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• Complicated U.S.-China Dance Could Be Headed for Rough Turn - Bloomberg

  23-05-2016 23:50 via bloomberg.com
  Complicated U.S.-China Dance Could Be Headed for Rough Turn
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  U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew was about to urge China to move toward a market-based exchange rate when his hosts in Beijing decided the media had heard enough. While Lew addressed Premier Li Keqiang, Chinese officials tried to usher foreign ...and more »
  
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• Dance with Harout Performance Company to Present 'Love, Seduction and an Armenian Grandmother!' - Noozhawk

  23-05-2016 23:25 via noozhawk.com
  Dance with Harout Performance Company to Present 'Love, Seduction and an Armenian Grandmother!'
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  Prepare yourself for a wild ride as you learn about love, seduction and the hilarious adventures of an Armenian Grandmother through dance styles encompassing burlesque, hip hop, jazz funk and Armenian. Also including acting and fun theatricality, this ...and more »
  
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• American Ballet Theater and City Ballet Revive Two Great Ballet Love Stories - New York Times

  23-05-2016 23:13 via nytimes.com
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  American Ballet Theater and City Ballet Revive Two Great Ballet Love Stories
  New York Times
  Jeffrey Cirio and Isabella Boylston of American Ballet Theater performing in “La Fille Mal Gardée” earlier this month. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times. On Tuesday, America's two foremost ballet companies, playing at adjacent theaters at Lincoln ...
  
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• JoJo From Dance Moms Dropped a Hot New No-Haters Rap Banger - Jezebel

  23-05-2016 23:02 via themuse.jezebel.com
  
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  JoJo From Dance Moms Dropped a Hot New No-Haters Rap Banger
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  In an episode on the most recent season of Dance Moms, 13-year-old JoJo Siwa, who loves hip-hop and is prone to wearing large bows in her hair, is tasked with channeling Michael Jackson for a solo dance she will be taking to a competition. She can do ...
  
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• Review: Finely tuned work by pro choreographer Lang caps Ballet West's 'Innovations' program - Salt Lake Tribune

  23-05-2016 22:41 via sltrib.com
  
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  Review: Finely tuned work by pro choreographer Lang caps Ballet West's 'Innovations' program
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  (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Choreographer, Jessica Lang presents Lyric Pieces to the music of Edvard Grieg. Ballet West's ninth annual new works program, Innovations 2016 takes the stage May 20-28 at the intimate Rose Wagner ...
  
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• Hundreds attend 1980s-themed dance in honor of Ferris Bueller anniversary - Chicago Tribune

  23-05-2016 22:10 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Hundreds attend 1980s-themed dance in honor of Ferris Bueller anniversary
  Chicago Tribune
  Cindy Pickett, left, and Edie McClurg of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" film fame, appear at the "Shermer High School 1986 Spring Dance" in Northbrook on May 20. Cindy Pickett, left, and Edie McClurg of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" film fame, appear at the ...and more »
  
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• Injured Ginger Zee expects to dance in 'DWTS' finale - USA TODAY

  23-05-2016 22:09 via usatoday.com
  
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  Injured Ginger Zee expects to dance in 'DWTS' finale
  USA TODAY
  Dancing with the Stars finalist Ginger Zee has been dealing with an extra challenge heading into Monday's performance show: an injury. The Good Morning America meteorologist hurt her pelvis last week during rehearsals for a contemporary dance with pro ...
  Ginger Zee Injury Update: 'Dancing With The Stars' Finalist Determined To Dance With Partner Val Chmerkovskiy ...The Inquisitr
  Ginger Zee Injured: 'DWTS' Contestant
  
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• Top of the Pops dance legend Dee Dee Wilde on her battle with arthritis - Mirror.co.uk

  23-05-2016 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Top of the Pops dance legend Dee Dee Wilde on her battle with arthritis
  Mirror.co.uk
  Dee Dee Wilde was a founding member of Pan's People, the popular dance troupe on Top of the Pops. Continuing to dance after they split in 1976, she went on to run her own classes. Now 69, Dee Dee, who has two grown-up children from her first marriage, ...
  
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• BISD Ballroom Dance Competition - RGVProud

  23-05-2016 20:58 via rgvproud.com
  
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  BISD Ballroom Dance Competition
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  The Brownsville Independent School District is celebrating some very special winners after their 11th Annual Red Hot Ballroom Dance Competition Finals last night. Brownsville is the only school district to host a competition such as this one with a ...
  
