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• Erik Cavanaugh Will Make You Ugly Cry in This New Music Video About Bullying in Dance - Dance Magazine

  02-11-2017 22:41 via dancemagazine.com
  Dance Magazine
  Erik Cavanaugh Will Make You Ugly Cry in This New Music Video About Bullying in Dance
  Dance Magazine
  Erik Cavanaugh first caught everyone's attention when a video of his dancing went viral last year. It started a much-needed conversation about body image in dance, and today Cavanaugh is helping to further that dialogue thanks to a new music video by ...
  
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• Festival Ballet Theatre's Nutcracker offerings promise family fun - OCRegister

  02-11-2017 22:29 via ocregister.com
  Festival Ballet Theatre's Nutcracker offerings promise family fun
  OCRegister
  The epic battle with the Mouse King from a Pacific Symphony performance of 'The Nutcracker.” By CoastMag |. November 2, 2017 at 2:29 pm. Visions of sugar plums will dance in their heads when audiences of all ages encounter the wonder of Tchaikovsky's ...
  
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• November Dance Calendar - Amsterdam News

  02-11-2017 22:14 via amsterdamnews.com
  Amsterdam News
  November Dance Calendar
  Amsterdam News
  This month's calendar begins with the world premiere of Preeti Vasudevan's “Stories by Hand,” created and performed by Vasudevan, at New York Live Arts, Nov. 2 to Nov. 4. This “…solo work search[es] for an individual identity through stories which are ...
  
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• Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Jauz, Aprilann & Pretty Lights - Billboard

  02-11-2017 21:49 via billboard.com
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  Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Jauz, Aprilann & Pretty Lights
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  Jauz featuring ROUXN, "Meant To Love You". Los Angeles-based DJ/producer Jauz (real name Sam Vogel) jets onto Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Nov. 11) at No. 36 with "Meant to Love You." The track marks the first appearance on any ...
  
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• Converse to host free, open dance marathon event Saturday - Spartanburg Herald Journal

  02-11-2017 21:39 via goupstate.com
  Converse to host free, open dance marathon event Saturday
  Spartanburg Herald Journal
  Spartanburg residents are encouraged to put on their dancing shoes at a Converse College event Saturday. The college's Student Government Association will hold a mini dance marathon from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday to kick off Converse's spirit week. The ...
  
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• Dance school marks 65th anniversary - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  02-11-2017 20:50 via sandiegouniontribune.com
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  Dance school marks 65th anniversary
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  Dancers from Georgia's School of Dance Leilani Smith and Sam Price took first place overall in the “Escondido's Got Talent Show” for their musical theatre dance “Can't Buy Me Love.” (courtesy Georgia's School of Dance). Linda McIntoshContact Reporter.
  
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  02-11-2017 20:21 via news.google.com
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• Northeastern Ballet Theatre to hold auditions for 'The Pirate and the Gypsy' Nov. 11 - Conway Daily Sun

  02-11-2017 20:16 via conwaydailysun.com
  Northeastern Ballet Theatre to hold auditions for 'The Pirate and the Gypsy' Nov. 11
  Conway Daily Sun
  WOLFEBORO — Northeastern Ballet Theatre will be holding auditions to dancers and non-dancers, boys and girls, for its upcoming spring production of “The Pirate and the Gypsy” on Saturday, Nov. 11. at Northeastern Ballet Theatre's Wolfeboro studio ...
  
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• Dance to benefit Coon Creek Fire and Rescue - The Westby Times

  02-11-2017 20:09 via lacrossetribune.com
  The Westby Times
  Dance to benefit Coon Creek Fire and Rescue
  The Westby Times
  The new Coon Creek Fire & Rescue vehicle arrived on Nov. 2. It will be on display at the annual dance in Coon Valley on Nov. 4. Contributed. Coon Creek Fire and Rescue will hold its annual Firefighter's Dance at the Coon Valley Village Hall, Saturday, Nov.
  
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• St. Pete dance coach accused of offering minor $50 in exchange for sex - WFLA

  02-11-2017 19:47 via wfla.com
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  St. Pete dance coach accused of offering minor $50 in exchange for sex
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  PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A local dance team coach is accused of offering a 15-year-old boy $50 in exchange for sex. The Pinellas Park Police Department arrested Lucious Christian, 29, on Monday and charged him with lewd and lascivious ...
  
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• #tbt: Meet the Woman Choreographer Who Was Breaking Boundaries in the '20s and Beyond - Dance Magazine

  02-11-2017 19:29 via dancemagazine.com
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  #tbt: Meet the Woman Choreographer Who Was Breaking Boundaries in the '20s and Beyond
  Dance Magazine
  In the November 1947 issue of Dance Magazine, we talked to Ruth Page about her impossible-to-categorize career. She danced for numerous ballet companies, such as Serge Diagheliv's Ballets Russes (where she worked with a young George Balanchine), ...and more »
  
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• This week's top entertainment – Theater, ballet & 120 years of ministry - Fresno Bee

  02-11-2017 19:03 via fresnobee.com
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  This week's top entertainment – Theater, ballet & 120 years of ministry
  Fresno Bee
  The holiday season kicks off with “A Christmas Carol,” one of many events taking place in the central San Joaquin Valley. Here are seven things you won't want to miss this week. Ballet Hispánico – The Ballet Hispánico School of Dance is based in New ...
  
