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• Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance 'Romeo and Juliet' - New York Times

  24-06-2016 23:44 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance 'Romeo and Juliet'
  New York Times
  Alessandra Ferri, returning to the role of Juliet at 53, on Thursday, was recognizably the same dancer she was 10, 20, 30 years ago — and unmistakably different. The performance was of Kenneth MacMillan's “Romeo and Juliet,” at the Metropolitan Opera ...and more »
  
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• Dance|Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance 'Romeo and Juliet' - New York Times

  24-06-2016 23:44 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Dance|Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance 'Romeo and Juliet'
  New York Times
  Alessandra Ferri, returning to the role of Juliet at 53, on Thursday, was recognizably the same dancer she was 10, 20, 30 years ago — and unmistakably different. The performance was of Kenneth MacMillan's “Romeo and Juliet,” at the Metropolitan Opera ...and more »
  
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• Keep On Dancing: 30 Years Of The Dance On The Pier - NewNowNext

  24-06-2016 23:40 via newnownext.com
  
  Keep On Dancing: 30 Years Of The Dance On The Pier
  NewNowNext
  Janet, Whitney, Cher—they've all played NYC Pride's capstone event. But the real star is the community. by John Russell 2h ago. Sunday night, New York City Pride caps off with the legendary Dance on the Pier, a massive outdoor dance party where ...and more »
  
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• Square dance club has biggest graduating class - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  24-06-2016 23:14 via sandiegouniontribune.com
  
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  Square dance club has biggest graduating class
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  This year, the Wranglers Square Dance Club is having the largest graduating class of square dance students since 2001. Tomorrow, the club is celebrating the graduation of 26 students who have mastered the art of square dancing. The club draws square ...
  
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• Part of Mass Ave Closed For Cambridge Dance Party - Patch.com

  24-06-2016 22:37 via patch.com
  
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  Part of Mass Ave Closed For Cambridge Dance Party
  Patch.com
  The No. 1 MBTA bus line will also be closed from 6 p.m. to midnight to accommodate Central Square's free dance party. Cambridge, MA. By George Hassett (Patch Staff) - June 24, 2016 4:26 pm ET. Part of Mass Ave Closed For Cambridge Dance Party.and more »
  
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• Martial dance brings alive tale of valour, betrayal - Chandigarh Tribune

  24-06-2016 22:29 via tribuneindia.com
  Martial dance brings alive tale of valour, betrayal
  Chandigarh Tribune
  The Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi (CSNA) held a contemporary martial dance theatre spectacle, “Antatah”, an aesthetic blend of dance, music, mythology, modern sensibilities with ancient ethos and values at Tagore Theatre here today.and more »
  
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• Pop Star Makes a Young Girls Day with a Dance - FOX News Radio (blog)

  24-06-2016 21:50 via radio.foxnews.com
  
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  Pop Star Makes a Young Girls Day with a Dance
  FOX News Radio (blog)
  A Hollywood star dances with a young girl battling a rare disease-the video inspiring millions online. FOX's Krystin Goodwin has the details: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/ak.podcast.foxnewsradio.com/news/dotcom/GOMEZ_062416.mp3].
  Selena Gomez Has Adorable Dance-Off With 7-Year-Old Who Has Rare IllnessHuffington Post
  Selena Gomez has cute dance-off with Audrey Nethery, 7-year-old fighting
  
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• How the dance marathons of the 1930s paved the way for reality TV - Raw Story

  24-06-2016 21:14 via rawstory.com
  
  Raw Story
  How the dance marathons of the 1930s paved the way for reality TV
  Raw Story
  It's possible that no one was particularly alarmed when Homer Morehouse stumbled off a dance floor and collapsed in North Tonawanda, New York on April 14, 1923. Morehouse, 27, had been dancing with his partner for 87 consecutive hours without a break ...
  
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• Get To Know Mobu, Noe Valley's Youth-Focused Dance Studio - Hoodline

  24-06-2016 21:06 via hoodline.com
  
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  Get To Know Mobu, Noe Valley's Youth-Focused Dance Studio
  Hoodline
  Mobu Dance Studio owner Takami Craddock has been studying dance she was just five years old, and has spent much of her adult life sharing her knowledge with kids and teens, inspiring them to pursue dancing at an early age. Originally from Numazu City ...
  
