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• 'Entangle,' three-part dance series, at Tang Museum - Albany Times Union

  09-03-2017 23:44 via timesunion.com
  
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  'Entangle,' three-part dance series, at Tang Museum
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  Rope Dance, 2015. Concept, title and score by Anna Halprin. Interpretations and variations by Janine Antoni, foreground, and Stephen Petronio. Commissioned by The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Rope ... more. Photo: Frank Moore, Arthur ...
  
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• South Carolina Ballet production to celebrate human spirit in ... - Charleston Post Courier

  09-03-2017 23:24 via postandcourier.com
  
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  South Carolina Ballet production to celebrate human spirit in ...
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  Paintings by Jonathan Green will be integrated into a new ballet called "Emanuel: Love is the Answer," presented by William Starett and the South Carolina ...
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• Dancer review – tiptoeing around ballet's bad boy - The Guardian

  09-03-2017 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Dancer review – tiptoeing around ballet's bad boy
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  He looks as clear and untroubled as a child … Sergei Polunin in Dancer. Photograph: Dogwoof Pictures. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest · Share on Google+ · Share ...
  
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• Dancer review – tiptoeing around ballet's bad boy

  09-03-2017 23:15
  
  Dancer Sergei Polunin gets a respectful and useful documentary, but we need a deeper investigation into this amazing dancer, hamstrung by his own demonsThis is a sympathetic, serviceable but respectfully unintrusive documentary about the Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin, who in 2010, at the staggeringly early age of 20, became the Royal Ballet’s youngest ever principal. Two years later, he walked out, owing to a crisis of faith in himself (not discussed terribly thoroughly here), but soon r
  
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• Chinese ballet dancer who is keen to stretch himself in London - Financial Times

  09-03-2017 23:03 via ft.com
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  Chinese ballet dancer who is keen to stretch himself in London
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  In Mao's Last Dancer, the 2009 film about the Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin, who defected to the US in 1981, one young pupil is played by Jinhao Zhang, today a “first artist” at the English National Ballet. For the 21-year-old Zhang, who moved to ...
  
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• RHYTHM OF THE DANCE - Artvoice

  09-03-2017 22:39 via artvoice.com
  
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  RHYTHM OF THE DANCE
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  The National Dance Company of Ireland Presents: “Rhythm of the Dance.” This two-hour dance and music extravaganza contains a wealth of Irish talent. The show relives the journey of the Irish Celts throughout history. Using modern art forms of dance and ...and more »
  
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• Shakira Practices Sexy Bachata Dance Moves for New Music Video ... - E! Online

  09-03-2017 22:34 via eonline.com
  
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  Shakira Practices Sexy Bachata Dance Moves for New Music Video ...
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  The Colombian beauty was on the set of the music video for "Deja Vu," her song with Prince Royce. Given that it's a bachata song, it needed some sexy bachata ...and more »
  
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• Woman performs bizarre interpretive dance at city council meeting - AOL

  09-03-2017 22:32 via aol.com
  
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  Woman performs bizarre interpretive dance at city council meeting
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  A Portland, Maine, city council meeting evolved into a scene straight out of 'Parks and Recreation' when a female citizen took the floor and broke out into an "interpretive dance" of sorts. The strange performance culminates with the lead (and only ...
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  KNOW AND TELL: Woman performs interpretive
  
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• Mid-Columbia Ballet spring production to take audiences on journey - Tri-City Herald

  09-03-2017 22:14 via tri-cityherald.com
  
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  Mid-Columbia Ballet spring production to take audiences on journey
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  On March 17-18, the Mid-Columbia Ballet dancers take audience members on a journey through different kinds of ballet in a Spring Mixed Repertory production in Richland. The first act includes contemporary ballets choreographed by Rex Wheeler and ...
  
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• Dance group performance highlights celebration of Native American Culture Week - StateHornet.com

  09-03-2017 21:25 via statehornet.com
  
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  Dance group performance highlights celebration of Native American Culture Week
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  Native American dance group Ixtatutli/White Hawk performs in the Foothill Suite of the University Union on Tuesday. (Photo by Andro Palting). Sacramento State students were treated to a series of performances by the Native American dance group ...
  
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• Ballet San Angelo announces new artistic director - San Angelo Standard Times

  09-03-2017 21:22 via gosanangelo.com
  
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  Ballet San Angelo announces new artistic director
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  Ballet San Angelo has hired Sandra Miller as artistic director. She will arrive in May from North Carolina.
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• ART BEAT: Suwanee Ballet to perform Snow White at Buford's Sylvia Beard Theatre - Gwinnettdailypost.com

  09-03-2017 21:02 via gwinnettdailypost.com
  
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  ART BEAT: Suwanee Ballet to perform Snow White at Buford's Sylvia Beard Theatre
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  Alexa Hunsinger, left, as Snow White, and Christina Leamon, right, as the Evil Queen/Witch from last year's production of Suwanee Ballet's 'Snow White.' This year's production will be March 17th and 18th in the Sylvia Beard Theatre in Buford. (Special ...
  
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• Cincy Ballet announces season of 'more' - Cincinnati.com

  09-03-2017 19:23 via cincinnati.com
  
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  Cincy Ballet announces season of 'more'
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  Several years ago, Cincinnati Ballet artistic director Victoria Morgan was asked about her goals for the company. “More,” she answered. It was blunt. But it was hardly a surprise. It's what nearly every artistic director wants for her company. Morgan ...
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  ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Russian National Ballet makes Aiken visitAiken Standardall 3 news articles »
  
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• Cincy Ballet announces season of 'more' - Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati.com

  09-03-2017 19:23 via cincinnati.com
  
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  Cincy Ballet announces season of 'more' - Cincinnati Enquirer
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  Eight works – 53 percent – are choreographed by women. There is no other large ballet company in the U.S. that even comes close to that.
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  ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Russian National Ballet makes Aiken visit ...Aiken Standardall 3 news articles »
  
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• March-April 2017 | On My Mind

  09-03-2017 19:12
  
  by Rhee GoldJust as I admire school owners for working together to improve dance education, I have always respected UDMA’s ability to unite some of the largest and most respected vendors in the industry. Together these vendors donate thousands of dollars for National Dance Week, offer continuing education seminars for teachers and school owners, and produce the largest American trade show in the field.
  
