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• Lafayette Ballet soars with 'Peter Pan' - The Daily Advertiser

  15-03-2017 23:46 via theadvertiser.com
  
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  Lafayette Ballet soars with 'Peter Pan'
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  Jeremy Zapanta and Reka Gyulai used to be afraid of heights. But after days of flying 15 to 20 feet above the stage in their roles as Peter Pan and Wendy, these dancers from the California Ballet Company are comfortable soaring in the lights. “You feel ...
  
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• Life-size doll brings confusion, comedy to ballet troupe's 'Coppelia' - Modesto Bee

  15-03-2017 23:22 via modbee.com
  
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  Life-size doll brings confusion, comedy to ballet troupe's 'Coppelia'
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  “Coppelia” director René Daveluy said about the work, “The music is so rich, it could really be a score for a movie.” Central West Ballet. By Marijke Rowland. [email protected] · LinkedIn · Google+ · Pinterest · Reddit; Print; Order Reprint of this ...
  
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• Royal NZ Ballet seeks new home after quake - Otago Daily Times

  15-03-2017 22:04 via odt.co.nz
  
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  Royal NZ Ballet seeks new home after quake
  Otago Daily Times
  The Royal New Zealand Ballet is having to move from its home at the St James Theatre in Wellington due to earthquake strengthening. Photo: RNZB. The Royal New Zealand Ballet is "firmly committed" to Wellington and will continue to hold performances in ...
  
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• WHAT TO DO: From Ballet to Disco this weekend is about music and fun - 6 On Your Side

  15-03-2017 21:39 via kivitv.com
  
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  WHAT TO DO: From Ballet to Disco this weekend is about music and fun
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  Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or ...
  
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• Program 2 features truly moving collaboration between Company 605 and Ballet BC - Straight.com

  15-03-2017 21:35 via straight.com
  
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  Program 2 features truly moving collaboration between Company 605 and Ballet BC
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  Company 605's Lisa Gelley and Josh Martin (pictured with their daughter, Loa) have joined forces with Ballet BC on an all-local bill. Emily Cooper. Josh Martin and Lisa Gelley have a lot going on in their lives right now, and it only starts with their ...
  Five reasons to check out Ballet BC's Program 2The Province
  Ballet Hispanico Announces its 2017 New York Season at the Joyce Theater Feat
  
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• Stepping Out review – laughter on tap in feelgood musical with Amanda Holden

  15-03-2017 21:00
  
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  There are some spot-on performances in this West End revival of Richard Harris’s likable play about budding hoofers in a church hallThe great tap-dance musical 42nd Street returns to the West End later this month, and director Maria Friedman offers a curtain-raiser with a revival of Richard Harris’s lame but likable period comedy about a group of women and one man taking tap classes in a church hall in the early 1980s. Designer Robert Jones has fun with the fashion
  
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• Confessions from a Ballet Recital Reject- My Epic Mom Fail - Huffington Post

  15-03-2017 20:07 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Confessions from a Ballet Recital Reject- My Epic Mom Fail
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  In 1977 I, along with my pre-school peers, danced on stage during our first ballet recital. The routine was supposed to end with us turning to our partner and giving her a hug. I pivoted to my left, then to my right, but every dancer was already ...
  
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• Ballet San Antonio names new executive director - mySanAntonio.com

  15-03-2017 20:00 via mysanantonio.com
  
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  Ballet San Antonio names new executive director
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  Evin Nicole Eubanks, whose resume includes four years as executive director of the Chicago Dancing Festival, has been named executive director of Ballet San Antonio. She succeeds Jenniann Colon, who began her turn as executive director in December ...
  
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• Star dancer leaving Miami City Ballet - Miami Herald

  15-03-2017 19:34 via miamiherald.com
  
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  Star dancer leaving Miami City Ballet
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  Ballerina Patricia Delgado, a beloved Miami-raised principal dancer at Miami City Ballet, is leaving the company where she has danced since 2000, when she joined as an 18 year old apprentice. The troupe announced Tuesday that Delgado's final ...
  
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• Young dancers to take part in English Youth Ballet performance of the Nutcracker Suite and Ballet Etudes - Hunts Post

  15-03-2017 19:13 via huntspost.co.uk
  
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  Young dancers to take part in English Youth Ballet performance of the Nutcracker Suite and Ballet Etudes
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  Lauren Burford (13), Tegan Slowe (15) and Emma Williams (11) who are rehearsals for a double bill featuring Nutcracker Suite and Ballet �tudes. Archant. Three dancers from Huntingdonshire are currently in rehearsals for a professional production of the ...
  
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• Project Polunin: backstage at the blazing dancer's new show – in pictures

  15-03-2017 17:51
  
  Photographer Sarah Lee was granted unique access to the preparations for Sergei Polunin’s new triple bill, an ambitious collaboration with Ilan Eshkeri and David LaChapelle featuring Natalia OsipovaProject Polunin is a new initiative spearheaded by the maverick Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin in order to collaborate with contemporary artists, musicians and choreographers. At Sadler’s Wells in London this week he is presenting a triple bill of modern and classical pieces comprising th
  
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• March-April 2017 | A Step Ahead

  15-03-2017 17:46
  
  by Karen WhiteThe educational power of movement serves as the foundation of Locally Grown, a residency program through which Fusionworks Dance Company uses modern dance to take schoolchildren on an academic journey into subjects such as marine life, immigration, haiku, and earthquakes.
  
