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• American National Ballet Fires Almost Half Its Dancers Only a Few Weeks Into The Season - Dance Magazine

  25-10-2017 19:17 via dancemagazine.com
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  American National Ballet Fires Almost Half Its Dancers Only a Few Weeks Into The Season
  Dance Magazine
  The messages started coming in Monday evening. A concerned teacher was worried about several dancers she knew at American National Ballet—did we know what was going on? Later that night, more information started emerging on social media—and it ...
  
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• Lexingtonians swing into a new hobby at LexSwing Dance - Kykernel.com

  25-10-2017 19:10 via kykernel.com
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  Lexingtonians swing into a new hobby at LexSwing Dance
  Kykernel.com
  A community dance club is gaining popularity among people of all ages across Lexington, including UK students. LexSwing Dance is a community driven dance club that offers a welcoming place for people to come show off their dance moves or learn new ...
  
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• Nous, On Va Danser Breaks Through the Boys' Club of Dance - The Portland Mercury

  25-10-2017 19:00 via portlandmercury.com
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  Nous, On Va Danser Breaks Through the Boys' Club of Dance
  The Portland Mercury
  When I sit down with Portland dancer and choreographer Nancy Ellis, I already know we have something in common. Though we've never met before, we went to the same small women's college in western Massachusetts 16 years apart, and the first thing we ...
  
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• Marriage is a Dance - The Good Men Project (blog)

  25-10-2017 18:59 via goodmenproject.com
  Marriage is a Dance
  The Good Men Project (blog)
  “Love is a constant process of tuning in, connecting, missing and misreading cues, disconnecting, repairing, and finding deeper connection. It is a dance of meeting and parting and finding each other again. Minute to minute and day to day.” – Dr. Sue ...
  
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• The Judas Tree/Song of the Earth review – from torrid violence to delicate majesty

  25-10-2017 18:45
  Royal Opera House, LondonA five-company tribute to Kenneth MacMillan continues with brave and brilliant stagings of two very different worksThis season’s Kenneth MacMillan celebration continues with a double bill that lays out the extremes of the choreographer’s sensibility to brutal and sublime effect. While the evening closes with the majesty and delicacy of his setting of Mahler’s Song of the Earth, it opens to the torridly graphic violence of his most controversial ballet,
  
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• Dance-Mommy Drama - Metro Spirit

  25-10-2017 18:42 via metrospirit.com
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  Dance-Mommy Drama
  Metro Spirit
  The Girl and I love watching that silly “Dance Moms” show. It's nothing more than mindless drama, with some good dance competitions thrown in. She danced for a few years. Not only that, as a tween girl, the dancers on “Dance Moms” have some celebrity ...
  
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• American National Ballet in Charleston releases 23 dancers, plans additional changes - Charleston Post Courier

  25-10-2017 18:10 via postandcourier.com
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  American National Ballet in Charleston releases 23 dancers, plans additional changes
  Charleston Post Courier
  Dancer Sara Murawski resigned this week from the American National Ballet, based in Charleston. Provided. American National Ballet. William Starrett (copy). Buy Now. William Starrett, artistic director of South Carolina Ballet. (File). File. prev. next ...
  
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• Dance Troupes to Bring “Straight Outta Philly” Performance to Eisenhower Auditorium - State College News

  25-10-2017 17:51 via statecollege.com
  Dance Troupes to Bring “Straight Outta Philly” Performance to Eisenhower Auditorium
  State College News
  Philadelphia dance companies Philadanco and Rennie Harris Puremovement will bring their tribute to the City of Brotherly Love to Penn State. The troupes will perform the “Straight Outta Philly” collaborative dance performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday in ...
  
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• The generous muse of folk dance - The Jerusalem Post

  25-10-2017 17:40 via jpost.com
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  The generous muse of folk dance
  The Jerusalem Post
  "There are leaps and jumps that end on the knees and dances with swords, shields and daggers, with sparks in the air." 3 minute read. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. The generous muse of folk dance . (photo credit:GEORGIAN EMBASSY). In recent ...
  
