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• Dance Listings for April 22-28 - New York Times

  21-04-2016 23:37 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Dance Listings for April 22-28
  New York Times
  Members of the New York City Ballet in “Jewels,” part of the company's programming at Lincoln Center. See listing below. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times. A selected guide to dance performances in New York City. Full reviews of recent dance ...
  
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• Haka Wedding Dance Is Mesmerizing Display Of Groom's Culture - Huffington Post

  21-04-2016 22:51 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Haka Wedding Dance Is Mesmerizing Display Of Groom's Culture
  Huffington Post
  Jackson and Jennifer Tamaariki​ of Auckland, New Zealand, got married earlier this month. The groom performed a spine-tingling haka, a traditional war dance from the New Zealand indigenous people, the Māori, with 30 others at the wedding. The dance ...and more »
  
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• Desert Dancer review – flat-footed drama

  21-04-2016 22:30
  
  The real-life story of a rebellious Iranian dancer trips over its own earnestness and clunky allegoryLoosely based on the life of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, this flat-footed drama about the transformative power of art is crippled by earnestness and clunky allegory. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, where dance is forbidden, we first meet Afshin as a dance-loving child. His mother, in a handy piece of exposition, gestures to a mob of suited goons: “Those men over there – they ar
  
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• Grand Rapids Ballet announces season lineup - WZZM13.com

  21-04-2016 22:18 via wzzm13.com
  
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  Grand Rapids Ballet announces season lineup
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  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (WZZM) - The Grand Rapids Ballet has unveiled its lineup for the 2016-17 season. It begins October 7 and includes the return of the Nutcracker in December. Other performances include Peter Pan, Swan Lake, and a world premiere of ...and more »
  
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• News: Atlanta Ballet 2016-17 season introduces the vision of new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin - ArtsATL

  21-04-2016 19:46 via artsatl.com
  
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  News: Atlanta Ballet 2016-17 season introduces the vision of new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin
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  Atlanta Ballet will have one foot in the past and one foot in the future for the 2016-17 season, the first under new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin. Nedvigin, who fills the shoes of the retiring John McFall, made his first public appearance in ...
  
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• BalletBoyz: Life review – angry rabbits v dead choreographers in bold double bill

  21-04-2016 13:55
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The fur flies – and hops, skips and pirouettes – in an inspired and funny programme by Pontus Lidberg and Javier De FrutosWilliam Trevitt and Michael Nunn have bold instincts when commissioning works for their company BalletBoyz, and when their choices pay off, as they do in this double bill, they can feel inspired. The first of the two works, by Pontus Lidberg, makes me want to see everything that the choreographer has made. The second, by Javier De Frut
  
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• Bunny hops: behind the scenes with the BalletBoyz – in pictures

  21-04-2016 13:54
  
  The all-male company are debuting a new show Life, full of reflections on mortality – with a few rabbits thrown in. Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton follows them from rehearsal to dressing room to first night Continue reading...
  
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• April 21-22: Oakland Ballet, Exodus Party, Renoir-Revered and Reviled, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Tim Holt, Maz Jobrani - San Francisco Examiner

  21-04-2016 09:13 via sfexaminer.com
  
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  April 21-22: Oakland Ballet, Exodus Party, Renoir-Revered and Reviled, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Tim Holt, Maz Jobrani
  San Francisco Examiner
  Oakland Ballet -- accompanied by Nona Brown and the Inspirational Music Collective -- makes its way to San Francisco, where “A Cappella: Our Bodies Sing” is onstage at Brava Theater. (Courtesy John Hefti). By Examiner Staff on April 21, 2016 12:01 am.
  
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• Philly Native Uses Dance to Improve His Community - NBC 10 Philadelphia

  21-04-2016 07:09 via nbcphiladelphia.com
  
  NBC 10 Philadelphia
  Philly Native Uses Dance to Improve His Community
  NBC 10 Philadelphia
  Darnell Richardson knew he couldn't pass up on the opportunity when he spotted several police officers riding their bikes past his dance studio in West Philadelphia Wednesday. The 24-year-old founder and CEO of Danse4Ever Studios asked one of the ...
  
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• New Zealand couple have Maori war dance the haka performed at their wedding - Daily Mail

  21-04-2016 04:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  New Zealand couple have Maori war dance the haka performed at their wedding
  Daily Mail
  A newlywed couple from New Zealand has shared the powerful moment thirty guests along with the groom and members of the bridal party, performed the haka at their wedding. Jackson and Jennifer Tamaariki, from Auckland, had the traditional dance ...
  