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• Drake Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'One Dance' - Billboard

  23-05-2016 20:24 via billboard.com
  
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  Drake Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'One Dance'
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  Drake tallies a second nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard Hot 100 (dated June 4) with "One Dance" (featuring WizKid and Kyla), which rebounds 2-1. The song returns to the top after Justin Timberlake soared in at No. 1 last week with "Can't Stop the ...
  Drake's "One Dance" Reclaims #1 On The Hot 100HotNewHipHop
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• Richmond Ballet to kick off this summer's Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell - Richmond.com

  23-05-2016 18:47 via richmond.com
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  Richmond Ballet to kick off this summer's Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell
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  The Richmond Ballet will kick off this summer's Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell in Byrd Park. The ballet will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. June 3 and 4. Both performances are free. Subscription Required. An online service is needed to view this ...
  
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• Wild for the Yuba – Auction, Beer & Wine Tasting and Dance Party to Benefit SYRCL - YubaNet

  23-05-2016 18:30 via yubanet.com
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  Wild for the Yuba – Auction, Beer & Wine Tasting and Dance Party to Benefit SYRCL
  YubaNet
  Nevada City, Calif. May 23, 2016 - The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), who has been protecting and restoring the Yuba River for the past 33 years, invites the community to get Wild for the Yuba at its annual auction and wine and beer tasting ...
  
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• Dancing up a storm to Kate Tempest and roller-skating for a Warhol star

  23-05-2016 18:28
  
  A festival at Siobhan Davies dance studio featured Julie Cunningham’s moves to match Tempest’s verse and Jamie Atherton’s solo for Fred HerkoAt the Siobhan Davies dance studios this weekend, a cross-disciplinary festival of performances, What Remains … Anatomy of an Artist: 10 New Works, investigated the different ways in which artists can plunder, reinvent and take colour from the work of others. Writers, film-makers, choreographers and an anonymous sculptor contributed
  
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• La Grange Park Library holds toddler dance party - Chicago Tribune

  23-05-2016 18:07 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  La Grange Park Library holds toddler dance party
  Chicago Tribune
  Children's services library Margaret Stec, left, and former children's services director Cindy Moriarity take part in a toddler dance party. Children's services library Margaret Stec, left, and former children's services director Cindy Moriarity take ...
  
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• Bermuda Dance Academy's 1st Dance Recital - Bernews

  23-05-2016 18:02 via bernews.com
  
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  Bermuda Dance Academy's 1st Dance Recital
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  Bermuda Dance Academy — directed by Nikia Manders — is set to hold its first dance recital “In The Movies” on June 11th, 2016 at 2pm in The Berkeley Institute Cafetorium. “The concert will feature dances from eight classic movies such as Annie ...
  
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• Grimms' fairy tale reimagined as ballet - Spartanburg Herald Journal

  23-05-2016 17:52 via goupstate.com
  
  Grimms' fairy tale reimagined as ballet
  Spartanburg Herald Journal
  "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" director Christy Schreivogel (left) with Sam Hooper, 19, and Jenny Bassett, 17, rehearse the orginal ballet, conceived by Schreivogel, Casey Kristofferson LittleJohn and Claire Childs. The ballet will premiere Friday at ...and more »
  
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• Cavs, Raptors will 'dance' again in Game 4 - NBA.com (blog)

  23-05-2016 17:52 via hangtime.blogs.nba.com
  
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  Cavs, Raptors will 'dance' again in Game 4
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  TORONTO — The home team has won all six games played between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors this season. If the Raptors can keep that trend going in Game 4 on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), the Eastern Conference finals will suddenly ...and more »
  
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• David Bowie Ballet to Premiere in Detroit - Out Magazine

  23-05-2016 17:05 via out.com
  
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  David Bowie Ballet to Premiere in Detroit
  Out Magazine
  The Music Hall of Detroit has commissioned a ballet tribute to celebrate legendary musician David Bowie. Artistic directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson have organized a production that will celebrate and interpret decades of works by the ...
  David Bowie Tribute Ballet to Premiere at the Music Hall in DetroitPitchfork Media
  A David Bowie ballet tribute is in the worksNME.com
  Ballet Tribute to David Bowie Commission
  
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• Watch Blue Ivy Slay Like Her Mama at Her Dance Recital - TeenVogue.com