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• Southwest Virginia Ballet Debuts at Moss Arts Center With 'Romeo and Juliet' - The Roanoke Star

  15-03-2017 16:52 via theroanokestar.com
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  Southwest Virginia Ballet Debuts at Moss Arts Center With 'Romeo and Juliet'
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  The performances will be held in the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre, located within the Moss Arts Center's Street and Davis Performance Hall at 190 Alumni Mall in Blacksburg. Featuring a mesmerizing score by Serge Prokofiev and original choreography by ...
  
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• Dance review: Richmond Ballet: 'Studio Two' rises to challenge of presenting a premiere and a revival - Richmond.com

  15-03-2017 15:54 via richmond.com
  
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  Dance review: Richmond Ballet: 'Studio Two' rises to challenge of presenting a premiere and a revival
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  Richmond Ballet dancers in SCARRED BOUQUETS by Katarzyna Skarpetowska. Richmond Ballet 2017. All rights reserved. Photo by Sarah Ferguson. 20170316_MET_BALLET10. Sarah Ferguson. Valerie Tellmann-Henning with Marty Davis, Kirk Henning, ...
  
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• Mark Ryden's Surrealist Vision Comes to Life in Darkly Beautiful ... - L.A. Weekly

  15-03-2017 15:40 via laweekly.com
  
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  Mark Ryden's Surrealist Vision Comes to Life in Darkly Beautiful ...
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  Reality and fantasy don't collide in Mark Ryden's art so much as they are equal halves of a more natural and dreamlike world. The longtime Angeleno who ...
  Mark Ryden's foray into set design is a fantastical ballet of ...Los Angeles Timesall 2 news articles »
  
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• Mark Ryden's Surrealist Vision Comes to Life in a Darkly Beautiful Ballet - L.A. Weekly

  15-03-2017 15:40 via laweekly.com
  
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  Mark Ryden's Surrealist Vision Comes to Life in a Darkly Beautiful Ballet
  L.A. Weekly
  Reality and fantasy don't collide in Mark Ryden's art so much as they are equal halves of a more natural and dreamlike world. The longtime Angeleno, who recently moved to Portland, Oregon, has spent the past year on one of his most ambitious and ...
  Mark Ryden's foray into set design is a fantastical ballet of candyland delightsLos Angeles Timesall 2 news articles »
  
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• Ballet Arts presents 'Coppelia' - Jackson Sun

  15-03-2017 15:40 via jacksonsun.com
  
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  Ballet Arts presents 'Coppelia'
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  Ballet Arts will hold their annual spring production in April, performing a version of the Russian production "Coppelia." "Coppelia" was first performed in St. Petersburg, with later performances by the New York City Ballet. The story focuses on a love ...
  
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• Behind The Tutus, Ballet Is A Boys' Club. This Ballerina Wants To Fix That. - Huffington Post

  15-03-2017 14:50 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Behind The Tutus, Ballet Is A Boys' Club. This Ballerina Wants To Fix That.
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  The ballerina may be the visual symbol of the art form, but men wield most of the creative control. By Chloe Angyal. Instagram/Ashley Bouder. Ballerina Ashley Bouder is crying. She's standing alone in a rehearsal studio in front of 20 or so dance ...
  
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• Sheep Pig Goat: theatre for an audience of animals

  15-03-2017 12:27
  
  How can you tell if a sheep likes theatre? Or a pig is into dance? Fevered Sleep are staging a show for farmyard creatures – while humans decide if they’re bleating for moreAlmost 10 years ago, David Harradine made a show in a basement for the Brighton festival. It was called An Infinite Line and featured a horse that stood entirely unconcerned throughout the performance, barely blinking at what went on around him. He was an impressively large presence, a symbolic representation of t
  
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• Alberta Ballet returns with familiar favourite Alice in Wonderland - Calgary Herald

  15-03-2017 12:01 via calgaryherald.com
  
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  Alberta Ballet returns with familiar favourite Alice in Wonderland
  Calgary Herald
  Hot on the heels of taking their glittery pop ballet Love Lies Bleeding to Winnipeg, Alberta Ballet returns a more seasoned troupe, ready to mount a family favourite, Alice in Wonderland. Having not appeared on a Winnipeg stage since 2004, the western ...
  
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• Texture Contemporary Ballet closes its season with a program of new works - PGH City Paper

  15-03-2017 11:02 via pghcitypaper.com
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  Texture Contemporary Ballet closes its season with a program of new works
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  8 p.m. Fri., March 17; 8 p.m. Sat., March 18; and 2 p.m. Sun., March 19 ($20-30); children's performance: 4 p.m. Sat., March 18 ($10 per family). New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. 888-718-4253 or textureballet.org ...
  
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• Connection to the New York City Ballet Ups the Ante for USC's Dance Department - Free Times

  15-03-2017 05:22 via free-times.com
  
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  Connection to the New York City Ballet Ups the Ante for USC's Dance Department
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  Sara Mearns, a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet, performs in Columbia on Sunday. Photo by Erin Baiano. Performances of ballets created by legendary choreographer George Balanchine are rare in the Southeast. Rarer still is the opportunity ...
  
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• Dancers Defy The Odds In One-Of-A-Kind Ballet Class In Greensboro - WFMYNews2.com

  15-03-2017 02:50 via wfmynews2.com
  
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  Dancers Defy The Odds In One-Of-A-Kind Ballet Class In Greensboro
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  GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Ballet slippers, and little tutus. It's what you find at most ballet classes. The same is true for a special group of students who are dancing their way into the hearts of the Triad. For these kids, dance class is so much more than ...
  
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