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• Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun - The New ... - New York Times

  24-10-2016 23:12 via nytimes.com
  Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun - The New ...
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  Spirits, steps and wit sparkled in three George Balanchine pieces performed by Suzanne Farrell Ballet.and more »
  
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• Pine-Richland dance team stacks up accolades at camp - Tribune-Review

  24-10-2016 23:03 via triblive.com
  
  Pine-Richland dance team stacks up accolades at camp
  Tribune-Review
  As they march, leap and high-kick through their year-round schedule, the members of the Pine-Richland High School dance team are also celebrating a winning year. As with many groups and teams at Pine-Richland, the 10-member dance team – girls ninth ...and more »
  
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• Watch Cool Dad President Obama Dance to Drake's 'Hotline Bling' With Usher and Janelle Monae - TIME

  24-10-2016 22:55 via time.com
  
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  Watch Cool Dad President Obama Dance to Drake's 'Hotline Bling' With Usher and Janelle Monae
  TIME
  President Obama continued his reign as the ultimate cool dad while getting down on Saturday at BET's “Love and Happiness: A Musical Experience,” the last musical event he'll be hosting at the White House as the dad-in-chief. POTUS showed off his ...
  President Obama dances to 'Hotline Bling' with Usher, Janelle MonáeEntertainment Weekly
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• Beyonce Backup Dancer And NYC Dance Instructor Missing, Last Seen At Port Authority - Gothamist

  24-10-2016 22:44 via gothamist.com
  
  Beyonce Backup Dancer And NYC Dance Instructor Missing, Last Seen At Port Authority
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  A 32-year-old dancer who has performed in videos for Beyonce and also teaches in NYC has been reported missing. Shirlene Quigley was apparently last seen "getting on a bus at Port Authority around 1 a.m. Sunday," and her friends and family are worried.and more »
  
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• Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun - New York Times

  24-10-2016 22:34 via nytimes.com
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  Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun
  New York Times
  An all-Balanchine program: Members of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet in “Gounod Symphony” at the Kennedy Center. Credit Paul Kolnik. WASHINGTON — When she danced — from the early 1960s to the late '80s — the ballerina Suzanne Farrell gave people ...
  The Suzanne Farrell Ballet: All-Balanchine Program at The Kennedy CenterDC Metro Theater Arts (press
  
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• Harvest Moon Dance Brings Together Ithaca College Students and Older Adults - Ithaca College

  24-10-2016 22:34 via ithaca.edu
  Harvest Moon Dance Brings Together Ithaca College Students and Older Adults
  Ithaca College
  For 23 years, Ithaca College students and older adults have come together to meet, listen to music and most importantly, dance. Each year the Aging and Gerontological Education Society (A.G.E.S.), a student organization, invites Ithaca's elderly ...
  
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• Clear Lake studio thrives with traditional dance - Chron.com

  24-10-2016 21:35 via chron.com
  
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  Clear Lake studio thrives with traditional dance
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  Becca Bryan was used to blending in with the crowd. The Dickinson high school student had always been looking for a way to set herself apart and she eventually found it in dance, and even then, she followed a different path. A little over two-years ago ...
  Irish dancers raising the green to dance in DublinBillings Gazetteall 2 news articles »
  
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• What Strange Plague Made These People Dance Themselves to Death? - Medical Daily

  24-10-2016 20:59 via medicaldaily.com
  
  What Strange Plague Made These People Dance Themselves to Death?
  Medical Daily
  Sometimes, the only motivation people need to dance is a good beat. Other times, they need tremendous stress within their community — then they can dance for months on end until they collapse. At least that's what happened in the summer of 1518 in ...
  
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• Elizabeth Warren: 'Donald Trump sure has made Kelly Ayotte dance' - Daily Kos

  24-10-2016 20:45 via dailykos.com
  
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  Elizabeth Warren: 'Donald Trump sure has made Kelly Ayotte dance'
  Daily Kos
  Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Sign the petition to Republicans: Trump's comments on Khan family are repugnant. Drop your support for him. Donald Trump ...and more »
  
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• Christie's Fall Preview and L.A. Dance Project Take Over UTA Artist Space - Hollywood Reporter