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• Dance, Dolly Parton, music and more events for your week's calendar - Colorado Springs Independent

  25-10-2017 17:23 via csindy.com
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  Dance, Dolly Parton, music and more events for your week's calendar
  Colorado Springs Independent
  Call for a psychic reading, artistic discussion, life advice or whatever else you want to talk about with Quaill Club's queer witches. Readings will be performed primarily through Tarot, a centuries-old tradition using cards to answer questions or ...
  
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• Chicken dance helps Whitfield clowns spread fire safety message - WTVC

  25-10-2017 16:42 via newschannel9.com
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  Chicken dance helps Whitfield clowns spread fire safety message
  WTVC
  Battalion Chief John Chester (right) enjoys a laugh with the Clown Posse in this 2015 photo. Chester, who had been emcee of the clowns' shows for several years, passed away unexpectedly in May and was remembered with a slide show during this year's ...and more »
  
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• The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Ray Magnani's “Oxidation and The Dance” Photographs - news.delaware.gov

  25-10-2017 16:18 via news.delaware.gov
  The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Ray Magnani's “Oxidation and The Dance” Photographs
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  Wilmington, Del. (October 25, 2017) – Owing to Circumstances will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from November 3-22, 2017. An opening reception to meet the artist will be held on Friday, November 3 from 5-7 p.m. Borders received a 2017 Emerging ...
  
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• Eun-Me Ahn review – eye-scorchingly colourful dance goes K-pop

  25-10-2017 15:47
  The Place, LondonFrom a snail’s-pace procession to techno-pogoing in hot pink light, the Korean choreographer’s relentless routines are hypnotic but emptyThe opening of Eun-Me Ahn’s Let Me Change Your Name really doesn’t prepare you for what is to come – but then the distinctive Korean choreographer, known for her colourful clothing and shaven head, has a reputation for wrong-footing expectations. She trained in traditional Korean dance, then went to New York to lea
  
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• From Chiefs cheer to Crossroads fitness, new dance studio opens in KC - KSHB

  25-10-2017 15:34 via kshb.com
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  From Chiefs cheer to Crossroads fitness, new dance studio opens in KC
  KSHB
  From the home of the Chiefs to the crossroads of dance and fitness, new studio Dance Fit Flow is the latest project from a pair of former Chiefs cheerleaders who are now dancing their way through the business world. Kerri Pomerenke and Lauren Boyd met ...and more »
  
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• New Bollywood dance drama looks at mental health in Minnesota's South Asian community - MinnPost

  25-10-2017 15:20 via minnpost.com
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  New Bollywood dance drama looks at mental health in Minnesota's South Asian community
  MinnPost
  Bollywood Dance Scene is a Minneapolis nonprofit that celebrates South Asian culture through dance and performance. During the first months she lived in Minnesota, Sindhusha Kasinadhuni often thought about packing up and moving home. A software ...
  
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• Statesville dance students impress at festival - Statesville Record & Landmark

  25-10-2017 15:16 via statesville.com
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  Statesville dance students impress at festival
  Statesville Record & Landmark
  Students in the Fine Arts Magnet of Iredell-Statesville Schools dance program recently attended the 2017 Middle and High School Charlotte Dance Festival held at the Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance. At the two-day event, ...
  
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• Happy Birthday, Ciara! 8 Times She Slayed Us With Her Dance Moves - E! Online

  25-10-2017 14:03 via eonline.com
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  Happy Birthday, Ciara! 8 Times She Slayed Us With Her Dance Moves
  E! Online
  The singer turns 32 years old today, and she certainly has a lot to celebrate. Not only did she welcome her second child—a baby girl named Sienna Princess—into the world with hubby Russell Wilson, she's also been busy raising her 3-year-old son ...and more »
  
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• Festival of South African Dance proceeds to benefit local charity - MLive.com

  25-10-2017 13:22 via mlive.com
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  Festival of South African Dance proceeds to benefit local charity
  MLive.com
  SAGINAW, MI -- Proceeds from The Festival of South African Dance taking place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Temple Theatre, 201 N. Washington, will benefit one of Saginaw's oldest community centers. A portion of the proceeds from the two ...
  
