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• Dance under the skies at New York's hottest outdoor parties - New York Post

  14-07-2017 23:20
  
  New York Post
  Dance under the skies at New York's hottest outdoor parties
  New York Post
  Who wants to waste the summer stumbling around inside a dark, musty nightclub while an air conditioner blows dirty air in your face? Every true New Yorker knows that this is the time to bust a move in the great wide open, and the city's outdoor party ...
  
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• Woah! Check Out Faith Hill's Killer Dance Moves! [VIDEO] - Country Fancast

  14-07-2017 23:01
  
  Country Fancast
  Woah! Check Out Faith Hill's Killer Dance Moves! [VIDEO]
  Country Fancast
  We all knew that Faith Hill could sing like an angel, but did you know she can also dance like the devil? Share; Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Pin It; Send. The one word that can describe Faith Hill's recent dance moves is “FIERCE”. Watch out ...and more »
  
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• Local group sponsoring teen dance - Plattsburgh Press Republican

  14-07-2017 21:32
  
  Local group sponsoring teen dance
  Plattsburgh Press Republican
  PLATTSBURGH — Teens can get with their squad while parents get their eat on during Saturday's Teen Dance at Retro Live. The event is hosted by First Weekends in Plattsburgh and sponsored by Reality Check. The dance floor is open for ages 11 to 14 ...
  
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• 'Timeline' tells a story of tragedy and perseverance through dance - Bradenton Herald

  14-07-2017 21:25
  
  Bradenton Herald
  'Timeline' tells a story of tragedy and perseverance through dance
  Bradenton Herald
  Stephanie Bastos had always wanted to be a dancer. She worked hard toward that goal, starting when she was 5, and seemed on the verge of a career when she was 18 years old. But one night she was a passenger in a car and the driver fell asleep. Bastos ...
  
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• Interim named for youth ballet program - Connectstatesboro

  14-07-2017 21:11 via connectstatesboro.com
  Interim named for youth ballet program
  Connectstatesboro
  The Averitt Center for the Arts announced new leadership of the Statesboro Youth Ballet on Friday. Jurijs Safonovs, the program's director since 2012, has resigned to seek new opportunities, and his lead instructor Taylor Ellen has been promoted to ...
  
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• Dance in the Park - Chicago Reader

  14-07-2017 21:01
  Dance in the Park
  Chicago Reader
  Dance in the Parks kicked off this week—free dance performances in 16 parks. Park yourself in the parks for pirouettes and other dance terms I may have heard at one point but have forgotten. The pros at this series, though, will remind all of us that ...
  
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• Summer Exploration: Training Program Students Venture Out

  14-07-2017 21:00 via blog.linesballet.org
  
  The power of knowledge is not just in knowing something, but in what you decide to do with it. This summer our current and newly graduated Training Program students have spread themselves out throughout the world with the hope of increasing their knowledge and bettering their art. Read more about four of their experiences at Springboard Danse Montreal, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, and the Cambrians Summer Intensive below.
  Alejandro Perez
  Hometown: Los Angeles
  This summer I had the wonderful
  
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• Gearing up for the big ballet - The Hans India

  14-07-2017 20:23 via thehansindia.com
  
  The Hans India
  Gearing up for the big ballet
  The Hans India
  A Kuchipudi Dance Ballet, Sri Rama Katha Saram, is being staged at Houston, Texas in the Unites States of America, on July 15. The ballet is being presented by the VedantamKalakshetramwith 53 participants and will be staged at the local Stafford Centre ...
  
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• Study to examine how improvisational dance can help people with dementia - News-Medical.net

  14-07-2017 19:34
  
  News-Medical.net
  Study to examine how improvisational dance can help people with dementia
  News-Medical.net
  Depending on what generation you belong to, the term "improvisational dance" may conjure up images of beatniks grooving to the beat of bongos in a darkened coffeehouse or the black-clad Dieter gyrating to techno pop in a Sprockets sketch on "Saturday ...
  
