life

  05-04-2016 14:13 via
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  Local ballet students on point for summer with prestigious posts
  Village Life
  Ballet students Katelyn Vissiere, left, and Kaleb Samuels hold a striking pose. Cameron Park Life photo by Jackie Penn. She has been with Sierra Ballet and Pilates in Placerville only since August of last year, but two students under the tutelage of ...
  

• Just in: Bucharest erases ballet chief - Slipped Disc

  05-04-2016 11:53 via
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  Just in: Bucharest erases ballet chief
  Slipped Disc
  The great Danish dancer and choreographer Johan Kobborg awoke today to find his name removed from the website of Bucharest National Opera and Ballet as if he never existed. His dismissal comes within 24 hours of the appointment of an interim general ...
  

• UNM hosts dance fitness clinic - Albuquerque Journal

  05-04-2016 08:16 via
  UNM hosts dance fitness clinic
  Albuquerque Journal
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico's Health Exercise, and Sports Sciences Department will hold a dance fitness clinic April 19-20 featuring Dutch-American dance champion Louis Van Amstel, the creator of the LaBlast Fitness system who ...
  

• Do you hear the call to action in dance collection Seru? - Star2.com

  05-04-2016 07:55 via
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  Do you hear the call to action in dance collection Seru?
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  Dancers performing Qadin, a contemporary dance piece that was later incorporated into the other Echoes segment. Photo: Normalrizwan Kamaruddin. Arts · Home · Culture. Do you hear the call to action in dance collection Seru? April 5, 2016 Arts, Culture.and more »
  

• Seatbelts Off. Over 1 Million Views For This Dance At T-20 Final - NDTV

  05-04-2016 07:38 via
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  Seatbelts Off. Over 1 Million Views For This Dance At T-20 Final
  NDTV
  By now you've probably seen umpteen videos of the West Indies players celebrating to their 'Champion' track after winning the ICC World Twenty20 final on April 3. While the victory dance is both brilliant and unforgettable, here's another dance routine ...and more »
  

• Dance in memory of man who was a well-known member of Northampton's folk scene - Northampton Chronicle & Echo

  05-04-2016 07:31 via
  Northampton Chronicle & Echo
  Dance in memory of man who was a well-known member of Northampton's folk scene
  Northampton Chronicle & Echo
  Family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of a man who was involved in the county folk scene for many years. A dance was held in memory of Don Flower of Wellingborough at Christchurch Hall in Northampton, the home of Northampton Folk Dance ...and more »
  

• Yendi, Quiet Headphones, Give Master Dance Class - Jamaica Gleaner

  05-04-2016 07:06 via
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  Yendi, Quiet Headphones, Give Master Dance Class
  Jamaica Gleaner
  The amazing concept that evolved from a practice of listening to music through a headphone in a dance studio was transferred to Emancipation Park, located at the intersection of the busy Half-Way Tree and Oxford Roads, recently. It was quite a ...
  

• Australian Ballet Company's controversial Swan Lake performance 'breathtaking' - ABC Online

  05-04-2016 06:23 via
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  Australian Ballet Company's controversial Swan Lake performance 'breathtaking'
  ABC Online
  The Australian Ballet Company has landed in Sydney for the first of its two Sydney seasons in 2016. For its premiere performance, artistic director David McAllister is bringing Stephen Bayne's version of Swan Lake to the Sydney Opera House. Staged only ...and more »
  

• Theater, Dance, and Media Debuts First Sponsored Show - Harvard Crimson

  05-04-2016 03:59 via
  Theater, Dance, and Media Debuts First Sponsored Show
  Harvard Crimson
  Projections, live cameras, and moving walls were just some of the more experimental features of the first production sponsored by the new Theater, Dance, and Media concentration at Farkas Hall on Friday. The new concentration, which launched last ...
  

• Vallejo Rap Duo 99 Percent Releases Viral Dance Video - NBC Bay Area

  05-04-2016 02:08 via
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  Vallejo Rap Duo 99 Percent Releases Viral Dance Video
  NBC Bay Area
  Vallejo rap duo 99 Percent has tapped into the craze of viral dance videos such as the Nae Nae and has piqued the interest of Disney and Nickelodeon with their latest hashtagged song, "Does Ya Mama Know? (Dance Like That) #Heynow." It's the third ...
  

• SB Centre for Aerial Dance Shines with 'Elemental You' - Santa Barbara Independent

  05-04-2016 02:03 via
  SB Centre for Aerial Dance Shines with 'Elemental You'
  Santa Barbara Independent
  Ninette Paloma, founder of the Santa Barbara Center for Aerial Dance, has created something essential and vibrant in the Santa Barbara dance scene with her Floor to Air Aerial Dance Festival. The event attracts aerial dancers from all over the world ...
  

• Edmonton Girl With Down Syndrome Tears Up The Dance Floor (WATCH) - Huffington Post Canada

  05-04-2016 00:23 via
  Edmonton Girl With Down Syndrome Tears Up The Dance Floor (WATCH)
  Huffington Post Canada
  Six-year-old Ana Malaniuk has Down syndrome. She can also tear up the dance floor. Unfortunately, the Edmonton girl has had a tough time showcasing her talent. Ana's mom, Sonja Malaniuk, says she was turned away from a local dance studio because ...
  

• Dance helps boy with ADHD - Jackson Clarion Ledger

  05-04-2016 00:06 via
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  Dance helps boy with ADHD
  Jackson Clarion Ledger
  D'IBERVILLE — D'Iberville Middle School student Pierson Feeney finds himself checking the clock often when he has down time in class. The 11-year-old said he anticipates dismissal so he can hop on the bus and head to the Gulf Coast School of ...
  

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