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• Premiere: Listening to ymtk's "Workaholic" Will Make You More Likely to Dance Than Work - SF Weekly (blog)

  24-06-2016 20:11 via sfweekly.com
  
  SF Weekly (blog)
  Premiere: Listening to ymtk's "Workaholic" Will Make You More Likely to Dance Than Work
  SF Weekly (blog)
  In advance of his upcoming album, All The Right Places, East Oakland born rapper and singer ymtk has graced us today with his new slap, "Workaholics," featuring Kool John. Ymtk (which stands for Young Murph the Kidd) now lives in Los Angeles, but his ...and more »
  
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• Brexit Is Officially Happening—3 Ways It Could Hurt Dance - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  24-06-2016 20:00 via dancemagazine.com
  
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  Brexit Is Officially Happening—3 Ways It Could Hurt Dance
  http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)
  Yesterday, Britain voted to exit the European Union, a historic decision that has already shaken the world. It's impossible to imagine the full impact of this exit (colloquially called “Brexit”) over time. How will Britain's independence from the EU ...
  
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• JoJo Siwa Dishes On New 'Dance Moms' Episodes Amid Rumors She's Quit Lifetime Show - International Business Times

  24-06-2016 19:58 via ibtimes.com
  
  International Business Times
  JoJo Siwa Dishes On New 'Dance Moms' Episodes Amid Rumors She's Quit Lifetime Show
  International Business Times
  The coming season of “Dance Moms” may prove to be a bumpy ride for JoJo Siwa, but she continues to be a fan of the Lifetime series. Amid rumors she's left Abby Lee Miller's dance company, the 13-year-old triple threat has revealed her true thoughts on ...
  'Dance Moms' Season 7 news, rumors: Could Lifetime series' next installment be cancel
  
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• Drake breaks UK singles chart record with One Dance - BBC News

  24-06-2016 19:39 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News
  Drake breaks UK singles chart record with One Dance
  BBC News
  Drake has achieved a notable feat by having the longest-running UK number one single since legal music downloads began counting towards chart positions. The rapper topped the singles chart for an 11th straight week with One Dance, his collaboration ...
  Drake's 'One Dance' Is Now The Longest Running UK Number One Of The Digital AgeContactmusic.com
  Drake's One Dance is longest running number one of the digital ageBelfast T
  
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• Watch Sergio Garcia dance after making a hole-in-one to win a vacation - FOXSports.com

  24-06-2016 19:22 via foxsports.com
  
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  Watch Sergio Garcia dance after making a hole-in-one to win a vacation
  FOXSports.com
  It was an eventful day at the European Tour's BMW International Open on Thursday. Paul Lawrie hit his tee shot into a fan's tucked-in shirt, and Richie Ramsay won a BMW for making an ace. The excitement didn't come to a halt on Friday as Sergio Garcia ...and more »
  
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• African dance, drum festival in Atlanta July 29 to feature classes, concert - MDJOnline.com

  24-06-2016 19:15 via mdjonline.com
  
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  African dance, drum festival in Atlanta July 29 to feature classes, concert
  MDJOnline.com
  The Atlanta nonprofit Afrikan Djeli Cultural Institute will hold its eighth annual Atlanta African Dance and Drum Festival July 29 to 31 at the Adamsville Recreation Center, 3201 MLK Drive in Atlanta. It is a three-day conference featuring music and ...
  
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• Selena Gomez Has Adorable Dance-Off With 7-Year-Old Who Has Rare Illness - Huffington Post

  24-06-2016 18:55 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Selena Gomez Has Adorable Dance-Off With 7-Year-Old Who Has Rare Illness
  Huffington Post
  When we saw her last, she was taking the Zumba world by storm. Now, she's charming the pants off America's pop sweetheart, Selena Gomez. Audrey is 7 years old and has a rare bone marrow disease called Diamond-Blackfan anemia. The disease is ...
  Pop Star Makes a Young Girls Day with a DanceFOX News Radio (blog)
  Selena Gomez has cute dance-off with Audrey Nethery, 7-year-old fighting rare
  
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• Santa Fe College stages ballet-theater production of 'Peter and the Wolf' - Gainesville Sun

  24-06-2016 18:53 via gainesville.com
  
  Santa Fe College stages ballet-theater production of 'Peter and the Wolf'
  Gainesville Sun
  Dance Theatre of Santa Fe will perform a 1978 rendition of the ballet to music recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy and narrated by David Bowie. By Jordan Milian | Correspondent. Many artists can recall the first time a ...
  
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• To Do This Weekend: Chamber Dance Project, Ladyhawke, and Jermaine Fowler - Washington City Paper

  24-06-2016 18:43 via washingtoncitypaper.com
  
  Washington City Paper
  To Do This Weekend: Chamber Dance Project, Ladyhawke, and Jermaine Fowler
  Washington City Paper
  Straight from the streets to the stage, the third season of Chamber Dance Project, “Ballet & Brass,” will marry contemporary ballet with music from local street band Brass Connection. This season's performance will highlight the work of three ...
  
