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• Tandy Beal's dance company taught workshops to every 3rd grader in MPUSD. - Monterey County Weekly (blog)

  01-06-2017 23:41 via montereycountyweekly.com
  
  Monterey County Weekly (blog)
  Tandy Beal's dance company taught workshops to every 3rd grader in MPUSD.
  Monterey County Weekly (blog)
  Tandy Beal & Company, based in Santa Cruz, is one of the most kid-friendly dance companies in the region. They smile in publicity photos. One of their signature pieces, Mixed Nutz, looks like a children's version of Cirque du Soleil. In another piece ...
  
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• East Harlem dance company helps youth tell their stories through dance - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV

  01-06-2017 23:09 via pix11.com
  
  New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
  East Harlem dance company helps youth tell their stories through dance
  New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
  EAST HARLEM, Manhattan — For his entire life, Reinaldo Cortes has made the most with one arm. The 12-year-old was born premature and his right arm had never completely developed. That, however, didn't stop him from pursuing his passion. “When I'm ...
  
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• Still Reforming Postmodern Dance, California Roots Intact - New York Times

  01-06-2017 23:03 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Still Reforming Postmodern Dance, California Roots Intact
  New York Times
  Where would modern dance be without its tradition of difficult women (often from the West Coast of America) who wanted to change the world? Some of them still want to change it today. At the start of the 20th century, Isadora Duncan (born in California ...
  
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• Falcons rookie Takk McKinley does happy dance after getting first check - Sporting News

  01-06-2017 23:01 via sportingnews.com
  
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  Falcons rookie Takk McKinley does happy dance after getting first check
  Sporting News
  June 1, 2017 5:01pm EDT June 1, 2017 5:01pm EDT American Football, English, NFL, Atlanta Falcons, UCLA McKinley recorded himself celebrating his first NFL paycheck. Takkarist McKinley (Getty Images ) ...
  Falcons draft pick throws an epic one-man dance party to celebrate contract - Warning: The video in the following ...For The Win
  Takk McKinley's happy dance video over his NFL contract is th
  
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• J.Lo Almost Lost It After This Colombian Girl's 'World Of Dance' Performance - HuffPost

  01-06-2017 22:48 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  J.Lo Almost Lost It After This Colombian Girl's 'World Of Dance' Performance
  HuffPost
  “Yes, you've got that Latin fire,” Lopez said. “I can see it in you.” By Carolina Moreno. An error occurred. Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. Jennifer Lopez was nearly moved to tears ...and more »
  
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• LA Dance Project partners with Ermenegildo Zegna Couture for Texas performances - Los Angeles Times

  01-06-2017 22:45 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  LA Dance Project partners with Ermenegildo Zegna Couture for Texas performances
  Los Angeles Times
  L.A. Dance Project's founder and artistic director Benjamin Millepied used his artistic vision to help dancers make an impression at Marfa. For the troupe's “Marfa Dance Episodes” last weekend in Marfa, Tex., all of the dancers wore Ermenegildo Zegna ...
  
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• Urban Ballroom Dance Video Soars to the Top on YouTube (WATCH) - Eurweb.com

  01-06-2017 22:32 via eurweb.com
  
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  Urban Ballroom Dance Video Soars to the Top on YouTube (WATCH)
  Eurweb.com
  *Noted political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson announced today, Thursday, June 1 that his video Do You Wanna Urban Ballroom Dance L.A. now is the most watched YouTube basics demonstration urban ballroom dance video ever. Hutchinson's new book on ...and more »
  
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• 'Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7' features State Champs, Dance... - Alternative Press

  01-06-2017 21:46 via altpress.com
  
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  'Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7' features State Champs, Dance...
  Alternative Press
  Yep, you read that right. Fearless Records has announced that Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7 will be released this summer, featuring contributions from State Champs, Dance Gavin Dance, New Years Day, plus a collaboration between Andy Black and Juliet Simms, ...and more »
  
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• New artistic director coming to Sherri's School of Dance - Morganton News Herald

  01-06-2017 21:14 via morganton.com
  
  Morganton News Herald
  New artistic director coming to Sherri's School of Dance
  Morganton News Herald
  Sherri McGimsey of Sherri's School of Dance in Morganton is looking to a former student to lead her studio for the upcoming year, starting in the fall. Professional dancer and dance company owner Kesha Nichols has accepted the position of artistic ...
  
