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• How To Tumble Your Way to Dance Team Success - Dance Spirit

  19-06-2017 23:48
  
  Dance Spirit
  How To Tumble Your Way to Dance Team Success
  Dance Spirit
  You head to your first dance team practice, ready to nail your fouettés and switch-leaps—only to be asked to demonstrate your headsprings and rubberbands. Yikes! You're embarrassed that you're behind the acrobatic abilities of the older girls, and ...
  
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• The National Ballet of Canada Celebrates Five Promotions for 2017-18 Season - Broadway World

  19-06-2017 23:46 via broadwayworld.com
  
  The National Ballet of Canada Celebrates Five Promotions for 2017-18 Season
  Broadway World
  Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced five promotions for the 2017/18 season: Emma Hawes, Hannah Fischer and Brendan Saye to First Soloist and Félix Paquet and Ben Rudisin to Second Soloist. Emma Hawes will ...
  
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• Film Festival hosts Ballet in Cinema: 'The Dream' and 'Variations' June 25 - Verde Independent

  19-06-2017 23:46 via verdenews.com
  Verde Independent
  Film Festival hosts Ballet in Cinema: 'The Dream' and 'Variations' June 25
  Verde Independent
  Watch the Royal Ballet at their most luminous in a magnificent evening of three short ballets on screen at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: “The Dream”, “Symphonic Variations” and “Marguerite and Armand” are three of the Royal Ballet's best-love legacy pieces.
  
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• 7 Famous Actresses Who Started Out As Ballet Dancers - moviepilot.com

  19-06-2017 23:18 via moviepilot.com
  
  7 Famous Actresses Who Started Out As Ballet Dancers
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  ByCarlos Rosario Gonzalez, writer at Creators.co: This Earth's Sorcerer Supreme and collector of all six Infinity Stones. I'm currently stuck in the Matrix and can't get out. I also write. Carlos Rosario Gonzalez. There's no artistic dance form more ...
  
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• Dancing with the stars: National Ballet celebrates 65th anniversary with talent past and present - The Globe and Mail

  19-06-2017 21:58 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Dancing with the stars: National Ballet celebrates 65th anniversary with talent past and present
  The Globe and Mail
  The National Ballet of Canada's annual black-tie fundraiser, Mad Hot Ballet, is a long night that includes two receptions, a performance, full dinner, speeches and dancing – all with a 5:30 p.m. start. Still, it has become one of the events that I and ...
  
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• Must See Shows This Week: Luke Cunningham, Dance Party V, and Jonathan Brown - Greenville Journal

  19-06-2017 21:32
  
  Greenville Journal
  Must See Shows This Week: Luke Cunningham, Dance Party V, and Jonathan Brown
  Greenville Journal
  Singer/songwriter Luke Cunningham has been playing the Music City game for years, playing his down-the-middle mix of rock and country and hoping to get that one big break in Nashville that leads him to the big time. Despite a commercial sound that ...
  
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• “All That Dance” Promises Fabulous Dance and Fun June 24 - The Suburban Times

  19-06-2017 21:32
  
  The Suburban Times
  “All That Dance” Promises Fabulous Dance and Fun June 24
  The Suburban Times
  Slated for Saturday, June 24th at 4:00 PM at the Mount Tahoma Auditorium “All That Dance” features “42nd Street,” “Almost Blue,” “The Reef,” Fascinating Rhythm,” “African Spirit,” excerpts from “Swan Lake,” and “Sleeping Beauty,” with a fabulous all ...
  
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• Married ballet stars Tiler Peck, Robert Fairchild split - Washington Post

  19-06-2017 21:18 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Married ballet stars Tiler Peck, Robert Fairchild split
  Washington Post
  NEW YORK — The real-life fairy tale marriage of ballet stars Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck is over. Representatives for the New York City Ballet principal dancers tell The Associated Press the couple is splitting: “We can confirm that Tiler and ...and more »
  
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• Tears of joy as Crescendo Conservatory dance teacher receives FOX 4's Pay-It-Forward Award - fox4kc.com

  19-06-2017 21:17
  
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  Tears of joy as Crescendo Conservatory dance teacher receives FOX 4's Pay-It-Forward Award
  fox4kc.com
  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- A dance teacher at the Crescendo Conservatory was recently recognized by her students for the special moves she's making in their lives. "So because she's really kind and compassionate with the kids," Lauren Spector said when ...
  