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• Dying man gets father-daughter dance at friends' wedding - TODAY ... - Today.com

  14-07-2017 19:26
  
  Today.com
  Dying man gets father-daughter dance at friends' wedding - TODAY ...
  Today.com
  A couple invited a friend dying of cancer to dance with his daughters at their wedding.
  Bride gives away dance with fatherPress Herald
  Bride gives up father-daughter dance to bridesmaid and dad with cancerWCNCall 9 news articles »
  
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• A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Ballet Rehearsal with Michaela ... - NBCNews.com

  14-07-2017 19:25 via nbcnews.com
  
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  A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Ballet Rehearsal with Michaela ...
  NBCNews.com
  NBC News' Kate Snow gets an inside look at a rehearsal with Dutch National Ballet soloist Michaela DePrince. It doesn't take long to see why she's so ...and more »
  
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• Review: Dance works at Momentum festival confront dystopia, celebrate black sisterhood - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  14-07-2017 18:44
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Review: Dance works at Momentum festival confront dystopia, celebrate black sisterhood
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Review: The annual two-week Momentum festival begins with works confronting dystopia and celebrating black sisterhood. By Caroline Palmer Special to the Star Tribune. July 14, 2017 — 12:28pm. itemprop. Gene Pittman • Walker Art Center Fire ...and more »
  
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• Dance works at Momentum festival confront dystopia, celebrate ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  14-07-2017 18:44
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Dance works at Momentum festival confront dystopia, celebrate ...
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  REVIEW: The annual two-week Momentum festival begins with works confronting dystopia and celebrating black sisterhood.and more »
  
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• Atlanta Ballet opening Midtown dance studio - Atlanta Business Chronicle

  14-07-2017 18:33 via bizjournals.com
  Atlanta Business Chronicle
  Atlanta Ballet opening Midtown dance studio
  Atlanta Business Chronicle
  The Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education is opening its third location in Midtown's Amsterdam Walk. The dance studio off Monroe Drive and near Piedmont Park is set to open in September, aiming to serve neighborhoods including Virginia-Highland and ...
  
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• Weekend Events: Anthem LemonAid, Maggie Walker statue ... - wtvr.com

  14-07-2017 18:01 via wtvr.com
  
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  Weekend Events: Anthem LemonAid, Maggie Walker statue ...
  wtvr.com
  Anthem LemonAid is Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' signature summer event and has been helping kids with cancer since 2001. The event is in the ...and more »
  
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• Rob Kardashian reportedly has 'dance party' with sister Khloe amid Blac Chyna scandal - Fox News

  14-07-2017 18:01
  Fox News
  Rob Kardashian reportedly has 'dance party' with sister Khloe amid Blac Chyna scandal
  Fox News
  Despite Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's ongoing social media beef and legal feud, neither is slowing down. Khloe Kardashian took to social media to claim she was casually hanging out with her brother just days after he was hit with a restraining order.and more »
  
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• Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company presents classics at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival - MassLive.com

  14-07-2017 17:50
  
  MassLive.com
  Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company presents classics at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
  MassLive.com
  But when it comes to modern dance, most people want to see different dances every time they see the same dance company. Why? Why is there this distinction? Who says modern dance always has to be new? Why can't modern dance fans see their favorite ...and more »
  
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• J-Pop Dance Trio Perfume Announce New Single 'If You Wanna' - Billboard

  14-07-2017 17:36
  
  Billboard
  J-Pop Dance Trio Perfume Announce New Single 'If You Wanna'
  Billboard
  The chart-topping Japanese dance trio Perfume will release "If You Wanna" on Aug. 30, their 24th CD single since their major-label debut. The electro-pop girl group also released a promotional photo to match the new single, with members Nocchi (Ayano ...
  
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• Jersey City dance studio's beloved cat goes missing - NJ.com

  14-07-2017 17:28
  
  NJ.com
  Jersey City dance studio's beloved cat goes missing
  NJ.com
  A Jersey City dance studio is asking for the public's help to bring its missing cat home. Katy, a 14-year-old Tabby, was reported missing around 4 p.m. Wednesday outside the Kennedy Dancers studio, said owner Diane Dragone. The cat has a medical ...
  
