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• December 2016 | FYI

  01-12-2016 23:55
  What’s up in the dance community❱ Jacob’s Pillow Four-Season Studio❱ Gift Leads to Doctoral Program in Dance Education❱ It’s Good to Be the Ballerina Boss❱ Hip-Hop Arrives at NYPL Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | Moving Images

  01-12-2016 23:53
  Videos of note (new and not)1.Shake the Dust2.Inside the Circle3.Check Your Body at the Door4.Sweethearts of the Gridiron Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | Page Turners

  01-12-2016 23:51
  Books of note (new and not)1.America Dancing: From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk2.Stompin’ at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller3.Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement, 2nd ed.4.Song and Dance Man Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | 2 Tips for Ballet Teachers | Two Rules for Male Partners

  01-12-2016 23:50
  Tip 1 In partnering classes, the first thing I tell male students is that their most important job is to make their partners look good. Only after their partners are comfortable and balanced should male dancers consider their own poses.A male student should remember this rule even in simple exercises, such as a partnered piqué first arabesque from a B+ position with his hands on the female’s hips. In this case, he must watch her lower back and allow her to travel in piqué bef
  
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• December 2016 | Bulletin Board

  01-12-2016 23:49
  Dance in Time: DecemberQuotable: About Dance Continue reading
  
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• Arts Hot Ticket: Celebrating Christmas through dance - Daily Herald

  01-12-2016 23:25 via heraldextra.com
  
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  Arts Hot Ticket: Celebrating Christmas through dance
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  In "Christmas Around the World," BYU Department of Dance and the International Folk Dance Ensemble present a show featuring international dance music. prev. next. Dancers at Brigham Young University will celebrate the holidays as well as a wide variety ...and more »
  
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• Dance class offered for Special Olympics athletes - Farmington Daily Times

  01-12-2016 23:12 via daily-times.com
  
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  Dance class offered for Special Olympics athletes
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  The Force 2.0 dance studio is offering a hip-hop class specifically for Special Olympics athletes. Loading… Post to Facebook. Dance class offered for Special Olympics athletes The Force 2.0 dance studio is offering a hip-hop class specifically for ...and more »
  
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• December 2016 | Onstage Nationwide

  01-12-2016 23:03
  From winter competitions to summer national galas to fall intensives, there are exciting learning and growing opportunities for dancers of any age. In our annual listing, you’ll find the right fit from among nearly 125 competitions and conventions, ranging from old favorites to intriguing new options. Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | College Close-Ups | University of Utah

  01-12-2016 23:01
  The University of Utah School of Dance, in Salt Lake City, offers separate degree programs in ballet and modern dance and attracts students from across the world. While honoring the legacies of these two dance forms, which the University began offering more than 60 years ago, the school maintains an environment of open inquiry that encourages questioning, risk-taking, and sensitivity. Continue reading
  
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• Holiday happenings in the midstate 2016: dance performances - PennLive.com

  01-12-2016 22:19 via pennlive.com
  
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  Holiday happenings in the midstate 2016: dance performances
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  The Party Scene performed by Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet during the annual holiday performances of Balanchine's "The Nutcracker." (Rosalie O'Connor Photography). Print Email · Janet Krajcsik | [email protected] By Janet Krajcsik ...
  Dance Alive's 'Nutcracker' leaps back into OcalaOcala
  Bay Area Dancers Weigh In on 'The Nutcracker' and the Holiday Dance SeasonKQED
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• December 2016 | 2 Music Tips for Dance Teachers | Ballet Divertissements from Operas: Part 2

  01-12-2016 21:55
  Tip 1
  Last month I wrote about useful music from operas. (See “2 Music Tips for Dance Teachers: Ballet Divertissements from Operas: Part 1,” November 2016.) Here are more examples.Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable: Act 2’s “Pas de cinq” occurs during a medieval tournament. Use its light, bouncy tunes in 6/8 for ballonné, ballotté, and glissade jeté. Use its sections in 2/4 for petit battement, petit allegro, and pointe work. Act 3’s Balle
  
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• December 2016 | 2 Tips for Hip-Hop Teachers | Essential Moves: Kick Ball Change

