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• Here's More of James Gunn's Amazing Baby Groot Dance - Screen Rant

  09-06-2017 21:03
  
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  Here's More of James Gunn's Amazing Baby Groot Dance
  Screen Rant
  James Gunn has shared another new video of him performing the motion capture reference for Baby Groot's dance during the opening credits of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. There's a lot to love about Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. From the ...
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• From New York City Ballet: Big music, big dancing (mostly) - Washington Post

  09-06-2017 20:21 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  From New York City Ballet: Big music, big dancing (mostly)
  Washington Post
  New York City Ballet offered three big pieces of music on its second program at the Kennedy Center Opera House, but only two big ballets. A third work, Christopher Wheeldon's “American Rhapsody,” was spirited but inconsequential. Yet as the evening's ...
  
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• West Seattle Friday: Dance, listen, tour, walk… - West Seattle Blog (blog)

  09-06-2017 19:21
  
  West Seattle Blog (blog)
  West Seattle Friday: Dance, listen, tour, walk…
  West Seattle Blog (blog)
  Thanks to Lindsi Griggs for today's featured photo, a barred owl photographed during a walk along Longfellow Creek last night, near the Louisa Boren STEM K-8 campus. Besides birdwatching, here's what you can do in West Seattle today/tonight: LOW TIDE ...
  
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• Jaycee Wilkins' Inspiring Journey Back to Dance - Dance Spirit

  09-06-2017 19:00
  
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  Jaycee Wilkins' Inspiring Journey Back to Dance
  Dance Spirit
  A year and a half ago, then-13-year-old comp star Jaycee Wilkins was doing what she loved most: dancing nonstop. She was training full-time at her mother's studio, Club Dance, in Mesa, AZ; traveling to conventions and learning from master teachers ...
  
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• Spring dance performances underway: Fergus Falls School of Dance holds end of season show - Fergus Falls Daily Journal

  09-06-2017 18:51
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  Spring dance performances underway: Fergus Falls School of Dance holds end of season show
  Fergus Falls Daily Journal
  The Fergus Falls School of Dance spent the beginning of this week in dress rehearsals, filling the Kennedy Secondary School auditorium with costumes, bobby pins and energy. The final preparations and formations were made, and now the spring dance ...
  
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• Dance St. Louis announces a scaled-back 2017-18 season - STLtoday.com

  09-06-2017 18:51
  
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  Dance St. Louis announces a scaled-back 2017-18 season
  STLtoday.com
  Acclaimed tap dancers in a jazz-oriented show, a production of “Chicago,” a relocated New Dance Horizons showcase and a shortened Spring to Dance Festival will all be part of the 2017-18 Dance St. Louis season. The organization, known for presenting ...
  
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• Beyonce's dance captain is teaching classes in Chicago this weekend - Time Out Chicago (blog)

  09-06-2017 18:38
  
  Time Out Chicago (blog)
  Beyonce's dance captain is teaching classes in Chicago this weekend
  Time Out Chicago (blog)
  Beyonc� goes home to Houston in the video for "No Angel" on her new self-titled visual album. Okay, Chicago, now let's get in formation. It's about damn time your Beyonce dance moves went public. Ashley Everett, the "dance captain" to Queen Bey, will ...
  
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• Odessa Parks & Recreation hosting fifth annual Daddy Daughter Dance - CBS7 News (press release)

  09-06-2017 18:32
  
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  Odessa Parks & Recreation hosting fifth annual Daddy Daughter Dance
  CBS7 News (press release)
  ODESSA -- The City of Odessa Parks & Recreation Department is hosting the fifth annual Daddy Daughter Dance with a Great Gatsby theme. The dance will take place on Saturday, June 17 at the MCM Elegante Hotel Ballroom at 5200 East University ...
  
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• WWE beauty Lana ready for one last dance with Jason Derulo - Page Six

  09-06-2017 17:28
  
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  WWE beauty Lana ready for one last dance with Jason Derulo
  Page Six
  NASHVILLE — Before WWE Superstar Lana hopped into the ring, she made moves on a different kind of stage. “I actually danced with Jason Derulo a couple of years ago before I became a WWE Superstar,” the “Total Divas” beauty recalled to Page Six this ...
  
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• Family-owned ballet school celebrates 50 years of building community - The Mercury News

  09-06-2017 17:25 via mercurynews.com
  
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  Family-owned ballet school celebrates 50 years of building community
  The Mercury News
  Photo Jacqueline Ramseyer/Bay Area News Group/June 1, 2017 This ballet barre at Christina Vincent's dance school was originally made by her grandfather Serafim Eufrazia over 30 years ago and is still being used. Christina Vincent, director and owner of ...
  
