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• SeaWorld CEO: Orca Shows Will Be More like Documentaries, Less Like Dance Acts - Skift

  02-05-2016 23:06 via skift.com
  
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  SeaWorld CEO: Orca Shows Will Be More like Documentaries, Less Like Dance Acts
  Skift
  Now that much of the noise over orca breeding and performances has been addressed, budget-conscious tourists might hear SeaWorld's message about competing with rivals on price. — Hannah Sampson. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.'s killer whales will no ...
  SeaWorld Will Stop Making Killer Whales Dance For YouFortuneall 3 news articles »
  
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• Art Without Limits to Present Professional Dance Panel With Christopher Pilafian, Christina Sanchez - Noozhawk

  02-05-2016 22:25 via noozhawk.com
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  Art Without Limits to Present Professional Dance Panel With Christopher Pilafian, Christina Sanchez
  Noozhawk
  Dance artist, choreographer, educator, visual artist and artistic director of Santa Barbara Dance Theater, Christopher Pilafian, will be joined by Christina Sanchez and a panel of professional dancers from a variety of genres to give words of wisdom ...
  Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater rocks many souls on visit to Playhouse Square (review)cleveland.comall 3 news articles&
  
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• Calling All Dancers: Medline Launches Sixth Annual Pink Glove Dance Video Competition - Business Wire (press release)

  02-05-2016 21:40 via businesswire.com
  
  Business Wire (press release)
  Calling All Dancers: Medline Launches Sixth Annual Pink Glove Dance Video Competition
  Business Wire (press release)
  MUNDELEIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Some people walk for breast cancer. Others race. Since 2011, more than 250,000 dancers nationwide, including healthcare professionals, EMTs and firefighters, have danced while wearing pink exam gloves to celebrate ...and more »
  
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• The virtual figure in this dance dome will groove with you - Futurity: Research News

  02-05-2016 21:37 via futurity.org
  
  The virtual figure in this dance dome will groove with you
  Futurity: Research News
  A project housed inside a 15-foot-tall geodesic dome allows people to dance with a computer-controlled figure named VAI. The virtual partner “watches” and improvises its own moves based on prior experiences. When the human responds, the figure reacts ...
  
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• Hulu's Skinny Bundle: Media Companies Have to Dance While the Music Plays - Wall Street Journal

  02-05-2016 21:19 via wsj.com
  
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  Hulu's Skinny Bundle: Media Companies Have to Dance While the Music Plays
  Wall Street Journal
  For TV networks, disrupting the pay-TV bundle has largely been tomorrow's project. But if Hulu's plans are any indication, the future may be now, or at least soonish. Hulu is developing a subscription service that would stream a “skinny” bundle of ...and more »
  
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• Chris Evans Busts Out Near-Perfect 'Single Ladies' Dance Moves On 'Ellen' — Watch - Hollywood Life

  02-05-2016 20:52 via hollywoodlife.com
  
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  Chris Evans Busts Out Near-Perfect 'Single Ladies' Dance Moves On 'Ellen' — Watch
  Hollywood Life
  Who knew Chris Evans had such good rhythm? During an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' the 'Captain America' star revealed he knows EXACTLY how to do Beyonce's signature 'Single Ladies' dance. Click inside to WATCH! Chris Evans, 34 ...
  Chris Evans Slays the “Single Ladies” Choreography in a Dance Battle with Elizabeth OlsenInStyle
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• Sergei Filin of Bolshoi Ballet Discusses His Work and a 2013 Acid Attack - New York Times

  02-05-2016 19:49 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Sergei Filin of Bolshoi Ballet Discusses His Work and a 2013 Acid Attack
  New York Times
  On a snowy January evening in 2013, Sergei Filin, then director of the Bolshoi Ballet, was attacked by a masked man in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Moscow. A jar of sulfuric acid was tossed in his face; the assault, it was later ...
  
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• 'Alice' Ballet Charms All Ages, Onstage And Off - Texas Public Radio

  02-05-2016 19:31 via tpr.org
  
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  'Alice' Ballet Charms All Ages, Onstage And Off
  Texas Public Radio
  “A lot of people see ballet as being highbrow,” says Judith Gani, the executive director of Alamo Arts Ballet Theatre. “Of course nothing could be farther from the truth,” Gani says with a smile. “It's very exciting. It's lots of fun… I mean, 'Alice ...
  
