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• New York City Ballet Will Kick Off Fall Season September 19 With Swan Lake - Playbill.com

  13-09-2017 23:36
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  New York City Ballet Will Kick Off Fall Season September 19 With Swan Lake
  Playbill.com
  From the iconic Tschaikovsky piece to the Here/Now Festival, you won't want to miss these offerings from the NYCB's fall season. <i>Swan Lake</i> Swan Lake Paul Kolnik. The New York City Ballet begins its fall 2017 season with a crowd favorite.
  
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• Heads will roll during Ballet Fantastique's season opener - The Register-Guard

  13-09-2017 23:34
  The Register-Guard
  Heads will roll during Ballet Fantastique's season opener
  The Register-Guard
  For nearly 200 years, Washington Irving's short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” has been read to children as summer yields to autumn and the nights grow darker. It's an American classic with its New England setting nestled into the fall foliage of ...
  
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• Dance Company taps into new talent - Northwest Missourian

  13-09-2017 23:33 via nwmissourinews.com
  Dance Company taps into new talent
  Northwest Missourian
  The Northwest Dance Company held fall auditions Sept. 5 and 6. Dancers of all backgrounds flocked to join what has been described as not only a dance company, but also a home. NWDC is a student run organization creating an inclusive environment ...
  
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• For the love of dance - Canton Repository

  13-09-2017 22:38 via cantonrep.com
  Canton Repository
  For the love of dance
  Canton Repository
  CANAL FULTON Some of the toughest, most talented athletes in Stark County don't pass, punt, catch or kick. They don't swim, steal bases, or sink three-point shots. Their “gear” consists of white tights, black leotards and pink shoes. Their domain is ...
  
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• VIDEO: Hockey player steps on his toes for ballet studio opening - Barriere Star Journal

  13-09-2017 22:15
  Barriere Star Journal
  VIDEO: Hockey player steps on his toes for ballet studio opening
  Barriere Star Journal
  Some well-known sports personalities were kept on their toes Tuesday to help open new studios for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Patrice Bernier of soccer's Montreal Impact joined a number of athletes that included figure skating world champion Eric ...and more »
  
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• Calling All Future Teachers: 5 Unique Opportunities to Study Dance Pedagogy - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  13-09-2017 22:00 via dancemagazine.com
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  Calling All Future Teachers: 5 Unique Opportunities to Study Dance Pedagogy
  http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)
  Pedagogy opportunities vary widely across schools. Whether you're looking for an undergraduate or graduate program, search thoroughly to find the one that works for you. These are just a few of your options: ...
  
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• Marblehead School of Ballet launches season - Wicked Local Marblehead

  13-09-2017 21:14
  Wicked Local Marblehead
  Marblehead School of Ballet launches season
  Wicked Local Marblehead
  Students learn the fundamentals of ballet, the arts and dance at the Marblehead School of Ballet. [Courtesy Photo / Peter A. Smith]. By Marblehead School of Ballet. Wednesday. Posted Sep 13, 2017 at 3:00 PM. Share. The Marblehead School of Ballet ...and more »
  
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• Cincinnati Ballet Shows Even More Love for Women Choreographers This Season - http://www.dancemagazine.com/ (blog)

  13-09-2017 19:44
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  Cincinnati Ballet Shows Even More Love for Women Choreographers This Season
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  Cincinnati Ballet's Melissa Gelfin and Taylor Carrasco in rehearsal. Photo by Jennifer Denham, Courtesy Cincinnati Ballet. At Cincinnati Ballet, the 2017–18 season boasts that 8 out of the 15 company productions are from female choreographers. For the ...
  
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• Indian Spirits return to Dance Extravaganza - Rappahannock Record

  13-09-2017 19:02 via rrecord.com
  Indian Spirits return to Dance Extravaganza
  Rappahannock Record
  Dance Extravaganza 2017 will be held Saturday, September 16, at the Lancaster Middle School Theater, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock. Dance Extravaganza is the sole fundraiser for the Kilmarnock Museum, said president Carroll Lee Ashburn. This year's ...
  
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• Communique: "Retro Fusion & Illusion" Features Dozens Of Dancers | Forward Motion Dance - WMOT

  13-09-2017 18:06 via wmot.org
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  Communique: "Retro Fusion & Illusion" Features Dozens Of Dancers | Forward Motion Dance
  WMOT
  This photo is Qaadir Hicks, one of dozens of dancers who will be onstage for Retro Fusion & Illusion, the fall dance extravaganza by Forward Motion Dance in collaboration with other studios and artists. The show is September 15-16, Friday and Saturday ...and more »
  
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• Bailes do Monde Brings the World of Dance to Hampton Roads, and More Local Dance Events this Autumn - AltDaily

  13-09-2017 17:56 via altdaily.com
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  Bailes do Monde Brings the World of Dance to Hampton Roads, and More Local Dance Events this Autumn
  AltDaily
  Autumn doesn't just bring crisp air and pumpkin spice, it kicks off the 2017-2018 dance performance season. And there is much to be excited about! All Stars, a Cuban Salsa company from Santiago de Cuba. I had the opportunity to speak with Mila Carr ...
  