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• On Stage: Drama, Dance And Laughs - Hartford Courant

  01-06-2017 21:06 via courant.com
  
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  On Stage: Drama, Dance And Laughs
  Hartford Courant
  A look into what's happening this summer in the world of arts and music. Find it all here. Christopher ArnottContact Reporter. Summer is when many of the arts move outside, and those that want to stay indoors nevertheless travel to interesting new places.
  
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• May-June 2017 | Mail

  01-06-2017 20:45
  
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• SF Ballet's Student Showcase shows future is in good hands - SFGate

  01-06-2017 19:09 via sfgate.com
  
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  SF Ballet's Student Showcase shows future is in good hands
  SFGate
  Do not think of the San Francisco Ballet School's annual Student Showcase as the coda to the company's season. Imagine, instead, that the Showcase, which opened its run Wednesday, May 31, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, is an overture to a ...
  
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• Where to dance for free in Nashville - The Tennessean

  01-06-2017 16:57 via tennessean.com
  
  The Tennessean
  Where to dance for free in Nashville
  The Tennessean
  It sounds so "old school" to dance Saturday nights away to big band music on an oversized asphalt floored 1960s era pavilion in Centennial Park. Swing, jitterbug, waltz, rumba, chacha — right there in the shadow of The Parthenon.
  
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• Watch Bebe Rexha's Music Video For “The Way I Are (Dance With ... - The FADER

  01-06-2017 16:54 via thefader.com
  
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  Watch Bebe Rexha's Music Video For “The Way I Are (Dance With ...
  The FADER
  Watch Bebe Rexha and Lil Wayne in Rexha's video for her song The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody).
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• A Streetcar Named Desire ballet reroutes classic tale - Toronto Star

  01-06-2017 16:36 via thestar.com
  
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  A Streetcar Named Desire ballet reroutes classic tale
  Toronto Star
  National Ballet artistic director Karen Kain turns to choreographer John Neumeier to bring classic play to life through dance. Sonia Rodriguez and Guillaume Côté star in A Streetcar Named Desire. (KAROLINA KURAS). By Michael Crabb Dance. Thu., June 1 ...and more »
  
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• Devon Teuscher, a Poet in Ballet Shoes, Takes On 'Swan Lake' - New York Times

  01-06-2017 14:50 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Devon Teuscher, a Poet in Ballet Shoes, Takes On 'Swan Lake'
  New York Times
  Devon Teuscher of American Ballet Theater. After a decade of waiting in the last line onstage, Ms. Teuscher is a soloist with American Ballet Theater and will make her New York debut this season. Credit Christopher Gregory for The New York Times.
  
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• Couple sues Lincoln dance studio over excessive noise - Lincoln Journal Star

  01-06-2017 14:33 via journalstar.com
  
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  Couple sues Lincoln dance studio over excessive noise
  Lincoln Journal Star
  The beats and dancing feet inside a southeast Lincoln dance studio have rankled an office complex neighbor. A Palmyra couple believes True Dance Academy is excessively noisy and wants a judge to mandate changes and force the studio to compensate ...
  
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• Learning Dance From Photographs: David Gordon's Muybridge Solo - New York Times

  01-06-2017 14:14 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Learning Dance From Photographs: David Gordon's Muybridge Solo
  New York Times
  #SpeakingInDance is a weekly visual exploration of dance on Instagram. Watch the video from our most recent post below, and follow us at @nytimes. #SpeakingInDance. Recent posts from our visual exploration of dance on Instagram. Adam Golfer for The ...
  
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• Police: 3 Girls Fall Ill After Eating Brownies at Dance ... - U.S. News & World Report

  01-06-2017 13:35 via usnews.com
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  Police: 3 Girls Fall Ill After Eating Brownies at Dance ...
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  NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police are investigating after three freshmen girls at a Massachusetts high school were taken to the hospital after eating brownies ...
  Police: 3 girls fall ill after eating brownies at school danceNH1 Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Dance camp starts in July - Courier-Times (subscription)

  01-06-2017 12:06 via thecouriertimes.com
  
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  Dance camp starts in July
  Courier-Times (subscription)
  A Fairy Garden dance camp for children ages 6 and up will begin in July at the Art Association of Henry County. A fairy-themed event featuring community activities is planned July 29. ;. Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2017 6:00 am. Dance camp starts in July ...
  