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• Two Dance Troupes To Bring “Straight Outta Philly” Collaborative Performance To Eisenhower Auditorium - Onward State

  25-10-2017 11:52 via onwardstate.com
  Onward State
  Two Dance Troupes To Bring “Straight Outta Philly” Collaborative Performance To Eisenhower Auditorium
  Onward State
  Philadelphia dance companies Philadanco and Rennie Harris Puremovement will bring their tribute to the City of Brotherly Love to Penn State. The troupes will perform the “Straight Outta Philly” collaborative dance performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday ...
  
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• Life (and Death and Dance) Lessons From 'The Red Shoes' - New York Times

  25-10-2017 11:01 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Life (and Death and Dance) Lessons From 'The Red Shoes'
  New York Times
  A ballerina and her demons: Moira Shearer in a scene from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's “The Red Shoes” (1948). Credit Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post, via Getty Images. For many dancers and film lovers, “The Red Shoes” is the only ballet ...
  
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• Two Beloved Stories Retold through Dance - WNYC

  25-10-2017 10:06 via wnyc.org
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  Two Beloved Stories Retold through Dance
  WNYC
  As part of the fall dance season, two new adaptations of beloved stories are debuting in New York City this week. Ashley Shaw and Sam Archer in "The Red Shoes," adapted and choreographed by Matthew Bourne. (Johan Persson /New York City Center).
  
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• Ballet Evolution blends poetry, music, and dance in 'Notes Between the Shadows' - Charleston City Paper

  25-10-2017 10:05 via charlestoncitypaper.com
  Charleston City Paper
  Ballet Evolution blends poetry, music, and dance in 'Notes Between the Shadows'
  Charleston City Paper
  Precision, balance, strength — ballet is not for the faint of heart, the weak-kneed, the tender-toed. It asks the fallible human to present an image, shorn from the divine, of absolute, utter, infallible perfection. Ballet Evolution (BE), an ...
  
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• Man singing C+C Music Factory's 'Gonna Make You Sweat' in car gets $149 ticket - KABC-TV

  25-10-2017 09:11 via abc7.com
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  Man singing C+C Music Factory's 'Gonna Make You Sweat' in car gets $149 ticket
  KABC-TV
  Canadian man fined for singing '90s dance tune in car - Alicia Vitarelli reports during Action News at 4pm on October 24, 2017. (WPVI). AP. Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:12AM. MONTREAL --. A Canadian man's decision to belt out a 1990s dance hit ...
  Man ticketed $149 for singing 'Everybody Dance Now' while drivingWILX-TVall 31 news articles »
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Season 7 Finale Recap: Do the Irreplaceables Win at Nationals? - BuddyTV (blog)

  25-10-2017 07:10 via buddytv.com
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  'Dance Moms' Season 7 Finale Recap: Do the Irreplaceables Win at Nationals?
  BuddyTV (blog)
  In the two-part season 7 finale of Dance Moms, titled, "Under Cheryl's Spell"/"The Best is Yet to Come," with the future of The Irreplaceables uncertain, the girls head into their last two competitions with self-doubt and the usual mama drama. The ALDC ...
  Will 'Dance Moms' Return For Season 8? Even Without Abby Lee Miller, The Show Has Gone OnBustle
  Nia Sioux Shares Video From Her Last Day
  
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• Dorrance Dance performs at UC Berkeley - SFGate

  25-10-2017 05:37 via sfgate.com
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  Dorrance Dance performs at UC Berkeley
  SFGate
  Michelle Dorrance and company present a renewed version of the celebrated work “Myelination,” an electric and fast-paced tap piece accompanied by original live music from Gregory Richardson and Donovan Dorrance. This latest rendition of “Myelination” ...
  
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• New duet explores Simonse and Funsch's 'dance marriage' - SFGate

  25-10-2017 05:33 via sfgate.com
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  New duet explores Simonse and Funsch's 'dance marriage'
  SFGate
  Nol Simonse and Christy Funsch have been collaborators for 17 years. This partnership, playfully referred to as their “dance marriage,” is chronicled in Simonse's full-length duet “the beauty and ruin of friends of bodies.” The pair performs the duet ...
  