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• MSO melds dance, paint for season opener - Lagniappe

  13-09-2017 17:48 via lagniappemobile.com
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  MSO melds dance, paint for season opener
  Lagniappe
  For Mobile Symphony Orchestra Music Director Scott Speck, the excitement is rising like a maestro's baton. “I had so much time this summer just to do things like study scores at my leisure, to exercise, to do a little bit of travel. I haven't conducted ...
  
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• Jimmy Can't Dance, a new downtown jazz club - Louisville Eccentric Observer

  13-09-2017 17:48 via leoweekly.com
  Louisville Eccentric Observer
  Jimmy Can't Dance, a new downtown jazz club
  Louisville Eccentric Observer
  Brian Goodwin wants to breathe new life into the jazz community. His new jazz club, Jimmy Can't Dance, opened Aug. 19, downtown in the basement of the Another Place Sandwich Shop on Seventh Street. A Louisville ex-pat, Goodwin currently lives in ...
  
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• Coupé's Diane Frankel: For nearly 50 years, she has taught Rockland to dance - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  13-09-2017 17:46 via lohud.com
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  Coupé's Diane Frankel: For nearly 50 years, she has taught Rockland to dance
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  NANUET - Diane Coupé Frankel has stories to tell. She could tell you about meeting Zero Mostel backstage at the Alvin Theater on Broadway, when the oversized bear of a comedian playfully pinned her against a wall. She can talk about sharing the stage ...
  
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• The Celebrity Series Tells Boston “Let's Dance!” - Haute Living

  13-09-2017 17:21 via hauteliving.com
  Haute Living
  The Celebrity Series Tells Boston “Let's Dance!”
  Haute Living
  If Swing is your thing or you have always wanted to learn how to Mambo, The Celebrity Series of Boston invites dancers of all ages and abilities to grab their dancing shoes and head to the Rose Kennedy Greenway tonight for the return of Let's Dance ...
  
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• Odell Beckham reportedly seen in Russell Westbrook dance-off ... - CBSSports.com

  13-09-2017 17:05 via cbssports.com
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  Odell Beckham reportedly seen in Russell Westbrook dance-off ...
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  The Giants superstar wide receiver was reportedly hanging out a club in New York City.
  Report: Odell Beckham Jr., On Sprained Ankle, Participated In Dance Battle With Russell WestbrookCBS New York
  Odell Beckham Healthy Enough For Dance Contest With Russell Westbrook 3 Days Before Missing Cowboys GameThe Big Lead
  Odell Beckham And Russell Westbrook Reportedly Had A Fashion Week Dance-OffUPROXX
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• This Mother-son Wedding Dance Is Seriously Impressive - Simplemost

  13-09-2017 16:26 via simplemost.com
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  This Mother-son Wedding Dance Is Seriously Impressive
  Simplemost
  The mother-son dance is a time-honored tradition at weddings. While many opt to go the conventional route and slow dance to a sweet classic like “Unforgettable” or “Stand By Me,” some choose to eschew the standards and instead take the opportunity to ...
  
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• Hofesh Shechter: Grand Finale review – a wild waltz for the end of time

  13-09-2017 16:05
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The choreographer squares up to our political anxieties – and his own demons – with grace and the defiant spirit of the band who played on the TitanicGrand Finale is as apocalyptic a work as Hofesh Shechter has ever made. Squaring up to the precariousness of our world, the political and ecological disasters we’ve created for ourselves, it’s a work fraught with violence, dread and a manic kind of defiance. This is Shechter’s dance around
  
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• International Ballet takes on Armenian folk, the Rat King, and comedy this season - Greenville Journal

  13-09-2017 15:32
  Greenville Journal
  International Ballet takes on Armenian folk, the Rat King, and comedy this season
  Greenville Journal
  International Ballet recently announced its 2017-18 lineup, and it comes with a renamed fall performance, an old Christmastime favorite, and a bit of comedy. The 14th season offers L'automne, the company's newly renamed signature fall concert; “The ...
  