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• Misty Copeland reveals how Prince secretly saved a Harlem ballet school - Mashable

  02-05-2016 19:26 via mashable.com
  
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  Misty Copeland reveals how Prince secretly saved a Harlem ballet school
  Mashable
  Misty Copeland is one of ballet's brightest stars — and Prince knew that well before everyone else. The Purple One, who died in April, worked with the famous ballerina as early as 2009, casting her in his "Crimson and Clover" video. Prince also ...
  Misty Copeland, the first female African-American principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, has a Barbie ...New York Daily News
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• Dance senior Joy Veluz explores the reality of burnout in her dance MFA thesis - Arizona Daily Wildcat

  02-05-2016 18:03 via wildcat.arizona.edu
  
  Arizona Daily Wildcat
  Dance senior Joy Veluz explores the reality of burnout in her dance MFA thesis
  Arizona Daily Wildcat
  With finals approaching quickly, accompanied by late-night study sessions, endless papers, and countless cups of coffee, many students are familiar with being burnt out. The craziness of balancing school, a job, relationships, and other commitments can ...
  
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• Adorable Ballet Duo on 'Little Big Shots' - Yahoo TV (blog)

  02-05-2016 16:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo TV (blog)
  Adorable Ballet Duo on 'Little Big Shots'
  Yahoo TV (blog)
  On Little Big Shots, 13-year-old ballet duo Avery Gay and Joziah German melted America's heart when they took the stage. Joziah may be a young teenage boy, but he's got the soul of a man beyond his years. When Steve Harvey asked Joziah what he has ...
  Little Big Shots: Ballet Duo Avery and Joziah Fool Around In Chicago2paragraphs.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• Breakin' Convention review – hip-hop squads invade stage at dance weekender - The Guardian

  02-05-2016 15:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian
  Breakin' Convention review – hip-hop squads invade stage at dance weekender
  The Guardian
  There's always a buzz at Breakin' Convention. For 13 years, the hip-hop dance weekender has filled Sadler's Wells with a young, upbeat and vocal crowd, egged on by the festival's affable founder and director Jonzi D. Opening the Sunday night programme ...
  
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• Breakin' Convention review – hip-hop squads invade stage at dance weekender

  02-05-2016 15:32
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The annual festival delivers style and substance, from the Ruggeds’ goofy stunts to Ivan Blackstock’s nightmarish new workThere’s always a buzz at Breakin’ Convention. For 13 years, the hip-hop dance weekender has filled Sadler’s Wells with a young, upbeat and vocal crowd, egged on by the festival’s affable founder and director Jonzi D. Opening the Sunday night programme were festival favourites Boy Blue Entertainment, whose Emanci
  
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• Chelmsford dance studio prides itself on its inclusiveness - Lowell Sun

  02-05-2016 13:07 via lowellsun.com
  
  Chelmsford dance studio prides itself on its inclusiveness
  Lowell Sun
  Dancers at DancEnergy, a studio in Chelmsford, put on a dance program called "Try," which focuses on Kaicee LoPilato, a 14-year-old Dracut girl with Down syndrome. The dance won the Judge's Choice Award at a recent competition and is an example of ...
  
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• Movers and shakers: the unmissable dance shows of summer 2016 - The Guardian

  02-05-2016 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Movers and shakers: the unmissable dance shows of summer 2016
  The Guardian
  Clockwise from top left … Scottish Ballet; Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's Bettrofenheit; Natalia Osipova; the Royal Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour. Judith Mackrell · @judithmackrell. Monday 2 May 2016 03.00 EDT Last ...
  