  23-05-2016 16:45 via teenvogue.com
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  Watch Blue Ivy Slay Like Her Mama at Her Dance Recital
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  There are tons of perks to having Beyoncé as your mom, from sleepovers with Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple Martin, to having the tea party of every girl's dream. But perhaps the best part is simply sharing genes with and being raised by the iconic ...
  Blue Ivy's Dance Recital Video Shows Beyonce's Daughter Knows How to Slay On Stage TooRomper
  Blue Ivy Kills It During Dance RecitalEssence.com
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• Son shares dance with terminally-ill mother at high school prom - KUTV 2News

  23-05-2016 16:10 via kutv.com
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  Son shares dance with terminally-ill mother at high school prom
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  (KUTV) When doctors told Kerry Huffaker the diagnosis, a stage-4 glioblastoma brain tumor with a 9-month to 2 year prognosis, she didn't want to focus on the future. "You try not to concentrate on the things you won't be there for and unfortunately I ...
  
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• Ballet Cat takes internet by storm with amazing 'dance' photos - Telegraph.co.uk

  23-05-2016 16:09 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  Ballet Cat takes internet by storm with amazing 'dance' photos
  Telegraph.co.uk
  If you thought your cat was clever - then take just take a look at what fleet-footed ballerina cat Miruko can do. Ballet cat Meet the ballet cat Credit: @ccchisa76. The dancing white feline has amassed almost 40,000 followers on social media, with his ...
  
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• Ballet Arizona's Première of Round Puts Dance, Not Desert, at Center Stage - Phoenix New Times

  23-05-2016 16:03 via phoenixnewtimes.com
  
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  Ballet Arizona's Première of Round Puts Dance, Not Desert, at Center Stage
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  Get the most out of your experience with a personalized all-access pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more. Enter your email or sign up with a social account to get started. FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ YAHOO!
  
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• FSU School of Dance: 5 MANNC Artists Presented Performing Artist Award - Florida Flambeau

  23-05-2016 15:54 via fsunews.com
  
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  FSU School of Dance: 5 MANNC Artists Presented Performing Artist Award
  Florida Flambeau
  Gutierrez says that MANCC and Florida State University inspired him to have big dreams and pursue lofty goals. (Photo: Courtesy of Miguel Gutierrez). 1 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Florida State University, the School of Dance, and ...
  
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• Dancing queens: Transgenders raise the bar in Mumbai's dance circuit - Firstpost

  23-05-2016 15:53 via firstpost.com
  
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  Dancing queens: Transgenders raise the bar in Mumbai's dance circuit
  Firstpost
  It's 12.30 pm in the afternoon and she has just woken up to a cup of tea made by her sister. The next few hours are spent with her sister's family and catching up with her mother, before getting ready for her performance at a hotel in Panvel — a ...and more »
  
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• Dance groups need to stick together: Australian Ballet - The Australian

  23-05-2016 13:52 via theaustralian.com.au
  
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  Dance groups need to stick together: Australian Ballet
  The Australian
  Australian Ballet executive director Libby Christie has defended the nation's richest dance company receiving a $1 million federal grant to refurbish its building, announced in the same week five dance groups lost funding. Phillip Adams Balletlab ...
  
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• They can bust a move: Russian politicians on the dance floor - Russia Beyond the Headlines

  23-05-2016 11:55 via rbth.com
  
  They can bust a move: Russian politicians on the dance floor
  Russia Beyond the Headlines
  Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is not the only Russian politico that loves to dance. It is simply too difficult to restrain many Russian politicians from what seems to be their favorite extracurricular activity. RBTH presents a collection ...and more »
  
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• Grimms' fairy tale reimagined as ballet - BlueRidgeNow.com

  23-05-2016 11:07 via blueridgenow.com
  
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  Grimms' fairy tale reimagined as ballet
  BlueRidgeNow.com
  "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" director Christy Schreivogel (left) with Sam Hooper, 19, and Jenny Bassett, 17, rehearse the orginal ballet, conceived by Schreivogel, Casey Kristofferson LittleJohn and Claire Childs. The ballet will premiere Friday at ...and more »
  
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• ‘A state of desperation’: battlers of the arts reflect on Australia Council furore

  23-05-2016 07:39
  
  Meanjin, Next Wave festival, Express Media and Force Majeure are just four of 62 arts companies which had their funding cut by Australia CouncilI was living in a wooden house in Bulli when the copy of Voiceworks arrived in the mail.Young, living cheap with my boyfriend in the Wollongong ‘burbs, the arrival of that magazine was as transformative to belief in my own prospects as the appearance of an owl with a Hogwarts letter. Thanks to an editorial collective in far away Melbourne, I held a
  