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• Dance Moms season 7, episode 21 recap: Attack of the toxic momsters - Hidden Remote

  13-09-2017 15:26 via hiddenremote.com
  Hidden Remote
  Dance Moms season 7, episode 21 recap: Attack of the toxic momsters
  Hidden Remote
  In Dance Moms Season 7, Episode 21, Abby Lee Miller came back to her studio. But her team wasn't exactly happy to see her. There's nothing quite like an episode of Dance Moms that spends about as much time in the parking lot as it does in the dance ...
  EXCLUSIVE: Nia Sioux Talks About the Real Friendships With Her 'Dance Moms' Co-StarsJ-14 Magazine
  Lifetime Sets Premiere Dates for 'Dance Moms,'
  
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• Sun-Times 2017 Fall Entertainment Preview -- Dance | Chicago Sun ... - Chicago Sun-Times

  13-09-2017 14:30 via chicago.suntimes.com
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  Sun-Times 2017 Fall Entertainment Preview -- Dance | Chicago Sun ...
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Chicago has become home to a large, exceptionally talented (if all too often unheralded) community of dancers and choreographers, as well as a destination for ...
  110 - Auditorium to mark 50th anniv. with dance companies - Gay ...Windy City Timesall 5 news articles »
  
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• Street dance returns to West Fest this week - West Fargo Pioneer

  13-09-2017 12:25 via westfargopioneer.com
  West Fargo Pioneer
  Street dance returns to West Fest this week
  West Fargo Pioneer
  A gold fish and a star fish take part in the West Fest parade Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in West Fargo. Dave Wallis / The Forum. West Fargo is taking the party back to the streets this year to celebrate the city's 26th annual West Fest. A street dance ...
  
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• Fall dance, from ballet and bellydance to Bollywood - PGH City Paper

  13-09-2017 12:12 via pghcitypaper.com
  PGH City Paper
  Fall dance, from ballet and bellydance to Bollywood
  PGH City Paper
  From ballet and bellydance to Bollywood, the fall dance season is bursting with options. Here's a sampling: The fourth Trans-Q Live!, a queer evening of dance, poetry, film and music, visits The Andy Warhol Museum on Sept. 15. Dance performers include ...
  
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• Spandau Ballet on replacing Tony Hadley: 'We're bigger than one member' - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-09-2017 12:02
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Spandau Ballet on replacing Tony Hadley: 'We're bigger than one member'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Just as The Who carried on despite the rock'n'roll deaths of Keith Moon and John Entwistle, so Spandau Ballet will continue despite the Twitter resignation of frontman Tony Hadley. That was the message from Gary Kemp and the rest of the band as they ...
  Spandau Ballet say Tony Hadley is not welcome back in the bandNME.com
  Spandau Ballet say Tony Hadley isn't welcome back as they reveal h
  
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• Preserving culture: Chickasaw Dance Troupe performs for students, community - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

  13-09-2017 08:35 via djournal.com
  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
  Preserving culture: Chickasaw Dance Troupe performs for students, community
  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
  The Chickasaw Nation Dance Troupe, performs the “Stomp Dance”, a Warrior song, for students at Tupelo Middle School Tuesday morning in the Tupelo Civic Auditorium. Below, Tim Jefferson moves through the “Friendship Dance”as the troupe performs.
  
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• Orchestra and ballet unite - Daily Telegraph

  13-09-2017 07:10
  Daily Telegraph
  Orchestra and ballet unite
  Daily Telegraph
  Backed by the sounds of a live orchestra, two local dancers will take to the stage in a unique performance this month. Lucinda Worthing-Shore, of Cherrybrook, and Cameron Doherty, of Castle Hill, will join the cast of Together Live, the first ...
  
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• Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre season closer caps 15-year run, pays tribute to Armenians - Los Angeles Times

  13-09-2017 05:05
  Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre season closer caps 15-year run, pays tribute to Armenians
  Los Angeles Times
  An upcoming production staged by Burbank-based Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre will be an emotional event for many involved with the performance. “The Best of Khachaturian,” a medley of dance pieces set to the music of famed Armenian composer Aram ...
  
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• Dance therapy? Giants' Odell Beckham, Russell Westbrook dance battle during Wyclef Jean show, Page Six says - NJ.com

  13-09-2017 03:57 via nj.com
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  Dance therapy? Giants' Odell Beckham, Russell Westbrook dance battle during Wyclef Jean show, Page Six says
  NJ.com
  Odell Beckham Jr. vs. Russell Westbrook? It went down between the Giants' star wideout and the reigning NBA MVP on a dance floor in the Meatpacking District, according to Page Six, Beckham's sprained ankle and all. The New York Post's gossip arm ...
  Odell Beckham Jr. and Russell Westbrook have a dance-offPage Sixall 2 news articles »
  
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• Debbie Reynolds's North Hollywood dance studio is up for auction ... - Curbed LA

  13-09-2017 02:45 via la.curbed.com
  Curbed LA
  Debbie Reynolds's North Hollywood dance studio is up for auction ...
  Curbed LA
  A North Hollywood dance studio established by late silver screen star Debbie Reynolds will hit the auction block next month, the Los Angeles Times reports.and more »
  
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• Tucson Dance Lessons and Parties Sept. 21-29 - Arizona Daily Star

  13-09-2017 01:49 via tucson.com
  Arizona Daily Star
  Tucson Dance Lessons and Parties Sept. 21-29
  Arizona Daily Star
  Green Valley Dance Club Monthly Dance — Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino Del Sol. Two's Company. Invited to BYOB. 7-9:30 p.m. Sept. 23. $12. 625-3488. Green Valley Dance Club Monthly Dance ...
  
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