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• Movers and shakers: the unmissable dance shows of summer 2016

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  Power couple Osipova and Polunin burn up the stage, the Windsors do Swan Lake, Jane Eyre becomes a Brontë ballet, and Pinocchio shows what it’s like to be humanCathy Marston’s new ballet promises to extract the radical and romantic heart from the Charlotte Brontë classic. With a nicely feminist twist, Philip Feeney has also incorporated music by the 19th-century composer Fanny Mendelssohn into his own newly commissioned score.•19 to 21 May, Cast, Doncaster. Then tourin
  
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• Ram Gopal shows how dance can train the mind - archive, 2 May 1960

  02-05-2016 06:00
  
  2 May 1960: Humility, pride, and discipline produce the eloquent and noble art of India’s classical dancer Ram GopalRam Gopal is one of the most celebrated exponents of the classical Indian dance, and the Asian Music Circle, which promoted a recital given in the Lesser Free Trade Hall on Saturday, gave Manchester another opportunity of studying his art. Whether moving fluidly and languorously in the temple dances of meditation and devotion, or dancing with ever-increasing speed and complex
  
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• May-June 2016 | Table of Contents

  02-05-2016 05:51
  Business BonanzaSpring is a great time to explore new ideas to improve your business, and the May/June issue delivers. Learn about tech resources and tools that will streamline or enhance your current methods, and discover how to improve the impression you and your school make online, build relationships with dancewear wholesalers, and add diversity to your school’s student body.
  Plus, a studio's community dance programs make a difference in Memphis, Tennessee; considerations for grading d
  
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• Watch drones perform 'ballet' with 16500 LEDs in front of Mount Fuji - The Verge

  02-05-2016 05:03 via theverge.com
  
  The Verge
  Watch drones perform 'ballet' with 16500 LEDs in front of Mount Fuji
  The Verge
  Japan has some fairly strict drone regulations that bar private pilots from flying the devices in public parks, but that hasn't stopped a fleet of the remote-controlled vehicles from taking to the skies to perform a "ballet" accompanied by traditional ...
  Watch this dazzling 'drone ballet' in front of Japan's Mount FujiDigital Trends
  Twenty 'banned' drones perform amazing night ballet in front of Mount Fuji
  
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• Ezralow Dance tumbles into the Wallis with crowd-pleasing stage gymnastics - Los Angeles Times

  02-05-2016 04:37 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Ezralow Dance tumbles into the Wallis with crowd-pleasing stage gymnastics
  Los Angeles Times
  Choreographer Daniel Ezralow defined himself in a long-ago interview as an “art-lete,” a combination artist-athlete. Nearly 30 years on, that's still an apt way to consider his populist approach to dance-making -- and a helpful crib note while watching ...
  
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• Boston Ballet casts a spell with latest 'Swan Lake' - The Boston Globe

  02-05-2016 04:03 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  Boston Ballet casts a spell with latest 'Swan Lake'
  The Boston Globe
  It's no surprise that after more than 100 years, “Swan Lake” is still considered one of the most beloved of all classical ballets. It is set to a dramatic, tunefully memorable score by Tchaikovsky and is based on a fanciful folktale full of love, magic ...and more »
  
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• 'Dance mom' develops site to help others unload those costumes - WRAL.com

  02-05-2016 02:57 via wral.com
  
  WRAL.com
  'Dance mom' develops site to help others unload those costumes
  WRAL.com
  Ive Jones' closet is full. The long-time dancer, now a 13-year-old who travels the country to perform, has more than a decade's worth of costumes. That makes for a lot of tulle, lace and sparkle. And mom Catherine Woyee Jones has come up with a way to ...
  
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• May-June 2016 | In Pursuit of Diversity

  02-05-2016 02:26
  “Attracting minority dancers is tough,” says Cheryl Taylor, school administrator at Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center (CMDC), a school that she says draws nonwhite students by offering a welcoming environment, high-quality classical ballet training, and modern/contemporary choreography. “But I think to survive, dance—and ballet in particular—has to be for kids of all colors. We have to open the doors and let others in.”Attracting and keeping students of colo
  
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• May-June 2016 | Thinking Out Loud | Dancing to Freedom

  02-05-2016 02:22
  It happened so fast: one day, 24 months ago, I began learning basic modern dance techniques like roll-downs and tendus. After that, I performed in several shows for 100-plus audience members. Now I’m paying it forward by teaching others how to dance. And I’m incarcerated! Continue reading
  
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