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• Married ballet stars Robert Fairchild, Tiler Peck split - SFGate

  19-06-2017 20:56 via sfgate.com
  
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  Married ballet stars Robert Fairchild, Tiler Peck split
  SFGate
  NEW YORK (AP) — The real-life fairy tale marriage of ballet stars Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck is over. Representatives for the New York City Ballet principal dancers tell The Associated Press the couple is splitting: "We can confirm that Tiler and ...and more »
  
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• Brevard Ballet Kicks Off Summer Programs With 'The Ugly Duckling' - Brevard, NC - The Transylvania Times

  19-06-2017 20:05 via transylvaniatimes.com
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  Brevard Ballet Kicks Off Summer Programs With 'The Ugly Duckling' - Brevard, NC
  The Transylvania Times
  Students from Brevard Ballet perform "The Ugly Duckling & Napoli" on June 4 at Brevard High School. (Photo courtesy of Kaelee Denise Photography). Brevard Ballet performed "The Ugly Duckling & Napoli" on June 4 at Brevard High School. Seventy-five ...
  
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• Gay Kiss-In, Dance Party, Held Outside Conversion Therapy Conference - NewNowNext

  19-06-2017 19:05
  
  Gay Kiss-In, Dance Party, Held Outside Conversion Therapy Conference
  NewNowNext
  "Our goals are to reclaim the faith narrative and to communicate that LGBTQ+ individuals are not broken." by Cody Gohl 4h ago. LGBT activists held a dance party and gay kiss-in outside of a gay conversion therapy conference in San Diego this weekend.
  
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• New film explores the multicultural roots of traditional music and dance - Mountain Xpress

  19-06-2017 19:00
  
  Mountain Xpress
  New film explores the multicultural roots of traditional music and dance
  Mountain Xpress
  OLD-TIME TRADITION: Local filmmaker David Weintraub's new documentary, 'A Great American Tapestry,' delves into the multicultural roots of old-time music and dance, from early African and indigenous influences to present-day performers like Rhiannon ...
  
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• Neglia Ballet's Boys Dance Too two-week workshop - Buffalo Rising

  19-06-2017 18:48 via buffalorising.com
  
  Buffalo Rising
  Neglia Ballet's Boys Dance Too two-week workshop
  Buffalo Rising
  Summer Vacation. Those two words are so sweet to the ears of schoolchildren everywhere. Sleeping late, no homework, swimming, chasing the ice cream truck. But for parents, those two words can signal dread of finding outlets to keep their children ...
  
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• Review: National Ballet puts contemporary spin on Swan Lake - The Globe and Mail

  19-06-2017 18:17 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Review: National Ballet puts contemporary spin on Swan Lake
  The Globe and Mail
  Swan Lake purports to be a love story, but I've never been able to think of it that way. Tchaikovsky's grieving Act 2 pas de deux music (a slaying melody you'll be humming for days after leaving the theatre) sounds less like romance than a long ...
  
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• Princeton reimagines Cole Porter's immigration-focused ballet 'for everyone' - Princeton University

  19-06-2017 18:01 via princeton.edu
  Princeton reimagines Cole Porter's immigration-focused ballet 'for everyone'
  Princeton University
  This spring, in a reimagined production of a rarely performed pantomime-ballet, members of Princeton University Ballet explored how the arts can serve as an avenue for political expression. The original 1923 production of “Within the Quota” with music ...
  
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• Meet Me at the Gym: Dance program connects mind, body and spirit for instructor after loss of son - Naples Daily News

  19-06-2017 17:55
  
  Naples Daily News
  Meet Me at the Gym: Dance program connects mind, body and spirit for instructor after loss of son
  Naples Daily News
  Meet Me at the Gym is an occasional Tuesday column about Southwest Florida group exercise classes. Wellness reporter Shelby Reynolds finds the newest workout crazes, unique locations and the interesting people behind them, then gives it a try so you ...
  