  24-10-2016 20:27 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
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  Christie's Fall Preview and L.A. Dance Project Take Over UTA Artist Space
  Hollywood Reporter
  Choreographer Benjamin Millepied chats about his wife, Natalie Portman, his rocky tenure at Paris Opera Ballet and the future of L.A. Dance Project. L.A. Dance Project co-founder Benjamin Millepied is hoping for a repeat performance. The last time his ...and more »
  
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• Bay Area ballet gets blood flowing - The Signal

  24-10-2016 20:22 via uhclthesignal.com
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  Bay Area ballet gets blood flowing
  The Signal
  The Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre leapt into UHCL's Bayou Theater Oct. 14-16 with their version of Dracula. Written by: Cassidy Smith. 2016/10/24 7:00 AM. The Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre (BAHBT) leapt into UHCL's Bayou Theater Oct.
  
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• Costume Carnival on Saturday features dance, crafts and more - MLT News

  24-10-2016 20:19 via mltnews.com
  
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  Costume Carnival on Saturday features dance, crafts and more
  MLT News
  The Costume Carnival benefits local youth through the Mountlake Terrace Dance Company Scholarship Fund and the Kontagious Arts Foundation. (Photo courtesy the City of Mountlake Terrace). The City of Mountlake Terrace Dance and Fitness Program ...
  
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• Rochester City Ballet to present 'The Nutcracker' open rehearsal - WebsterPost.com

  24-10-2016 19:37 via websterpost.com
  
  Rochester City Ballet to present 'The Nutcracker' open rehearsal
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  Rochester City Ballet, 1326 University Ave., Rochester, will continue its InStudio series with an open rehearsal of “The Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. Nov. 5. The show is presented annually with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Bach Children's Chorus ...and more »
  
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• Small, startup dance ensembles hope to fill niches in central Ohio - Columbus Dispatch

  24-10-2016 18:57 via dispatch.com
  
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  Small, startup dance ensembles hope to fill niches in central Ohio
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  The Dispatch app features breaking news, sports, weather, videos, movie times, traffic updates, a flight tracker and much more. Download apps for your: *iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch · * Android · Enlarge Image Request to buy this photo MADDIE ...
  
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• Jaromir Jagr destroyed Halloween dance party, sang Chainsmokers (Video) - Yahoo Sports

  24-10-2016 18:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
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  Jaromir Jagr destroyed Halloween dance party, sang Chainsmokers (Video)
  Yahoo Sports
  For 2016, he teased on Facebook that he was “preparing for Halloween, but it looks like this year won't require a mask.” And he's right: When one is dressing like a Pharaoh and one is already the face of (hockey) god, one doesn't need a mask.
  
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• Carlos Acosta brings Cuban dance company to Sadler's Wells with ballet diversity plea - iNews

  24-10-2016 18:16 via inews.co.uk
  
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  Carlos Acosta brings Cuban dance company to Sadler's Wells with ballet diversity plea
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  The ballet star Carlos Acosta has said British companies must do more to extend opportunities to dancers from ethnic minority backgrounds. The acclaimed performer is bringing his new Cuban dance company to Sadler's Wells for its first UK show. The ...and more »
  
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• 'Dance of the Hillary' Virus Is A Hoax - Business 2 Community

  24-10-2016 17:52 via business2community.com
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  'Dance of the Hillary' Virus Is A Hoax
  Business 2 Community
  A claim circulating around the internet purporting that a virus called the “Dance of Hillary” will ruin your phone is fake. According to Snopes, a warning message began to spread across social media that read: Recommended for You. Webcast, November 3rd ...and more »
  
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• Jessica Lang premiere, American Ballet Theatre, New York — review - Financial Times

  24-10-2016 17:28 via ft.com
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  Jessica Lang premiere, American Ballet Theatre, New York — review
  Financial Times
  In her 1929 feminist manifesto A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf lent Shakespeare a sister, whom she escorted step by step to her inevitable ruin emulating William. If the novelist had chosen a composer, she would not have had to invent.
  