  01-12-2016 21:51
  Tip 1
  Make sure your students have the kick ball change (also called kick cross step) in their hip-hop vocabularies. This move is fundamentally about shifting the weight.Start with feet shoulder-width apart, weight balanced evenly between the feet. Kick the right foot out in front and then cross it over the left leg. Bring it to the floor in a cross-legged position with the weight on the right foot. Step out with the left foot to the left, uncrossing the feet; now the weight should be on the lef
  
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• December 2016 | Mail

  01-12-2016 21:49
  Words from our readers Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | Grassroots to Mainstream

  01-12-2016 20:56
  In a hot and humid gym on the Mercyhurst University campus in Erie, Pennsylvania, teacher Jon Lehrer was putting some 30 young jazz dance students through their paces. As Lehrer, a former dancer with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago and founder of Lehrer Dance, extolled plié as “the single most important step for moving,” the dancers appeared to take in this knowledge and experiment with it.The occasion was Regional Dance America’s 2016 Northeast Festival, held June 2 to 4, 2
  
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• December 2016 | Ask Rhee Gold

  01-12-2016 20:54
  Advice for dance teachers Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | Performance Corner

  01-12-2016 20:51
  Our sneak peek at dance shows we’d love to see Continue reading
  
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• December 2016 | 2 Tips for Modern & Contemporary Teachers | Hip Slides and Gentle Grips

  01-12-2016 20:49
  Tip 1
  When you teach the hip slide, explain that students need to be in three-point contact with the floor as they approach the slide. That is, for a slide onto the right hip, the dancer steps forward on a flat left foot, left knee bent in parallel; the right foot is back on the walk, right knee stretched in parallel; and the right hand is on the floor, just ahead and to the side of the left foot. Leave enough space between the left foot and right hand for the hips to pass through.Next, the danc
  
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• December 2016 | Raw and Awesome

  01-12-2016 20:40
  As a dance form, hip-hop emerged from the streets, and its spontaneity, energy, and individuality reinforce its appeal. So when you place hip-hop in concert form, as choreographer Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris has done successfully for 25 years, it’s vital to retain that freshness while instilling it with discipline and stagecraft. Enter Rennie Harris Awe-Inspiring Works (RHAW), a second company to the acclaimed Rennie Harris Puremovement.“There is no street dance academy,&rdqu
  
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• DANCE CAPTAIN DANCE ATTACK: Ben Tries on His Heels with KINKY BOOTS' Nathan Peck! - Broadway World

  01-12-2016 20:32 via broadwayworld.com
  
  DANCE CAPTAIN DANCE ATTACK: Ben Tries on His Heels with KINKY BOOTS' Nathan Peck!
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  BroadwayWorld is excited to premiere our latest exclusive series: DANCE CAPTAIN DANCE ATTACK! Join your Broadway buddy, Ben Cameron (Wicked, Aida, Footloose, Broadway Sessions), as he goes into the studio to learn original Broadway ...
  
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• December 2016 | Jazz Hands-On

  01-12-2016 20:04
  It was three and a half days into National Dance Education Organization’s four-day jazz dance conference when the first pirouette appeared. Attendees included 94 jazz dance educators from higher-ed, public school programs, and private studios, yet when the hours of technique classes wrapped up at the conference’s end, not one had included head-high battements.“What kind of jazz is that?” you might ask.Questions like that—about what jazz dance is, where it lives, who
  
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• Dance review: Garth Fagan home season - Rochester City Newspaper

  01-12-2016 19:29 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
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  Dance review: Garth Fagan home season
  Rochester City Newspaper
  Garth Fagan Dance premiered two pieces to an appreciative audience Wednesday night at Nazareth College's Arts Center during the opening of its 2016 home season. Both pieces -- Fagan's "In Conflict" and Norwood Pennewell's "A Moderate Cease" ...
  