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• 10 SXSW 2017 Dance Music Showcases You Can't Miss - Billboard

  09-03-2017 18:06 via billboard.com
  
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  10 SXSW 2017 Dance Music Showcases You Can't Miss
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  Who is ready to get weird in Austin? Another edition of SXSW is just around the corner, and 2017 is lit up with electrifying performances from some of the loudest, chillest, thought-provoking, and deftly skilled DJs and producers in the current dance ...and more »
  
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• Cross-dressing Trocks do the ballet classics with heavy makeup, wigs, and extra-large pointe shoes - Philly.com

  09-03-2017 17:16 via philly.com
  
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  Cross-dressing Trocks do the ballet classics with heavy makeup, wigs, and extra-large pointe shoes
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  Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male company that dances spoofy versions of serious ballets, is always good for laughs. But the company's visit this week to the Prince Theater's NextMove Dance series also offers an interesting tasting ...and more »
  
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• How to Attract Fans of “The Office” to the Ballet - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  09-03-2017 15:50 via dancemagazine.com
  
  How to Attract Fans of “The Office” to the Ballet
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  To promote its revival of Stanton Welch's Cinderella, Houston Ballet recently posted a short video on social media. It wasn't the regular teaser of expertly edited performance footage, but instead a parody on the hit show “The Office.” While ballet and ...
  
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• Sergei Polunin, inked: Ballet's talented rebel discusses his life in tattoos - CNN

  09-03-2017 14:58 via cnn.com
  
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  Sergei Polunin, inked: Ballet's talented rebel discusses his life in tattoos
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  (CNN) Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin points at the word "Natasha" tattooed across the top of his hand. "Natasha is this amazing ballet dancer, she's a star. I did her initials," he says. "It's a person who I loved ... We had fights, and I tried to ...and more »
  
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• Meet Sergei Polunin, ballet's most talented rebel - CNN.com - CNN

  09-03-2017 14:56 via cnn.com
  
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  Meet Sergei Polunin, ballet's most talented rebel - CNN.com
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  Once the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal, Sergei Polunin famously left the company at just 21. Now, a new documentary puts him back in the spotlight.and more »
  
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• New Manassas Ballet production includes classic, modern ballet - Fauquier Times

  09-03-2017 12:34 via fauquier.com
  
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  New Manassas Ballet production includes classic, modern ballet
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  Manassas Ballet Theatre's latest production has a bit of something for everyone, artistic director Amy Wolfe says. Manassas Ballet Theatre, with Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra and Voce Chamber Singers, presents “Carmina Burana and More!” March 10 ...
  
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• National Ballet's Pinocchio anything but wooden - Toronto Star

  09-03-2017 12:05 via thestar.com
  
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  National Ballet's Pinocchio anything but wooden
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  British choreographer Will Tuckett promises a lively production of Pinocchio that will turn dancers into actors. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Loaded: 0%. 0:00. Progress: 0%. 0:00. Progress: 0%. Stream TypeLIVE ...
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• Celebrating dance and community - Yellow Springs News

  09-03-2017 11:08 via ysnews.com
  
  Celebrating dance and community
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  Locally based dancer Valerie Blackwell-Truitt might have become a professional singer. Growing up in a musical family, encouraged by her music-teacher mother, taking vocal lessons as a teen, and blessed with a strong soprano voice, she thought ...
  
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• SF Ballet has the know-how to know how to do Balanchine - San Francisco Chronicle

  09-03-2017 10:10 via sfchronicle.com
  
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  SF Ballet has the know-how to know how to do Balanchine
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  The question today is not whether a major dance company should program the works of George Balanchine, but how. Too many troupes throw the century's greatest choreographer into the typical repertory pot, where Balanchine makes almost everything else ...
  
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• Behind the scenes at the ballet - BBC News - BBC News

  09-03-2017 08:43 via bbc.com
  
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  Behind the scenes at the ballet - BBC News
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  The dancers of the Northern Ballet prepare for their new production.and more »
  
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• Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellowship Program's Spring Performance - Austin Chronicle

  09-03-2017 07:11 via austinchronicle.com
  
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  Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellowship Program's Spring Performance
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  Ballet dancers are eternal students; even international stars depend on their teachers and coaches. So when does a ballet student become a professional? Over the past decades, the line between student and professional has become more of a space.and more »
  
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• Ballet Excel Ohio brings back 'Little Mermaid' - Akron Beacon Journal

  09-03-2017 01:38 via ohio.com
  
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  Ballet Excel Ohio brings back 'Little Mermaid'
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  This weekend, Ballet Excel Ohio is reprising a company favorite, Little Mermaid, a ballet by Tom Gold based on the original story by Hans Christian Andersen that the troupe premiered in 2012. “I just kind of look at the kids that I have and wonder what ...
  
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• Seen: Firebird Gala honors Gil Boggs, raises funds for ballet - The Denver Post

  09-03-2017 01:31 via denverpost.com
  
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  Seen: Firebird Gala honors Gil Boggs, raises funds for ballet
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  Deana Perlmutter and Eula Adams. The Firebird Gala, benefiting Colorado Ballet, at the Chambers Grant Salon and Ellie Caulkins Opera House, in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Expand. Joanne Davidson | [email protected] | The ...
  
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