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• Three-Day Touring North Carolina Dance Festival at ASU's Valborg Theatre Oct. 27-29 - High Country Press

  24-10-2016 17:19 via hcpress.com
  High Country Press
  Three-Day Touring North Carolina Dance Festival at ASU's Valborg Theatre Oct. 27-29
  High Country Press
  Appalachian State University's Department of Theatre and Dance will present the North Carolina Dance Festival (NCDF) in the Valborg Theatre on the university campus Oct. 27–29 at 7 p.m. The festival is a celebration of the state's legacy of ...
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Season 7 News, Updates & Spoilers: Upcoming Season Not Canceled, Filming Underway Despite Abby ... - iTech Post

  24-10-2016 17:12 via itechpost.com
  
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  'Dance Moms' Season 7 News, Updates & Spoilers: Upcoming Season Not Canceled, Filming Underway Despite Abby ...
  iTech Post
  "Dance Moms" season 7 filming is underway despite rumors that the reality show will be canceled due to Abby Lee Miller's scheduled sentencing in November. The absence of Jojo Siwa also brought another wave of cancelation rumors but based on latest ...
  [VIDEO] 'Dance Moms' Spoilers: Abby Lee Miller Breaks Down over Legal IssuesBuddyTV (blog)all 3 news art
  
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• Acosta Danza to tour UK with fusion of classical and modern dance

  24-10-2016 16:46
  
  Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta says Havana-based company ‘creates an energy’ by bringing different dance styles togetherCarlos Acosta has spoken of his mission to break down barriers between the segregated worlds of classical and contemporary dance with his new Cuban company.Acosta, who retired from the Royal Ballet last year and made his final classical appearance earlier this month, announced on Monday that Acosta Danza would tour the UK from September. Related: The Classical Farew
  
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• LBT performs “Le Ballet de Dracula” - Star Local Media

  24-10-2016 15:22 via starlocalmedia.com
  
  Star Local Media
  LBT performs “Le Ballet de Dracula”
  Star Local Media
  There were new faces, and even one new dance, but one constant remained the same for the annual production of “Le Ballet de Dracula” – the dancers performed to a sold out crowd at nearly every performance. LakeCities Ballet Theatre (LBT) offered three ...
  
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• Estampas Porteñas, the offspring of ballet and the tango, dances into Dallas - Dallas News

  24-10-2016 15:00 via dallasnews.com
  
  Dallas News
  Estampas Porteñas, the offspring of ballet and the tango, dances into Dallas
  Dallas News
  Toward the end of her long and successful career as a prima ballerina, Carolina Soler discovered a new path: the tango. "Things were difficult in the ballet, and I was looking to fill my heart," recalls the artistic director of Estampas Porteñas, the ...
  
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• Twerk out: MLS player gets booked for celebratory dance (VIDEO) - RT

  24-10-2016 14:58 via rt.com
  
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  Twerk out: MLS player gets booked for celebratory dance (VIDEO)
  RT
  While soccer players are well known for their creative goal celebrations, Kei Kamara of MLS' New England Revolution landed in trouble for his twerking effort after scoring against the Montreal Impact on Sunday. The Revolution was leading 2-0 against ...and more »
  
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• CW39 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market Sweepstakes | CW39 ... - CW39

  24-10-2016 12:04 via cw39.com
  
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  CW39 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market Sweepstakes | CW39 ...
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  No purchase necessary to enter or win. Sweepstakes begins on Monday, October 24, 2016 at 5:00am (CT) and ends on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 11:59pm ...and more »
  
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• Melbourne ballet school overturns ban on men being backstage after single dad raises concerns - Herald Sun

  24-10-2016 11:02 via heraldsun.com.au
  Herald Sun
  Melbourne ballet school overturns ban on men being backstage after single dad raises concerns
  Herald Sun
  A MELBOURNE dance school has been forced to overturn a ban prohibiting males from being backstage at student concerts. The Parkwood Dance Academy ban would have stopped Melbourne dad Michael Ray, 54, from accompanying his daughter Charlie, ...
  
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• Fundraiser benefits Concert Ballet building - TribDem.com

  24-10-2016 05:21 via tribdem.com
  
  Fundraiser benefits Concert Ballet building
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  Johnstown Concert Ballet's Dance Works will hold Some Like it Haute! A Wearable Art Fashion event from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Bottle Works, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown. The event will support the renovation of the ...
  
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• Sparkling and Shimmying at American Ballet Theatre's Gala - Wall Street Journal

  24-10-2016 00:11 via wsj.com
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Sparkling and Shimmying at American Ballet Theatre's Gala
  Wall Street Journal
  At American Ballet Theatre's fall gala, the costumes onstage usually dazzle. But the sequins, satins and floral prints on the guests were the real show at the David H. Koch Theater last week. Hamish Bowles and Maria Baibakova at the American Ballet ...
  
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