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• A Stage Checklist: 'Imaginary Invalid,' Dorrance Dance, 'Charter Boys' - Hartford Courant

  02-11-2017 18:36 via courant.com
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  A Stage Checklist: 'Imaginary Invalid,' Dorrance Dance, 'Charter Boys'
  Hartford Courant
  A Stage Checklist: What's playing, what's coming, what's good and what's not, from the Courant arts writer Chris Arnott. Christopher ArnottContact Reporter. The second-ever production at Quinnipiac University's Theatre Arts Center is the 17th-century ...
  
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• Flashback '80s New Wave Dance Party to hit Chamber; focus on Smiths, Cure - cleveland.com

  02-11-2017 18:33 via cleveland.com
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  Flashback '80s New Wave Dance Party to hit Chamber; focus on Smiths, Cure
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  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Every night is '80s Night somewhere, it seems. Sometimes it makes me wonder: Are we living in the past or is time merely some continuum of repetitions? The decade has been an endless fascination due in part to nostalgia - I guess ...
  
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• Tucson classical concerts, opera and dance performances for Nov. 9-17 - Arizona Daily Star

  02-11-2017 18:31 via tucson.com
  Arizona Daily Star
  Tucson classical concerts, opera and dance performances for Nov. 9-17
  Arizona Daily Star
  Henry Kelder, piano with Timothy Kantor, violin and Theodore Buchholz, cello — UA Fred Fox School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. Piano trio with faculty artists Timothy Kantor and Theodore Buchholz. 7-9 p.m. Nov. 9. Free. 621-1655. music.arizona.edu.
  
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• Tucson classical concerts, opera and dance performances for Nov. 9-11 - Arizona Daily Star

  02-11-2017 18:31 via tucson.com
  Arizona Daily Star
  Tucson classical concerts, opera and dance performances for Nov. 9-11
  Arizona Daily Star
  Henry Kelder, piano with Timothy Kantor, violin and Theodore Buchholz, cello — UA Fred Fox School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. Piano trio with faculty artists Timothy Kantor and Theodore Buchholz. 7-9 p.m. Nov. 9. Free. 621-1655. music.arizona.edu.
  
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• Classical music and dance listings - San Francisco Chronicle

  02-11-2017 18:01 via sfchronicle.com
  Classical music and dance listings
  San Francisco Chronicle
  Alam Khan Sarod. Salar Nader, tabla. Under 10 free. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 11. $20-$30. Ali Akbar College of Music, 215 West End Ave., San Rafael. (415) 454-6372. www.aacm.org. Albany Chamber Orchestra “How Suite it Is.” Teresa Coyler conducts works by ...
  
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• Tongue Tied says farewell to Phoenix with final dance party on November 4 - AZCentral.com

  02-11-2017 18:00 via azcentral.com
  Tongue Tied says farewell to Phoenix with final dance party on November 4
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  The dance floor is packed all night during the Tongue Tied First Anniversary Party at Apollo's lounge in Phoenix on Saturday, May 3, 2014. Kellie Hwang, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 10:00 a.m. MT Nov. 2, 2017. Glow-in-the-Dark party. Tongue ...
  
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• Moscow Ballet's 'Great Russian Nutcracker' returns to Saginaw - Midland Daily News

  02-11-2017 17:56 via ourmidland.com
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  Moscow Ballet's 'Great Russian Nutcracker' returns to Saginaw
  Midland Daily News
  Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" returns to the Temple Theatre at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 on its 25th anniversary tour. A traditional Russian tea featuring light fare will take place at 2 p.m. Tickets for the tea are available for purchase at ...
  Chamberlain Performing Arts' “The Nutcracker” Ballet 2017 - Plano ...Plano Magazine (press release) (blog)all 4 n
  
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• Woman aims to create 'a global dance community;' launches project in Ontario - Ontario Argus Observer

  02-11-2017 17:46 via argusobserver.com
  Woman aims to create 'a global dance community;' launches project in Ontario
  Ontario Argus Observer
  Ching Ching Wong, a professional dancer that has begun a global dance outreach program, kicked it off Wednesday with Four Rivers Community School students, teaching them crucial fundamentals of dance, and even a small dance sequence.
  
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• Dance spotlight: 'The Architect' - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  02-11-2017 17:28 via m.startribune.com
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Dance spotlight: 'The Architect'
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Mathew Janczewski is a real dancer's choreographer. A wonderful mover himself, his work reveals a love of bodies, evincing not only the dancers' skills but also their creativity and humanity. For "The Architect," Janczewski's muse is local dancer Timmy ...
  
