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• New dancers join Joffrey Ballet - Chicago Tribune - Chicago Tribune

  26-09-2017 17:01 via chicagotribune.com
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  New dancers join Joffrey Ballet - Chicago Tribune
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  Three dancers will join the Joffrey Ballet's international roster for the 2017-18 season, artistic director Ashley Wheater announced Tuesday. The new dancers ...
  Joffrey Ballet adds three new dancers to companyChicago Sun-Timesall 3 news articles »
  
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• Songs We Love: Lost Bayou Ramblers, 'Kalenda' - NPR

  26-09-2017 16:59 via npr.org
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  Songs We Love: Lost Bayou Ramblers, 'Kalenda'
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  In South Louisiana, a great deal of formalized effort goes into the preservation and celebration of the state's Francophone culture – food, music, other crafts and folkways, and particularly language. In 1968, the state legislature established an ...
  
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• Woman stranded at North Carolina airport throws dance party, makes viral video - wreg.com

  26-09-2017 14:03 via wreg.com
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  Woman stranded at North Carolina airport throws dance party, makes viral video
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  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman who missed her connecting flight at Charlotte Douglas International Airport decided to throw an impromptu dance party instead of fuming in anger. Mahshid Mazooji uploaded the video to YouTube on Saturday and it has ...
  Woman stranded in airport all night long kills time by making Lionel Richie dance videoLonely Planet Travel News
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• China's delicate dance with 'Rocket Man' and 'dotard' - The Boston Globe

  26-09-2017 13:17 via bostonglobe.com
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  China's delicate dance with 'Rocket Man' and 'dotard'
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  Consumed by a siege mentality, facing sanctions imposed by the world's major powers, a poverty-stricken nation where people were suffering from starvation and famine pressed ahead at all costs to develop its nuclear weapon programs. Sounds like North ...and more »
  
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• Aurora Barn Dance set for Oct. 1 at Brookside Farm - The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)

  26-09-2017 12:06 via theet.com
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  Aurora Barn Dance set for Oct. 1 at Brookside Farm
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  The 14th Annual Aurora Barn Dance will be held from 2-6 p.m. Oct. 1 at Brookside Farm in Aurora. Submitted Photo. Aurora Barn Dance. Admission to the dance costs $15 per person. Children under 10 years old get in free. The price of admission also buys ...and more »
  
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• Dancing in the street: watch the National Youth Dance Company perform in Hull – video

  26-09-2017 12:00
  Forty of the UK's top young dancers take sequences from their latest Sadler's Wells production to various locations around Hull, this year's UK city of culture. The National Youth Dance Company, run by Sadler’s Wells, is the country’s flagship organisation for young dancers Continue reading...
  
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• So You Think You Can Dance finale recap: Who is America's Favorite Dancer? - EW.com (blog)

  26-09-2017 08:38 via ew.com
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  So You Think You Can Dance finale recap: Who is America's Favorite Dancer?
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  This is it, kids. After a lifetime of watching shadows dance on a cave wall, tonight I glimpsed reality in its true form and saw the universe as it is for the first time. Tonight, Mary Murphy quoted Plato.*. I don't want to be dramatic, but Mary Murphy ...
  'So You Think You Can Dance': And the winner is …The Mercury News
  Lex Ishimoto wins 'So You Think You Can Dance'OCRegister
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• So You Think You Can Dance finale recap: Season 14, Episode 15 - EW.com (blog)

  26-09-2017 08:38 via ew.com
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  So You Think You Can Dance finale recap: Season 14, Episode 15
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  Lex, Kiki, Koine, and Taylor come together for one last night of performances before season 14 of So You Think You Can Dance crowns its winner.
  'So You Think You Can Dance': And the winner is …The Mercury News
  Lex Ishimoto wins 'So You Think You Can Dance'OCRegister
  Maple Grove graduate falls short in 'So You Think You Can Dance' finaleMinneapolis Star Tribune
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• Brockton city official to kneeling Patriots: 'Dance monkey dance ... - Enterprise News

  26-09-2017 08:14 via enterprisenews.com
  Brockton city official to kneeling Patriots: 'Dance monkey dance ...
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  BROCKTON – A Brockton parks commissioner is under fire after a social media comment he made about the kneeling members of the New England Patriots, ...
  'Dance Monkey Dance': Brockton Official Resigns After Attacking Kneeling PatriotsPatch.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Boardman teacher spreads joy through dance and acts of kindness - WFMJ

  26-09-2017 07:19 via wfmj.com
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  Boardman teacher spreads joy through dance and acts of kindness
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  If you drive through Poland, chances are you have seen June Baker dancing her heart out on Route 224. Cell phone video of her moves went viral last week on Facebook and left many people wondering who the woman is behind the dance moves.and more »
  
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• "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant visits YCSD - WFMJ

  26-09-2017 05:46 via wfmj.com
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  "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant visits YCSD
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  Rudy Abreu, who competed on the 11th season of "So You Think You Can Dance," led upper level Youngstown City School District visual and performing arts students in a master class this week. The guest artist led a master class for students in instructor ...
  