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• Stanton Welch: artistic director brings Houston Ballet to Australia - The Australian

  24-06-2016 16:32 via theaustralian.com.au
  
  The Australian
  Stanton Welch: artistic director brings Houston Ballet to Australia
  The Australian
  At the age of five or six, Stanton Welch watched, entranced, as his mother Marilyn Jones danced in Romeo and Juliet with the Australian Ballet. Then he grew up and danced in the ballet himself. Last year, he completed another link in the chain ...
  FIRST LOOK: LA Ballet Announces its 2016/2017 SeasonBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Formula E Is a Ballet With a Lousy Soundtrack - Car and Driver

  24-06-2016 16:30 via caranddriver.com
  
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  Formula E Is a Ballet With a Lousy Soundtrack
  Car and Driver
  It would have F1's sex appeal only in a world in which everyone drove Club Car electric golf carts. Jun 2016; By AARON ROBINSON; Photography By PASCAL LE SEGRETAIN/GETTY IMAGES. SHARE · TWEET. Column ...
  
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• Who Is the Real Lord of the Dance? - The Ringer (blog)

  24-06-2016 16:28 via theringer.com
  
  The Ringer (blog)
  Who Is the Real Lord of the Dance?
  The Ringer (blog)
  In 2000, Center Stage — a movie that concludes with a flamboyantly triumphant, Jamiroquai-soundtracked final dance targeted at people who frequent community-center hip-hop classes — became the Best Dance Movie in Cinematic History. It spent a mere ...
  
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• Channing Tatum Will Bring Sexy Dance Moves to YouTube - Vanity Fair

  24-06-2016 16:08 via vanityfair.com
  
  Vanity Fair
  Channing Tatum Will Bring Sexy Dance Moves to YouTube
  Vanity Fair
  Great news, dance maniacs: Channing Tatum will be bringing your favorite movie series (Step Up, obviously) to YouTube in 2017 as the first scripted show under the Web site's paid-subscription service. Tatum starred in the first two dance dramas— Step ...
  YouTube Producing First TV Series, Based on Step Up Dance Film SeriesPaste Magazineall 156 news articles »
  
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• Pas de deux with Veronese at the Venice Dance Biennale - The Guardian (blog)

  24-06-2016 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian (blog)
  Pas de deux with Veronese at the Venice Dance Biennale
  The Guardian (blog)
  Vivid, sharp gestures … Sunbee Han dances Shobana Jeyasingh's Outlander in Venice's Dance Biennale. Photograph: Matteo de Fina/courtesy Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Judith Mackrell · @judithmackrell. Friday 24 June 2016 09.15 EDT Last modified on ...
  
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• Pas de deux with Veronese at the Venice Dance Biennale

  24-06-2016 15:15
  
  The city’s dance festival makes the most of its spectacular spaces – not least with Shobana Jeyasingh’s Outlander, which responds to the Renaissance masterpiece The Wedding at Cana A blast of rock music shatters the ancient calm of the Campo San Trovaso, galvanising eight performers into a lunging, thrusting, stamping mesh of dance. Passing gondolas pause to stare, dogs bark, indignant seagulls swerve upwards into the sky as Emanuel Gat’s new work, Venice, reconfigures a
  
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• Shakespeare triple bill review – Birmingham Royal Ballet dance with elegance and intelligence - The Guardian

  24-06-2016 14:57 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian
  Shakespeare triple bill review – Birmingham Royal Ballet dance with elegance and intelligence
  The Guardian
  Longing and regret … Momoko Hirata, centre, and dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet perform Wink. Photograph: Andrew Ross. David Jays. Friday 24 June 2016 08.57 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn ...
  BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE TRIPLE BILL, Birmingham Royal Ballet, June 2016Broadway Worldall 2 new
  
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• Shakespeare triple bill review – Birmingham Royal Ballet dance with elegance and intelligence

  24-06-2016 14:57
  
  Birmingham Hippodrome
  Jessica Lang’s rippling Wink, inspired by the sonnets, leads a set of pieces paying tribute to the great playwrightBirmingham Royal Ballet will unveil a full-length Tempest this autumn but first comes their Shakespeare-themed triple bill, which includes the American choreographer Jessica Lang’s elegant premiere Wink, inspired by his sonnets. Five of the poems, read in ponderous voiceover, prompt dances tugged by longing and regret. Lang’s second piece for
  