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• The Chainsmokers Notch Career-Best 15th Week Atop Hot Dance/Electronic Songs With 'Closer' - Billboard

  01-12-2016 19:22 via billboard.com
  
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  The Chainsmokers Notch Career-Best 15th Week Atop Hot Dance/Electronic Songs With 'Closer'
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  The Chainsmokers lead Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated Dec. 10) for a 15th week with "Closer" (featuring Halsey), which becomes the act's longest-leading No. 1 on the ranking. The song eclipses the 14-week command of "Roses" ...and more »
  
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• Phoenix Rising to play at weekly dance - VVdailypress.com

  01-12-2016 19:14 via vvdailypress.com
  
  Phoenix Rising to play at weekly dance
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  Get up and move to the music of Phoenix Rising during the Hesperia Leisure League's weekly dance on Friday. The dance is $4 to enter and is open to the public from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.. The Hesperia Leisure League holds dances each Friday, and includes a ...and more »
  
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• Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Marshmello, Shaun Frank & Cheat ... - Billboard

  01-12-2016 19:04 via billboard.com
  
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  Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Marshmello, Shaun Frank & Cheat ...
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  Each week, Billboard Dance looks at songs & albums rising on Billboard's dance charts.and more »
  
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• Club owners stomp their feet as Brussels begins reinforcing 'dance tax' - Fox News

  01-12-2016 19:00 via foxnews.com
  
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  Club owners stomp their feet as Brussels begins reinforcing 'dance tax'
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  You know what they say-- dance like nobody's watching…except maybe in Brussels. If you find yourself in the Belgian city, club owners might want you stop dancing altogether because it turns out your moves are costing them quite a bit of money ...
  
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• Narbonne's Dominic Peterson has 15 1/2 sacks and even more dance moves - Los Angeles Times

  01-12-2016 18:26 via latimes.com
  
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  Narbonne's Dominic Peterson has 15 1/2 sacks and even more dance moves
  Los Angeles Times
  Dominic Peterson never hesitates to break out dancing — except after he sacks a quarterback. He knows that would cost his team a 15-yard penalty for taunting. “If they allowed me to dance, I'd dance so much the coaches would probably get annoyed by it ...
  
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• December 2016 | 2 Tips for Tap Teachers | Across the Floor and Around the Room

  01-12-2016 18:19
  Tip 1 Small, stationary footwork is important to master, but it’s equally important that tap dancers learn to move rhythmically across the floor and around the room.Beginners can move with swinging skips, marches, and step ball changes. The simple ball change can move in a grapevine pattern in various rhythms, for example “a1a2a3a4” or “1&[2]&3[&]4&.” Try steps and heel drops in different patterns; this requires control and a distinct decision whethe
  
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• Motorola looks to pair Moto Z for a dance with Tango - PCWorld

  01-12-2016 18:17 via pcworld.com
  
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  Motorola looks to pair Moto Z for a dance with Tango
  PCWorld
  The Moto Z might not have the gotten the same attention as the Samsung Galaxy S7 or the Google Pixel, but it's one of the most promising handsets of the year. Especially the more affordable, long-lasting Moto Z Play. The first phone to bring a mature ...and more »
  
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• December 2016 | Power of the Page

  01-12-2016 17:36
  When Elizabeth Earley finally landed a role on Broadway, in Something Rotten! at the St. James Theatre, she shared her excitement with family, friends, and her most trusted confidant—her journal.Keeping a journal or daybook has the potential to open paths of understanding for dancers, artists, and athletes. Earley discovered these truths, and her place on Broadway, through dedication to her craft—she trained at the Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Paul Taylor schools, among many ot
  
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• Looking Back: Neptune dance hall hot spot kept rising from ashes - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

  01-12-2016 17:10 via argusleader.com
  
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  Looking Back: Neptune dance hall hot spot kept rising from ashes
  Sioux Falls Argus Leader
  On May 9, 1927, the city received a permit to sell stock in a place called Neptune Park. City commissioner Ellis O. Smith was president of the newly formed Neptune Amusement Co., which hoped to sell $20,000 worth of stock to fund a multipurpose ...
  
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• December 2016 Dance Calendar - Amsterdam News

  01-12-2016 16:58 via amsterdamnews.com
  
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  December 2016 Dance Calendar
  Amsterdam News
  Include dance in your holiday plans. The wildly inquisitive choreographer Reggie Wilson and his Fist and Heel Performance Group return to BAM (Dec. 14-17) with the premiere of “CITIZEN,” “…inspired by the histories of iconic African-Americans ...
  
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• Dance: A snail's trail - Jerusalem Post Israel News

  01-12-2016 15:54 via jpost.com
  
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  Dance: A snail's trail
  Jerusalem Post Israel News
  'I would like my painting to look as if a human being had passed between them, like a snail leaving its trail of human presence…as a snail leaves its slime.” This quote by Francis Bacon is one of the many twigs that Tamar Borer has assembled to create ...
  