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• Dancing with the Stars: Sasha Pieterse and Gleb Savchenko Dance Graceful Viennese Waltz to 'I'm Going Down' - Business 2 Community

  26-09-2017 05:10 via business2community.com
  Dancing with the Stars: Sasha Pieterse and Gleb Savchenko Dance Graceful Viennese Waltz to 'I'm Going Down'
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  Sasha Pieterse and Gleb Savchenko dance next, performing a Viennese waltz to “I'm Going Down” by Rose Royce. Pieterse works on her “ballroom face” and gets some advice from her parents, who are professional dancers. Len Goodman commends ...and more »
  
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• Dancing with the Stars: Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke Dance Sexy Foxtrot to Zayn Malik's 'Pillow Talk' - Business 2 Community

  26-09-2017 04:44 via business2community.com
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  Dancing with the Stars: Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke Dance Sexy Foxtrot to Zayn Malik's 'Pillow Talk'
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  Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke dance next, performing a foxtrot to “Pillow Talk” by Zayn Malik. Owens becomes frustrated, explaining that learning to dance is like learning a foreign language and that his experience in football cannot help him in any way.
  Terrell Owens & Cheryl Burke Perform Sexiest Dance of 'DWTS' Ballroom Night (Video)Just Jar
  
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• Profitt Report: Planning for the cost of your kids' dance lessons - nbc25news.com

  26-09-2017 04:38 via nbc25news.com
  Profitt Report: Planning for the cost of your kids' dance lessons
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  English, math and science aren't the only classes kids are taking: dance classes are well underway for the school year. Learning ballet or tap dancing is a beloved extracurricular for kids across the country, but parents don't always love the bill that ...and more »
  
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• Dancing with the Stars: Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas Dance Transformational Quickstep to 'Swing Set' - Business 2 Community

  26-09-2017 04:20 via business2community.com
  Dancing with the Stars: Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas Dance Transformational Quickstep to 'Swing Set'
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  Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas dance next, performing a quickstep to “Swing Set” by Jurassic 5. Stirling says that she loves the dance's butterfly motif and its symbolism in her own life. Carrie Ann Inaba says she really missed Ballas' creativity and ...
  VIDEO: Jordan Fisher Heats Up the Dance Floor on DANCING WITH THE STARSBroadway Worldall 25 news article
  
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• Korean youth connect to culture heritage through music and dance - OCRegister

  26-09-2017 04:00 via ocregister.com
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  Korean youth connect to culture heritage through music and dance
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  Hannah Chung rehearses a traditional fan dance in the 20th annual Soul of Korea concert at the Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa on Sunday, September 24, 2017. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer). Expand. When Jennifer Kwon ...
  
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• How I Survived My First HIIT Workout With Puma and the NYC Ballet - Footwear News

  26-09-2017 03:56 via footwearnews.com
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  How I Survived My First HIIT Workout With Puma and the NYC Ballet
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  Ballet master Craig Hall (right) leads the dance section of the Puma x NYC Ballet workout at Lincoln Center Plaza. Getty Images for Puma. When I was a kid, I always wanted to take dance — ballet to be specific. I'd dream of doing pirouettes and pliés ...
  
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• Woman stranded at North Carolina airport throws dance party, makes viral video - wtvr.com

  26-09-2017 03:28 via wtvr.com
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  Woman stranded at North Carolina airport throws dance party, makes viral video
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  CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A woman who missed her connecting flight at Charlotte Douglas International Airport decided to throw an impromptu dance party instead of fuming in anger. Mahshid Mazooji uploaded the video to YouTube on Saturday and it has ...
  What do you do when stranded at the Charlotte airport? Get up and dance the night awayCharlotte Observer
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• Teen's cancer keeps him from homecoming, date brings dance to him - Fox News

  26-09-2017 03:02 via foxnews.com
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  Teen's cancer keeps him from homecoming, date brings dance to him
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  Two teenage best friends had a plan to go to homecoming together, until cancer got in the way. Kaitlin O'Connor and Blake Mounts from Hilliard, OH, were deciding how to attend their senior homecoming together. “The plan was for [Blake] to be able to ...and more »
  
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• Choreographer shows power of street dance activism - Cronkite News

  26-09-2017 02:29 via cronkitenews.azpbs.org
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  Choreographer shows power of street dance activism
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  Shamell Bell led the group in a grounding exercise before moving into the dancing portion. (Photo by Lysandra Marquez/Cronkite News). By Lysandra Marquez | Cronkite News. Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. PHOENIX — Dance has long been considered a ...
  
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• South Florida high school dance team criticized for 'risqué' uniforms - 7News - WSVN-TV

  26-09-2017 01:24 via wsvn.com
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  South Florida high school dance team criticized for 'risqué' uniforms
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  MIAMI (WSVN) - A South Florida high school dance team is generating some controversy over their uniforms. The video of the Miami Northwestern Senior High dance team has gone viral since a recent performance and now school officials are responding to ...
  
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