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• Chamber hopes dance gives fathers, daughters a chance to connect - Branford News

  09-06-2017 17:08
  
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  Chamber hopes dance gives fathers, daughters a chance to connect
  Branford News
  A photo booth at the first Father-Daughter Dance where fathers and daughters could dress up and take a photo home to remember the night. Photo by Thomas Lynn. LIVE OAK — Jimmy Norris recalls the exact moment he knew the Suwannee County ...
  
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• Going to the dance: Ostapenko vs. Halep in French Open final - WRALSportsFan.com

  09-06-2017 17:07
  
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  Going to the dance: Ostapenko vs. Halep in French Open final
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  PARIS — If things had gone a little differently, Jelena Ostapenko might be taking part in a ballroom dancing competition somewhere back home in Latvia on Saturday, instead of playing against Simona Halep in the French Open final. That's because from ...and more »
  
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• So You Think You Can Dance Premiere Video: Season 14 Hip-Hopper Wows Judges, But Will He Make the Cut? - TVLine

  09-06-2017 17:04
  
  TVLine
  So You Think You Can Dance Premiere Video: Season 14 Hip-Hopper Wows Judges, But Will He Make the Cut?
  TVLine
  We haven't seen So You Think You Can Dance's Season 14 premiere yet, so we're not blowing smoke when we say we don't know whether or not Robert Green — the rather talented prospective contestant featured in this exclusive video — makes it to the ...and more »
  
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• Overwatch fans demand permanent dance emotes, but they're not looking likely - Polygon

  09-06-2017 17:02
  
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  Overwatch fans demand permanent dance emotes, but they're not looking likely
  Polygon
  Those dances everyone loves in Overwatch aren't going to be around for much longer. Despite players' pleas to Blizzard Entertainment for permanent dance emotes, the company confirmed on Twitter that they're specifically tied to the current Anniversary ...
  Overwatch Voice Actors Bust a Move with Dance Emote PartyPVP Live
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• Cheer & Dance Team Set to Host Little Bronco Dance Camp on July 29th - MLive.com

  09-06-2017 16:53
  
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  Cheer & Dance Team Set to Host Little Bronco Dance Camp on July 29th
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  KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Western Michigan cheer & dance team is excited to host the 2017 Little Bronco Dance Camp on Saturday, July 29 at Waldo Stadium from Noon to 2 p.m.. The price of the camp will be $40 cash or check at the door and all Little ...
  
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• Russian ballerina's tragic tale is the focus of Eifman Ballet's 'Red Giselle' - OCRegister

  09-06-2017 15:31 via ocregister.com
  
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  Russian ballerina's tragic tale is the focus of Eifman Ballet's 'Red Giselle'
  OCRegister
  Eifman Ballet of St. Pertersburg will present “Red Giselle” a ballet about Russian ballerina Olga Spessivtseva, at Segerstrom Center for the Arts June 16-18. (Photo by Evgeny Matveev). Expand. In a past life Boris Eifman, artistic director of the ...
  
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• Review: La Bayadère at Houston Ballet | Houston Press - Houston Press

  09-06-2017 15:31 via houstonpress.com
  
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  Review: La Bayadère at Houston Ballet | Houston Press
  Houston Press
  But the near perfection of La Bayadère is undeniable. Between the pacing, performances and with the richness of Peter Farmer's scenic and costume...
  Houston Ballet excels with magical, heartbreaking 'Bayadère ...Chron.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• GAME OF THRONES Re-Throned: “The Dance of Dragons” (S5, E9) - Nerdist

  09-06-2017 15:03
  
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  GAME OF THRONES Re-Throned: “The Dance of Dragons” (S5, E9)
  Nerdist
  Winter is coming, but not soon enough. So to help pass the time until season seven of Game of Thrones, we're doing a weekly re-watch of the series, episode-by-episode, with the knowledge of what's to come and—therefore—more information about the ...
  
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• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago nicely moves through its 40-year history - Chicago Sun-Times

  09-06-2017 13:26
  
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  Hubbard Street Dance Chicago nicely moves through its 40-year history
  Chicago Sun-Times
  In the beginning — and that was four decades ago — Hubbard Street Dance Company was Chicago's principal claim to dance fame, and frankly, it didn't have much competition. The company was the creation of Lou Conte, a Broadway dancer and teacher ...
  