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• Best Hip Hop & Ballet Dance Classes in Brisbane - Bdaily

  19-06-2017 17:51 via bdaily.co.uk
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  Best Hip Hop & Ballet Dance Classes in Brisbane
  Bdaily
  Dance is to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music. Dance is a form of art that shows expressions and is really involved with movement, it is normally for fun and entertainment ...
  The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory Announces Nutmeg Summer Dance Festival WeekendBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Ballet Against Brutality: Black NJ Student's Dance Makes Teachers 'Uncomfortable' (VIDEO) - Patch.com

  19-06-2017 17:45 via patch.com
  
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  Ballet Against Brutality: Black NJ Student's Dance Makes Teachers 'Uncomfortable' (VIDEO)
  Patch.com
  A N.J. student says that her teachers felt “uncomfortable” after watching the dance. Watch her eloquent response to the Board of Ed here. By Eric Kiefer (Patch Staff) - Updated June 19, 2017 1:16 pm ET. Ballet Against Brutality: Black N.J. Student's ...
  
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• Gay Pride's Choice: March in Protest or Dance Worries Away - New York Times

  19-06-2017 17:06
  
  New York Times
  Gay Pride's Choice: March in Protest or Dance Worries Away
  New York Times
  Marching along Fifth Avenue during last year's gay pride parade in New York. This year, organizers will blend the traditional parade with more-pointed political protests. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times. People in the L.G.B.T.Q. community ...
  Don't Dance With Me During Pride Month If You Won't Stand For Philando CastileHuffPostall 38 news articles »
  
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• New Owner Adds To New Steps Dance And Fitness Center - Hartford Courant

  19-06-2017 16:55
  
  Hartford Courant
  New Owner Adds To New Steps Dance And Fitness Center
  Hartford Courant
  Janelle Bradway enjoys running New Steps Dance and Fitness Center, and plans to keep the business growing. (Steve Smith/Courant Community). Steve Smith Contact ReporterStaff Writer. Janelle Bradway began dancing at New Steps Dance Center in ...
  
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• Jon Pardi's 'Heartache on the Dance Floor': See Video - Rolling Stone - RollingStone.com

  19-06-2017 16:55
  
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  Jon Pardi's 'Heartache on the Dance Floor': See Video - Rolling Stone
  RollingStone.com
  California country revivalist Jon Pardi released the video for his latest single, "Heartache on the Dance Floor," on Friday. Set along the Pacific Ocean, the ...
  Jon Pardi Roams the West Coast in 'Heartache On The Dance Floor ...Wide Open Countryall 5 news articles »
  
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• Jasmine Shah of Aangikam Dance Academy Presents 30th Annual Dance Program on June 25 - India New England

  19-06-2017 16:17
  
  India New England
  Jasmine Shah of Aangikam Dance Academy Presents 30th Annual Dance Program on June 25
  India New England
  LITTLETON, MA— Aangikam Dance Academy, founded by Jasmine Shah, will present its 30th annual dance program on Sunday, June 25, at Littleton High School auditorium in Littleton, MA. The program this year is entitled: Art, Artist and Inspiration, and is ...
  
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• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival launches year-round choreography ... - Washington Post

  19-06-2017 16:06
  
  Washington Post
  Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival launches year-round choreography ...
  Washington Post
  "Choreographers need more time and space to work”: Big plans for the prestigious summer dance festival include year-round dance laboratory & artists as ...
  Jacob's Pillow to become year-round dance hubThe Daily Gazette
  Jacob's Pillow is Becoming a Year-Round Dance Destinationhttp://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)
  Jacob's Pillow Dance Unveils Vision '22Broadway Worldall 7 news articles
  
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• The Most Influential People in Dance Today: The Harkness Foundation for Dance - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  19-06-2017 15:51
  
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  The Most Influential People in Dance Today: The Harkness Foundation for Dance
  http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)
  The breadth of support the New York City dance community receives from The Harkness Foundation for Dance is staggering: over $30 million to more than 560 organizations, from creators and presenters to education and dance medicine programs.and more »
  
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• The Most Influential People in Dance Today - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  19-06-2017 15:51
  