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• Victor Fung brings charm to the dance floor - San Francisco Examiner

  01-06-2017 09:01 via sfexaminer.com
  
  San Francisco Examiner
  Victor Fung brings charm to the dance floor
  San Francisco Examiner
  Victor Fung Dance's “From the Top” is onstage in “A Pirouette with Asia” at Cowell Theater this weekend. (Courtesy San Francisco International Arts Festival). By Leslie Katz on June 1, 2017 12:01 am. Facebook · twitter · google_plus · mail · Facebook ...and more »
  
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• Flux: New Music, New Dance CD review – the best new ballet from Rambert - The Guardian

  01-06-2017 07:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian
  Flux: New Music, New Dance CD review – the best new ballet from Rambert
  The Guardian
  The days of new ballet scores transferring quickly to the concert hall are long gone, but Rambert has been so good at selecting the recipients of its annual music fellowship that perhaps this will change. This disc showcases five dance works by recent ...
  
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• Flux: New Music, New Dance CD review – the best new ballet from Rambert

  01-06-2017 07:45
  
  Rambert Orchestra/Hoskins/Fidelio Trio/Onyx Brass/Thom/Zaccardelli/Quinta
  (NMC)The days of new ballet scores transferring quickly to the concert hall are long gone, but Rambert has been so good at selecting the recipients of its annual music fellowship that perhaps this will change. This disc showcases five dance works by recent fellows, whose inspirations range from unintentionally comic 70s public-information videos on what to do in the event of nuclear Armageddon – the seed of Gavin Hig
  
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• Civic Youth Ballet plans two shows for children at Sitnik - New Jersey Herald

  01-06-2017 06:09 via njherald.com
  
  Civic Youth Ballet plans two shows for children at Sitnik
  New Jersey Herald
  As the theater darkens the beloved tale of "Peter and the Wolf" comes to life onstage, with a surprise ending to delight children ages 4 to 104. Then, the company presents a new original ballet, "The Magic Toy Shoppe," a tale of an eccentric French toy ...
  
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• Aerial troupe Blue Lapis Light takes dance to new heights at festival - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  01-06-2017 06:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Aerial troupe Blue Lapis Light takes dance to new heights at festival
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  One of the highlights of the dance programming at this year's Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, is Blue Lapis Light — an aerial dance troupe from Austin, Texas. But to see it in action, you'll have ...
  
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• Arts: 'Whipped Cream' ballet fitting as summer 'Nutcracker' - Waco Tribune-Herald

  01-06-2017 05:40 via wacotrib.com
  
  Arts: 'Whipped Cream' ballet fitting as summer 'Nutcracker'
  Waco Tribune-Herald
  When I mention a ballet about dancing confections, chances are you'll immediately think of “The Nutcracker,” the perennial Christmas favorite penned by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky in 1892. In fact if I were to ask most people to name any ballet ...and more »
  
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• Royal Ballet's mixed bill is a mixed bag - Spectator.co.uk

  01-06-2017 05:08 via spectator.co.uk
  
  Spectator.co.uk
  Royal Ballet's mixed bill is a mixed bag
  Spectator.co.uk
  A Covent Garden barfly was scanning her programme during the first interval: 'Oh yes, the one about the gynaecologist.' She meant Strapless, of course, an attempt to tell the back story to John Singer Sargent's 'Portrait of Madame X', which scandalised ...
  
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• Electric moves: Hunterdon-based troupe's New York dance generates real wattage - NJ.com

  01-06-2017 03:09 via nj.com
  
  NJ.com
  Electric moves: Hunterdon-based troupe's New York dance generates real wattage
  NJ.com
  Eight teens from Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren counties performed Wednesday morning in Times Square at the New York City World Press Event for the World Science Festival being held there through Sunday. In an effort to help spread the word that ...
  
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• UO bands to say 'Farewell' at WOW Hall; Eugene Ballet Academy's 'Enchanted Garden' returns - The Register-Guard

  01-06-2017 01:45 via registerguard.com
  
  The Register-Guard
  UO bands to say 'Farewell' at WOW Hall; Eugene Ballet Academy's 'Enchanted Garden' returns
  The Register-Guard
  The Eugene Springfield Community Orchestra will give a free concert Sunday of classical and contemporary music spanning centuries. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Springfield High School, 875 Seventh St., Springfield. For more information, call ...
  
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• On the Town review - it's a helluva lot of fun

  01-06-2017 00:00
  
  Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London
  This revival of Leonard Bernstein’s frothy shore-leave romp is as delicious as ice-cream on a hot summer’s dayFrom Strictly Ballroom to An American in Paris, the dance musical is very much back in fashion. Drew McOnie’s revival of Leonard Bernstein’s 1944 musical – an expanded version of Jerome Robbins’ successful jazz ballet, Fancy Free – is as insubstantial and delicious as a melting ice-cream on a summer&rs
  
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