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• December 2016 | Champs and Change Agents

  01-12-2016 15:53
  Backstage at the 2016 World of Dance competition in Orlando, Florida, Davina Pasiewicz gathered Chicago-based hip-hop crew The Puzzle League in a pre-performance huddle. “This is not about winning a trophy,” Pasiewicz, the crew’s executive director, told the 35 dancers. “This is about communicating a message bigger than ourselves. If we accomplish that, we will have already won.”The message the piece delivered was this: millennials need to turn out at the polls. Con
  
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• Drexel drones star in Philly dance world premiere - Billy Penn

  01-12-2016 15:32 via billypenn.com
  
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  Drexel drones star in Philly dance world premiere
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  Inside the glass-walled, high-ceilinged makeshift lab in Drexel University's Bossone Research Center, four students sit huddled around a row of laptops, their screens multi-tasking between writing code, running video simulations and shopping for ...
  
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• Greatest of All Time: Madonna Is Billboard's No. 1 Dance Club ... - Billboard

  01-12-2016 15:09 via billboard.com
  
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  Greatest of All Time: Madonna Is Billboard's No. 1 Dance Club ...
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  Madonna is the No. 1 Billboard Dance Club Songs artist over the last 40 years, dating to the chart's 1976 inception. The icon reigns thanks largely to her record ...and more »
  
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• Fall Dance Loft: Students prepare to display their creative works at Friday's performance - Oregon Daily Emerald

  01-12-2016 15:09 via dailyemerald.com
  
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  Fall Dance Loft: Students prepare to display their creative works at Friday's performance
  Oregon Daily Emerald
  Choreographer Anita Morgan and Dancer Brianne Waller practice for their Fall Dance Loft on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the Dougherty Dance Theatre in the Gerlinger Annex. (Samuel Marshall/Emerald) ...and more »
  
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• Know Your Madisonian: Love of dance puts Tracey Reinke in full ... - Madison.com

  01-12-2016 12:34 via host.madison.com
  
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  Know Your Madisonian: Love of dance puts Tracey Reinke in full ...
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  Tracey Reinke is the executive director of Jumptown Swing, which hosts weekly swing dance lessons and a few social dances a month.and more »
  
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• Northeastern Ballet Theatre unwraps trio of 'Nutcracker' performances - NewHampshire.com

  01-12-2016 07:39
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  Northeastern Ballet Theatre unwraps trio of 'Nutcracker' performances
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  Northeastern Ballet Theatre (NBT) presents “The Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Oyster River High School in Durham and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Kingswood Arts Center in Wolfeboro. In the Durham shows, NBT, under the ...
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• North Star Ballet presenting classic production 'The Nutcracker' - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  01-12-2016 07:31
  
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  North Star Ballet presenting classic production 'The Nutcracker'
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  From left, Clara and the Prince watch the snowflakes dance during "The Nutcracker" at Hering Auditorium. This year's production, performed by Fairbanks North Star Ballet, is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. FAIRBANKS — One of the biggest holiday events of ...
  
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• Avery Ballet presents 'In the Spirit of Angels' on Friday. - Fredericksburg.com

  01-12-2016 05:02
  
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  Avery Ballet presents 'In the Spirit of Angels' on Friday.
  Fredericksburg.com
  This time of year is marked by efforts to reach out and help those in need. We are inspired by examples of generosity and love that uplift the human spirit and give us hope. An example of this is “The Spirit of Angels,” a performance this Friday by ...
  
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• Former Royal Winnipeg Ballet student suing school, former instructor - Macleans.ca

  01-12-2016 03:19
  
  Former Royal Winnipeg Ballet student suing school, former instructor
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  WINNIPEG – A former student with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is suing the company and a former instructor, alleging she was sexually assaulted and exploited in the 1990s. She says she suffered mental distress, body image issues, eating disorders and ...and more »
  
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• Matthew is en pointe - Courier Mail

  01-12-2016 03:16
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  Matthew is en pointe
  Courier Mail
  Matthew Maxwell, 14, has earned a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in London. Picture: Ric Frearson. Southeast. Teenager living the dream in London dance gig. Amelia Broadstock, Quest Newspapers. November 30, 2016 6:00pm. AT 14 years of age, ...
  
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