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• 'Aroundtown' plays like musical theater at Bates Dance Festival - Press Herald

  14-07-2017 17:07
  
  Press Herald
  'Aroundtown' plays like musical theater at Bates Dance Festival
  Press Herald
  Fresh from working on the Broadway show “Indecent,” veteran choreographer David Dorfman returned to the Bates Dance Festival stage Thursday night to premiere a new work that plays a lot like musical theater. “Aroundtown” is an hourlong, widespread ...
  
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• Dance festival, blues concert plus 12 other things to do in Omaha this weekend - Omaha World-Herald

  14-07-2017 17:05
  
  Omaha World-Herald
  Dance festival, blues concert plus 12 other things to do in Omaha this weekend
  Omaha World-Herald
  Tonya Lennox, left, and Audrey Bigelow laugh during a concert at Turner Park in Midtown Crossing on Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Omaha, Neb. The two, from Washington D.C. and Virginia, were visiting family. THE WORLD-HERALD. prev. next. Looking for ...
  
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• ‘The audience gasped when Princess Diana appeared’

  14-07-2017 15:00
  
  Wayne Sleep remembers a remarkable dance duet at the Royal Opera House in December 1985Our paths first crossed when she approached me for dance lessons in the early 1980s. Diana loved ballet, but she also wanted to learn jazz, tap and contemporary. Sadly, I couldn’t teach her, because I was away on tour so much. But she approached me again when she wanted to perform at the Royal Opera House – it was a private show for supporters and friends of the Royal Ballet. Charles was going to b
  
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• 10,000 Gestures review – a thrilling blizzard of movement

  14-07-2017 14:34
  
  Mayfield Depot, Manchester
  With capoeira kicks, pirouettes and the odd buttock scratch, Boris Charmatz’s show tests the limits of how we experience danceBoris Charmatz’s 10,000 Gestures can be exhilarating, enervating and overwhelming in equal measures. The French choreographer has taken over the cavernous space of the old Mayfield train depot and, during the space of an hour, he pushes the title of his new work to the extreme, bombarding his audience with a chaos of movement so rapi
  
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• Summer Dance program gives extra experience, highlights choreographers - Norman Transcript

  14-07-2017 14:18
  
  Summer Dance program gives extra experience, highlights choreographers
  Norman Transcript
  During the month of June, Lauren Peterson woke up every day at 6:50 a.m., ate breakfast and then danced. There was the three hour contemporary class and then the three hour ballet class and then rehearsals, but Peterson said she didn't mind it. “It ...
  
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• Floor work: Fernando Melo at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - Santa Fe New Mexican

  14-07-2017 13:06
  
  Santa Fe New Mexican
  Floor work: Fernando Melo at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
  Santa Fe New Mexican
  During the performance of Fernando Melo's new work, Dream Play, by Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, audience members won't necessarily be looking at the dancers — not in the typical sense. Melo's piece presents an inventive way of seeing dance. The performers ...and more »
  
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• Floor work: Fernando Melo at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Dance ... - Santa Fe New Mexican

  14-07-2017 13:06 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  Santa Fe New Mexican
  Floor work: Fernando Melo at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Dance ...
  Santa Fe New Mexican
  During the performance of Fernando Melo's new work, Dream Play, by Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, audience members won't necessarily be looking at the dancers ...and more »
  
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• 1972: The Future of Sex and Latitude festival: this week’s best UK theatre and dance

  14-07-2017 11:30
  
  The Wardrobe Ensemble looks back at the sexual fumblings of the baby boomers, while Matthew Bourne, Sisters Grimm and others visit Suffolk’s arts jamboree1 1972: The Future of Sex
  The Wardrobe Ensemble’s funny, sad show – first seen in 2015 – looks back at the sexual fumblings of the baby boomers. Christine is about to lose her virginity, Penny spouts radicalism on the podium but finds sexual freedom elusive in the bedroom, and while David Bowie offers a different kind of
  
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