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• ‘A state of desperation’: battlers of the arts reflect on Australia Council bloodbath

  23-05-2016 07:39
  
  Meanjin, Next Wave festival, Express Media and Force Majeure are just four of 62 arts companies which had their funding cut by Australia CouncilI was living in a wooden house in Bulli when the copy of Voiceworks arrived in the mail.Young, living cheap with my boyfriend in the Wollongong ‘burbs, the arrival of that magazine was as transformative to belief in my own prospects as the appearance of an owl with a Hogwarts letter. Thanks to an editorial collective in far away Melbourne, I held a
  
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• Down and Dirty Dance Party raises funds for Attack Theatre - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  23-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
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  Down and Dirty Dance Party raises funds for Attack Theatre
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  From left, Michele de la Reza, Anthony Williams, and Rebecca Himberger dance the night away. By Natalie Bencivenga / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The place: Spirit in Lawrenceville on Friday night. #LetsDance: You know a party is going to be a hit when the ...
  
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• Mirko the ballet cat is snapped dancing around the house by his owner Chisa - Daily Mail

  23-05-2016 03:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Mirko the ballet cat is snapped dancing around the house by his owner Chisa
  Daily Mail
  Cats that rise to fame on social media usually win followers for their adorable appearance or amusing facial expressions. But Mirko, a cat from Japan, has won a legion of fans for his impressive ballet skills. The fluffy white feline, who can be found ...
  
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• SF Ballet School student gives back as a teacher's aide - SFGate

  23-05-2016 03:00 via sfgate.com
  
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  SF Ballet School student gives back as a teacher's aide
  SFGate
  Aspiring ballet dancers will go to great lengths to pursue their dreams. Swane Messaoudi went halfway around the world. At just 16, and knowing no English, she left her family behind in Toulouse, France, to train at San Francisco Ballet School. “I feel ...
  
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• Jean Battey Lewis, dance critic, leaves storied legacy in D.C. arts community - Washington Times

  23-05-2016 01:53 via washingtontimes.com
  
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  Jean Battey Lewis, dance critic, leaves storied legacy in D.C. arts community
  Washington Times
  In this image released by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, dancer Hope Boykin, center, performs in new civil rights-themed piece, “Odetta,” in New York. The performance is a tribute to the late folk singer Odetta Holmes who some called the ... more >.
  
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• Dance Review: Portland Ballet excels in 'The Armed Man' - Press Herald

  23-05-2016 01:18 via pressherald.com
  
  Dance Review: Portland Ballet excels in 'The Armed Man'
  Press Herald
  The spiritual story of a soldier's struggles during war is told in beautifully executed music and dance. By Jennifer Brewer. Share. facebook · tweet · email. print Comment. Read Article. Nell Shipman's magnificent “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” is ...
  
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• Beyonce's Daughter Blue Ivy Shows Off Seriously Cute Moves at Dance Recital - Us Weekly

  23-05-2016 01:06 via usmagazine.com
  
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  Beyonce's Daughter Blue Ivy Shows Off Seriously Cute Moves at Dance Recital
  Us Weekly
  Move over, Mommy. Beyoncé's daughter, Blue Ivy, revealed some smooth moves of her own in a sweet video from her dance recital over the weekend. PHOTOS: Beyonce's Body Evolution. The 4-year-old daughter of Queen Bey, 34, and husband Jay Z, 46, ...
  
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• Wizard of Oz ballet brings magic to Blenheim's ASB Theatre - Stuff.co.nz

  23-05-2016 01:02 via stuff.co.nz
  
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  Wizard of Oz ballet brings magic to Blenheim's ASB Theatre
  Stuff.co.nz
  For the first time in a decade Blenheim will host a full Royal New Zealand Ballet production, bringing a classic cast of characters from a much-loved children's book. Based on the tale by L Frank Baum, The Ryman Healthcare Season of The Wizard of Oz is ...and more »
  
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• Ballet Acadiana holds performance for the Autism Society of Acadiana - KATC Lafayette News

  23-05-2016 00:40 via katc.com
  
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  Ballet Acadiana holds performance for the Autism Society of Acadiana
  KATC Lafayette News
  Today's performance was designed to be performed at a larger venue, but the dancers adjusted and edited their parts. Director of Ballet Acadiana Annie Spell says that the edits are to help those in the audience with sensory issues and those effected by ...
  
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