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• The Observer/Burgess prize for arts journalism 2017

  09-06-2017 13:00
  
  Calling all budding critics: enter our annual competition for ground-breaking reviews of new works in the artsAnthony Burgess died in 1993. Today, in the centenary year of his birth, the author of A Clockwork Orange is enjoying an exuberant afterlife. His words and music are read and performed worldwide, while the literary prize named after him goes from strength to strength. Now in its sixth year, the Anthony Burgess prize continues to celebrate the writer’s 30-year association with this
  
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• Infinity Pool and Ignition festival: this week’s best UK theatre and dance

  09-06-2017 11:30
  
  Bea Roberts reworks Madame Bovary for the modern age, while Henri Oguike, Dane Hurst and others bring new works to Kingston’s Rose theatre1 Angels in America
  There is something very satisfying about spending seven hours in the company of the same characters, particularly when they are as rich as Tony Kushner’s are in this epic play. Set in the US in the mid-1980s, as Reagan began his second term of office and Aids devastated the gay community, this memorable and wildly imaginative dr
  
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• Auburn Dance Center revue Saturday in Midland - Midland Daily News

  09-06-2017 10:04
  
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  Auburn Dance Center revue Saturday in Midland
  Midland Daily News
  Photo provided Top row, from left, Lily Marker, Addison Bornemann, Allison Studacher, Elaina McCann and Breannah Martin. Bottow row, from left, Rozalyn Monroe, Sophia Grzenia, Brooklynn Hoerauf, Baileigh Hinojos, Mackenzie Squires, Jordis Anderson ...
  
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• The 10 best things to do this week: Woyzeck and My Cousin Rachel

  09-06-2017 10:00
  
  It’s the last two weeks to catch John Boyega’s on the stage as a soldier in 80s Berlin, while Rachel Weisz stars in a seductive, gothic thrillerMy Cousin Rachel
  It’s summer! So no better time to watch Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin have a gothic posh-off in this new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel, with Weisz as the mysterious, possibly murderous titular seductress and Claflin her revenge-seeking cousin.
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• Tucson Dance Lessons June 15-23 - Arizona Daily Star

  09-06-2017 01:23
  
  Arizona Daily Star
  Tucson Dance Lessons June 15-23
  Arizona Daily Star
  Members of the Tucson Swing Dance Club take to the floor for their weekly session at Shall We Dance. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star. prev. next. DANCE. Tucson Swing Dance Club — Shall We Dance, 4101 E. Grant Road. Lessons. 7 p.m. beginner; 8 ...
  
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• Eifman Ballet's 'Red Giselle' delves into a famed Russian ballerina's mental breakdown - Los Angeles Times

  09-06-2017 01:04 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Eifman Ballet's 'Red Giselle' delves into a famed Russian ballerina's mental breakdown
  Los Angeles Times
  She was considered a dancer for the ages, the embodiment of the romantic ballerina, renowned for the spirituality of her dancing. Olga Spessivtseva, one of Russia's foremost and well-acclaimed ballerinas of the 20th century, was most famous for ...
  
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• Fresh faces, historic ballet - Oregon ArtsWatch

  09-06-2017 00:37 via orartswatch.org
  Oregon ArtsWatch
  Fresh faces, historic ballet
  Oregon ArtsWatch
  “Ms. Davis, this is my daughter, she's 5, and I'm wondering if you have a class she could take?” “What a wonderful show. My daughter has been studying ballet since she was 8, she's 12 now, do you think she could study at Portland Ballet?” These were ...
  
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• Inside Chloe Lukasiak's Sweet 16 Birthday Party: How the Dance Moms Star Celebrated Her Big Day - E! Online

  09-06-2017 00:12
  
  E! Online
  Inside Chloe Lukasiak's Sweet 16 Birthday Party: How the Dance Moms Star Celebrated Her Big Day
  E! Online
  While the former Dance Moms star officially celebrated her birthday late last month, the talented dancer decided Wednesday was the perfect night to host a Sweet 16 with her family and close friends. E! News has all the exclusive details on the pool ...and more »
  
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• Pennsylvania Ballet brings in interim leader - Philly.com

  09-06-2017 00:06 via philly.com
  
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  Pennsylvania Ballet brings in interim leader
  Philly.com
  Elizabeth Warshawer (far left) in a file photo with H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest, Marguerite Lenfest and Sam Warshawer at the Academy of Music 154th Anniversary Concert and Ball. by Peter Dobrin, Culture Writer @InquirerPeter | [email protected] · Email ...
  
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