  The Most Influential People in Dance Today
  http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)
  For Dance Magazine's 90th anniversary issue, we wanted to celebrate the movers, shakers and changemakers who are having the biggest impact on our field right now. There were so many to choose from! But with the help of dozens of writers, artists and ...and more »
  
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• National Youth Ballet set Time In Motion - Official London Theatre

  19-06-2017 15:36 via officiallondontheatre.co.uk
  
  Official London Theatre
  National Youth Ballet set Time In Motion
  Official London Theatre
  The National Youth Ballet have announced plans for their 30th anniversary season, entitled Time In Motion, with a Gala performance at Sadler's Wells on Sunday 3 September 2017. In a mixed programme of ballets choreographed by some of the UKs most ...
  National Youth Ballet Announces 30th Anniversary SeasonBroadway Worldall 1 news articles »
  
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• BWW REVIEW: American Ballet Theatre's LE CORSAIRE - Broadway World

  19-06-2017 15:20 via broadwayworld.com
  
  BWW REVIEW: American Ballet Theatre's LE CORSAIRE
  Broadway World
  Petipa, who of the three choreographers listed in the program has the most influence on American Ballet Theatre's Le Corsaire, knows how to create a dramatic excuse for dance. With a few notable exceptions, "Giselle" and "Romeo and Juliet" come ...
  
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• WWII vet takes flight once more at Hangar Dance - Post-Bulletin

  19-06-2017 14:58
  
  Post-Bulletin
  WWII vet takes flight once more at Hangar Dance
  Post-Bulletin
  "If you can imagine, these are the planes that took off the carrier to bomb Japan in World War II," says WWII veteran Thaddeus Larek, of Rochester. Larek took a complimentary flight on a B-25 Mitchell Bomber on Saturday. The Living History Flight ...
  
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• Tackling the ballet exams - Boksburg Advertiser

  19-06-2017 14:41 via boksburgadvertiser.co.za
  
  Boksburg Advertiser
  Tackling the ballet exams
  Boksburg Advertiser
  The Dawn Gemmell Dance Studio, in Beyers Park, held its annual South Africa Dance Academy ballet exams on June 5, at The Ark Training Centre, in Boksburg North. 4 hours ago. These Grade Six pupils, Kaylee de Jager (Laerskool Westwood), Jenna ...
  
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• Richard Alston Dance Company review – steps into darkness and leaps of the heart

  19-06-2017 14:24
  
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  Alston’s new work, Chacony, is a charged homage to Benjamin Britten’s wartime experiences, while Gypsy Mixture succumbs joyfully to its Balkan fusion soundtrack and Tangent, by Martin Lawrence, is sexy and fierceRichard Alston has been choreographing for nearly half a century, and as the rest of the dance world has opened itself up to dramaturgs and digital technology, he’s remained faithful to the idea that choreography need only be about music and
  
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• Super Cr3w rocks NBC's 'World of Dance' competition - Lansing State Journal

  19-06-2017 14:23
  
  Super Cr3w rocks NBC's 'World of Dance' competition
  Lansing State Journal
  At first, there was street dancing. It was done ... well, in streets or in parks or near homes. “It pretty much was in my garage,” Jon “Do-Knock” Cruz recalled. “My garage was my dance studio.” And then it leaped to bigger and fancier places, filled ...
  
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• National Youth Ballet Announces 30th Anniversary Season - Broadway World

  19-06-2017 11:57 via broadwayworld.com
  
  National Youth Ballet Announces 30th Anniversary Season
  Broadway World
  National Youth Ballet Announces 30th Anniversary Season For its 30th Anniversary Season, The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain ("The NYB") will present Time in Motion, a mixed programme of ballets choreographed by some of the UKs most eminent ...
  