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• Teen skips senior prom to attend dance for boy she met in airport - KTRK-TV

  21-04-2016 02:37 via abc13.com
  
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  Teen skips senior prom to attend dance for boy she met in airport
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  An Iowa teen is being praised for skipping her own prom last weekend to attend a school dance for a boy she barely even knew. The story between 14-year-old Andrew Shumway and 19-year-old Brittney Klocke begins in the most unlikely of places - an ...and more »
  
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• Dancing Astronaut partners with Dance Tonight for world's most comprehensive electronic events app - Dancing Astronaut

  21-04-2016 02:22 via dancingastronaut.com
  
  Dancing Astronaut partners with Dance Tonight for world's most comprehensive electronic events app
  Dancing Astronaut
  Dancing Astronaut is proud to announce our partnership with Dance Tonight, a new mobile app that provides a practical solution to a recurring problem: how to keep track of the countless events going on in your area. The platform tracks everything from ...
  
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• Ballet exits St. Paul's Lowertown as neighborhood tries to preserve artistic vibe - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  21-04-2016 02:18 via startribune.com
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Ballet exits St. Paul's Lowertown as neighborhood tries to preserve artistic vibe
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Low rents attracted the artists who made Lowertown hip. Popularity might now push them out. By James Walsh Star Tribune. April 20, 2016 — 9:48pm. itemprop. ELIZABETH FLORES, Star Tribune Ballet Minnesota dancers Aaron Davies and Annie Nimmo ...and more »
  
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• UA Dance fashions 'Spring Collection' for season finale - Arizona Daily Star

  21-04-2016 01:22 via tucson.com
  
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  UA Dance fashions 'Spring Collection' for season finale
  Arizona Daily Star
  UA dance students perform “In the Shadow of the Dreamers,” one of the pieces in “Spring Collection.” 2016-04-20T16:20:00Z UA Dance fashions 'Spring Collection' for season finaleBy Chuck Graham Special To The Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star.
  
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• Martha Graham Dance Company and Miami City Ballet Reviews - Wall Street Journal

  21-04-2016 01:17 via wsj.com
  
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  Martha Graham Dance Company and Miami City Ballet Reviews
  Wall Street Journal
  New York. Monday marked the 90th anniversary of the now-legendary Martha Graham (1894-1991) first leading her own dancers in a program of her choreography. The Martha Graham Dance Company, as the modern-dance innovator's group was eventually ...and more »
  
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• Dance battles by the Pecos River - Carlsbad Current-Argus

  21-04-2016 00:45 via currentargus.com
  
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  Dance battles by the Pecos River
  Carlsbad Current-Argus
  Keenan Williams, a local dancer also known as Popping Keyz. (Photo: Connie Lee/Current-Argus). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. CARLSBAD- Many people flock to New Mexico for the Carlsbad Caverns and scintillating green chile, ...and more »
  
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• Washington Contemporary Ballet produces a new 'Pocahontas' - The News Tribune

  21-04-2016 00:37 via thenewstribune.com
  
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  Washington Contemporary Ballet produces a new 'Pocahontas'
  The News Tribune
  Soroa Lear will dance the title role Saturday in “The Legend of Pocahontas,” a new story-ballet by Washington Contemporary Ballet. Washington Contemporary Ballet Courtesy. i. Soroa Lear will dance the title role Saturday in “The Legend of Pocahontas ...
  
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• Inwood Twins Raising Funds to Attend Ballet School - DNAinfo

  21-04-2016 00:30 via dnainfo.com
  
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  Inwood Twins Raising Funds to Attend Ballet School
  DNAinfo
  Fabian and Sebastian Garcia, 15, said attending the American Ballet Theatre program would be a "big step" for them. View Full Caption. Betania Reyes. INWOOD — Twin siblings who have already performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall have their ...
  
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• Dance|2 Stars Rejoin Bucharest Opera's Ballet Company After Clash - New York Times

  21-04-2016 00:30 via nytimes.com
  Dance|2 Stars Rejoin Bucharest Opera's Ballet Company After Clash
  New York Times
  The crisis roiling the ballet company of the Bucharest National Opera in recent weeks rippled not only through the international dance world but through Romanian politics as well. And ultimately it was a government-brokered plan that paved the way for ...and more »
  
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• New York City Ballet Casts a Singular Luster in 'Jewels' - New York Times

  21-04-2016 00:21 via nytimes.com
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  New York City Ballet Casts a Singular Luster in 'Jewels'
  New York Times
  Teresa Reichlen and fellow members of New York City Ballet performing in “Rubies.” Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times. New York City Ballet opened its six-week spring season at the David H. Koch Theater with George Balanchine's tripartite “Jewels” ...
  
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• 'Sassy' Burlesque Dance's Popularity Growing In Bay Area - CBS Local

  21-04-2016 00:00 via sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
  
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  'Sassy' Burlesque Dance's Popularity Growing In Bay Area
  CBS Local
  KCBS Reporter Margie Shafer takes a lesson at the Rae Agency Dance Studio in San Francisco. (Margie Shafer). 2. KCBS_740 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Burlesque dance is hot right now, and its growing popularity is creating fresh demand at studios ...
  
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