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• Bride Signs Song So Deaf Dad Can Understand Lyrics For Wedding Dance-Look - Good News Network

  24-06-2016 14:29 via goodnewsnetwork.org
  
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  Bride Signs Song So Deaf Dad Can Understand Lyrics For Wedding Dance-Look
  Good News Network
  Julie Finkel from Ohio wanted to make it especially memorable for her dad who's deaf, so she signed the song lyrics earlier and projected them on a screen above the dance floor. LOOK: Bridesmaid Marches into the Water to Save Gosling Being Drowned By ...
  Bride signs lyrics for deaf father during wedding danceFox 59all 3 news articles »
  
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• Review: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet kicks off Jacob's Pillow season in style - MassLive.com

  24-06-2016 14:18 via masslive.com
  
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  Review: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet kicks off Jacob's Pillow season in style
  MassLive.com
  Craig Black and Emily Proctor in Alejandro Cerrudo's "Silent Ghost." (Photo by Hayim Heron, courtesy of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival). Print Email · Ken Ross | [email protected] By Ken Ross | [email protected] masslive.com. Follow on Twitter on June 24 ...
  
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• Bolshoi Ballet: the first Soviet invasion - Financial Times

  24-06-2016 14:11 via ft.com
  Financial Times
  Bolshoi Ballet: the first Soviet invasion
  Financial Times
  This summer's appearance in London by the Bolshoi Ballet marks the 60th anniversary of the Moscow troupe's first season at Covent Garden. I remember that visit with a young balletomane's joy, and with memories of how nerve-racking its preliminaries were.and more »
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Season 6 Spoilers: Mini Elite Dancers Alexus, Areana, Peyton Wow In Competitions - Design & Trend

  24-06-2016 11:53 via designntrend.com
  
  Design & Trend
  'Dance Moms' Season 6 Spoilers: Mini Elite Dancers Alexus, Areana, Peyton Wow In Competitions
  Design & Trend
  (Photo : Getty Images/Alberto E. Rodriguez) "Dance Moms" will air the second half of season 6 on Lifetime starting this fall. "Dance Moms" season 6 cast members Alexus Oladi, Areana Lopez, Peyton Evans, Elliana Walmsley and Lilliana Ketchman have been ...
  
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• Dancers add personal touch to Genesis - Perth Now

  24-06-2016 08:28 via perthnow.com.au
  Perth Now
  Dancers add personal touch to Genesis
  Perth Now
  Perth dancers bring talent to WA Ballet's Genesis choreography | PerthNow ...and more »
  
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• “Shut Up and Dance”—Making the Music Video - Playbill.com

  24-06-2016 06:02 via playbill.com
  
  Playbill.com
  “Shut Up and Dance”—Making the Music Video
  Playbill.com
  This aspiring choreographer reveals his process behind creating a new story to the song everyone has in their head. An error occurred. Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. For a dancer in ...
  
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• New 'Wild, Wild West' ballet coming next year - Quad-Cities Online

  24-06-2016 04:23 via qconline.com
  
  Quad-Cities Online
  New 'Wild, Wild West' ballet coming next year
  Quad-Cities Online
  Ballet Quad Cities will celebrate its 20th anniversary season in 2016-17. It is the longest-running resident professional ballet company in the state of Iowa and in western Illinois, one of only 100 in the nation, according to balletquadcities.com. The ...
  
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• Festival Ballet Providence's upcoming season to include new 'Romeo & Juliet' - The Providence Journal

  24-06-2016 03:37 via providencejournal.com
  
  The Providence Journal
  Festival Ballet Providence's upcoming season to include new 'Romeo & Juliet'
  The Providence Journal
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Festival Ballet Providence will mount next season a new multidisciplinary "Romeo & Juliet," fusing dance and spoken word, plus it will offer productions of "Cinderella," "Carmen," "The Little Prince," and, of course, its holiday ...
  
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• Ballet Black - LeftLion

  24-06-2016 02:51 via leftlion.co.uk
  LeftLion
  Ballet Black
  LeftLion
  “Ballet Black…aims to bring ballet to a more culturally diverse audience by celebrating black and Asian dancers in ballet…. Our ultimate goal is to see a fundamental change in the number of black and Asian dancers in mainstream ballet companies ...
  
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• Dance Listings for June 24-30 - New York Times

  24-06-2016 02:17 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Dance Listings for June 24-30
  New York Times
  Marcelo Gomes and Diana Vishneva in American Ballet Theater's production of “Romeo and Juliet.” Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times. A selected guide to dance performances in New York City. Full reviews of recent dance performances: ...
  
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