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• Time For The Happy Dance - Brexit Talks Start Today, Britain On The Way To Leaving The EU - Forbes

  19-06-2017 10:31
  
  Forbes
  Time For The Happy Dance - Brexit Talks Start Today, Britain On The Way To Leaving The EU
  Forbes
  I am not unbiased here but today is one to celebrate--for today is the start of the negotiations over exactly how Britain is to finally leave the European Union. My not being unbiased should be evident from the fact that I used to work for Ukip, have ...
  Jeremy Corbyn - The Irish TimesThe Irish Timesall 2,489 news articles »
  
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• My Body Changed Dramatically When I Started Adult Ballet but Not From Weight Loss - POPSUGAR United Kingdom (blog)

  19-06-2017 10:17 via popsugar.co.uk
  
  POPSUGAR United Kingdom (blog)
  My Body Changed Dramatically When I Started Adult Ballet but Not From Weight Loss
  POPSUGAR United Kingdom (blog)
  First position: plié. Once, twice. Relevé, and hold. Balance, plié. Repeat in second, then fifth. What once would have been like another language to me (OK, fair, part of it is in another language) is now a calming repetition I consider the only form ...
  
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• Princess Camp with Midland Festival Ballet - Odessa American

  19-06-2017 08:09 via oaoa.com
  Princess Camp with Midland Festival Ballet
  Odessa American
  Princess Camp with Midland Festival Ballet has been scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. June 19-22 at Midland Centennial Library, 2503 W. Loop 250 N., Midland. The beginning ballet camp (for kids ages 4-6) is a cumulative camp. Participants must commit ...
  
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• The Australian Ballet's stellar production of The Sleeping Beauty - Herald Sun

  19-06-2017 07:06 via heraldsun.com.au
  Herald Sun
  The Australian Ballet's stellar production of The Sleeping Beauty
  Herald Sun
  There's little sleep for this Sleeping Beauty. Having only premiered in Melbourne in 2015, it's already back in The Australian Ballet's production schedule, such is the demand for David McAllister's lavish imagining of Petipa's traditional The Sleeping ...
  
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• Daddy Daughter Dance celebrates family, raises money for charity - Savannah Morning News

  19-06-2017 06:06
  
  Savannah Morning News
  Daddy Daughter Dance celebrates family, raises money for charity
  Savannah Morning News
  Juan Rodriguez dances with his daughter Ariana at the 4th annual Daddy Daughter Dance on Sunday at the West Broad Street YMCA. (Will Peebles/Savannah Morning News). Andre Johnson watches as his daughter, Tiana, left, and Andrea dance at the 4th ...and more »
  
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• Teen making her ballet dreams come true | Stuff.co.nz - Manawatu Standard

  19-06-2017 02:30 via stuff.co.nz
  
  Manawatu Standard
  Teen making her ballet dreams come true | Stuff.co.nz
  Manawatu Standard
  A Horowhenua teen is determined to dance her way to the top in ballet.
  Kozlova Int'l Ballet Competition Announces Winners - Broadway WorldBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Teen making her ballet dreams come true - Manawatu Standard

  19-06-2017 02:30 via stuff.co.nz
  
  Manawatu Standard
  Teen making her ballet dreams come true
  Manawatu Standard
  Shelby Wells dreams of tutus, pas de deux and pirouettes, and she is on her way making those dreams a reality. The Manawatu College 13-year-old thrives on tough physical workouts – barre and centre routines that would make many rugby players sore.
  Kozlova Int'l Ballet Competition Announces WinnersBroadway Worldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Cambridge student accepted to ballet program in NYC - Isanti County News

  19-06-2017 02:24 via isanticountynews.com
  Isanti County News
  Cambridge student accepted to ballet program in NYC
  Isanti County News
  In His Steps Ballet & performing arts company is pleased to announce that one of its students, Bronte Tillges, has been accepted to the Joffrey Ballet School's summer ballet intensive program in New York City. Tillges will spend two weeks in July ...
  
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• White House meetings add to tech's awkward dance with Trump - Politico

  19-06-2017 00:33
  
  Politico
  White House meetings add to tech's awkward dance with Trump
  Politico
  The fraught relationship between the country's leading tech executives and President Donald Trump is about to get even more tense. The latest uncomfortable moment arrives Monday, when top tech CEOs are expected to sit down with Trump at the White ...
  Presidential Executive Order on the Establishment of the American Technology CouncilThe White House
  What Apple's Tim Cook will tell TrumpAxios
  President Trump will a
  
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