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• Club teaches self-defense, acrobatics, dance - The Brown Daily Herald

  25-10-2017 05:33 via browndailyherald.com
  The Brown Daily Herald
  Club teaches self-defense, acrobatics, dance
  The Brown Daily Herald
  Donnie Senna, the Capoeira Club's instructor, splits his time working with a professional group in Warwick and the University's club. Thursday night, in Studio 2 of the Nelson Fitness Center, the Brown Capoeira Club held an open practice in hopes of ...
  
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• Couples dance for campaign of DeKalb County United Way - KPCnews.com

  25-10-2017 05:08 via kpcnews.com
  Couples dance for campaign of DeKalb County United Way
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  AUBURN — Locals gathered at the National Military History Center in Auburn for the annual Senior Bash event last Thursday evening. The event was sponsored by Miller's Merry Manor, Smith Farms Manor and the Heimach Center. It kicked off the DeKalb ...
  
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• Amsterdam Dance Event 2017: 9 Moments to Lose Sleep Over - Billboard

  25-10-2017 04:58 via billboard.com
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  Amsterdam Dance Event 2017: 9 Moments to Lose Sleep Over
  Billboard
  As hundreds of thousands of dance super fans around the world -- 395,000 to be exact -- return from Amsterdam Dance Event to their respective home countries and lay in bed perusing through their Instagram posts while serotonin levels slowly regenerate, ...
  
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• Canadian man fined for singing '90s dance tune in car - KTRK-TV

  25-10-2017 04:28 via abc13.com
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  Canadian man fined for singing '90s dance tune in car
  KTRK-TV
  Canadian man fined for singing '90s dance tune in car - Alicia Vitarelli reports during Action News at 4pm on October 24, 2017. (WPVI). AP. Tuesday, October 24, 2017 09:26PM. MONTREAL --. A Canadian man's decision to belt out a 1990s dance hit while ...
  Man ticketed $149 for singing 'Everybody Dance Now' while drivingWILX-TVall 25 news articles »
  
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• Airport employee lets loose with dance moves on tarmac - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV

  25-10-2017 04:05 via fox8live.com
  Airport employee lets loose with dance moves on tarmac
  FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
  Video of an airport employee dancing on the runway has gone viral. The employee says it's just part of his usual workday. (Source: KROC/video from Terry McBride/CNN). HENRIETTA, NY (WROC/CNN) - Kyran Ashford started working at the Greater ...and more »
  
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• Sydney festival 2018: Tree of Codes, Randy Rainbow and 100,000 toys lead lineup

  25-10-2017 03:00
  Crowd-pleasing program heavy on circus and cabaret – along with breathtaking puppetry and brave Indigenous worksThe choreographer Wayne McGregor, the artist Olafur Eliasson, the musician Jamie xx and members of the Paris Opera Ballet will be bringing their collaborative spectacular, Tree of Codes, to headline the 2018 Sydney festival. The January festival – the second curated by the artistic director, Wesley Enoch – will also bring to Sydney the political YouTube star Randy Rai
  
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• NFL player Alex Collins says Irish dance is the secret to his football success - CBS News

  25-10-2017 01:56 via cbsnews.com
  CBS News
  NFL player Alex Collins says Irish dance is the secret to his football success
  CBS News
  OWING MILLS, Md. -- Suppose for a moment you were an NFL running back. How would you train? Weights? Running? One NFL player is stepping into stardom, CBS News correspondent Chip Reid reports. Alex Collins, a 23-year-old running back with the ...and more »
  
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• New Sport in The Olympic Games? Pole Dance Event Possibly Headed to 2020 - Medical Daily

  25-10-2017 00:43 via medicaldaily.com
  Medical Daily
  New Sport in The Olympic Games? Pole Dance Event Possibly Headed to 2020
  Medical Daily
  girl-2385385_1920 Pole dancing is a competitive sport and could be in the Olympics one day. Pixabay. Comment; Share · Tweet · Share · E-mail. One day, the Olympics might have you rooting for your favorite swimmer, gymnast and pole dancer. The Global ...and more »
  
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