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• Can Wichita support modern dance? New company will find out - Wichita Eagle (blog)

  02-11-2017 17:20 via kansas.com
  Can Wichita support modern dance? New company will find out
  Wichita Eagle (blog)
  That's not to say there aren't excellent dancers here or that there is a shortage of studios or companies to train with – but the opportunities for professional dance in Wichita just don't exist like they do in cities like Kansas City or Salt Lake City ...
  
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• Day of the Dead dance and festival planned - Gillette News Record

  02-11-2017 17:08 via gillettenewsrecord.com
  Day of the Dead dance and festival planned
  Gillette News Record
  Los Del Rancho Denver will provide live music and Fiesta Tequila in Gillette will serve traditional food on Saturday night in Gillette for the Dia de los Muertos Baile. The Day of the Dead dance and festival is open to anyone age 16 and older who wants ...
  
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• Watch Heidi Klum Nail Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Dance In Full Werewolf Costume - TooFab

  02-11-2017 16:50 via toofab.com
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  Watch Heidi Klum Nail Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Dance In Full Werewolf Costume
  TooFab
  Heidi Klum cemented her status as the Queen of Halloween by not only dressing as the werewolf from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video, but learning the choreography too! Though photos of her incredible transformation were out Tuesday night, the ...and more »
  
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• Watch: Gal, Kristinsdottir dance their little hearts out - Golf Channel

  02-11-2017 16:46 via golfchannel.com
  Watch: Gal, Kristinsdottir dance their little hearts out
  Golf Channel
  You really don't need much of a setup here. It's LPGA players Sandra Gal and Olafia Kristinsdottir dancing like no one is watching. Except they video recorded themselves and put it on social media, so people are watching. But they're still having fun ...
  
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• Questioning beauty and discovering women warriors with Columbia dance event - Baltimore Sun

  02-11-2017 16:20 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore Sun
  Questioning beauty and discovering women warriors with Columbia dance event
  Baltimore Sun
  Kinetics Dance Theatre will present “Ignite,” a modern dance performance, on Nov. 4 at Slayton House Theatre. Featuring a collection of work, the fall show will also premiere four new dances. “More than half of the show is premiers,” said Lauren Tait ...and more »
  
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• Arts feature: Hixon Dance - Columbus Alive

  02-11-2017 15:52 via columbusalive.com
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  Arts feature: Hixon Dance
  Columbus Alive
  A mainstay of the independent dance scene, Hixon Dance marks its 10-year anniversary with a retrospective program Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington. Founder/director Sarah Hixon dug through 10 years of ...and more »
  
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• Arts feature: Hixon Dance and New Vision Dance Co. - Columbus Alive

  02-11-2017 15:52 via columbusalive.com
  Columbus Alive
  Arts feature: Hixon Dance and New Vision Dance Co.
  Columbus Alive
  A mainstay of the independent dance scene, Hixon Dance marks its 10-year anniversary with a retrospective program Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington. Founder/director Sarah Hixon dug through 10 years of ...and more »
  
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• 'Just Dance 2018' shakes out new iteration of rehearsed routine - Daily Californian

  02-11-2017 15:44 via dailycal.org
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  'Just Dance 2018' shakes out new iteration of rehearsed routine
  Daily Californian
  At last, the irresistible urge to swing your hips to the beat of “Despacito” has been realized. The recently released ninth iteration of Ubisoft's long-running dance video game franchise, “Just Dance 2018” features 40 of the latest jam-worthy tunes ...
  
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• More FC Dallas roster news and the updated dance - Dallas News

  02-11-2017 15:00 via sportsday.dallasnews.com
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  More FC Dallas roster news and the updated dance
  Dallas News
  Our man Dan Crooke (@Crooke86) made it out to practice yesterday to see who was getting a run out for FC Dallas. As a reminder, only players who are under contract for 2018 can train. Here's who Dan saw at training: Jesse Gonzalez, Carlos Avilez ...
  
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• Firefighters respond to fire at Temecula dance studio - Press-Enterprise

  02-11-2017 14:11 via pe.com
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  Firefighters respond to fire at Temecula dance studio
  Press-Enterprise
  Firefighters were battlilng a second-alarm blaze early Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 Firefighters responded to a second-alarm call early Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, on the 28000 block of Felix Valdez Avenue in Temecula. (Google Maps). A smoking bathroom light led ...
  
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• Top 10 Phoenix classical, opera and dance events in November - AZCentral.com

  02-11-2017 14:02 via azcentral.com
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  Top 10 Phoenix classical, opera and dance events in November
  AZCentral.com
  Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news: “The Nutcracker” has gotten a hip-hop makeover. Here are our Top 10 picks for classical, opera and dance performances in November. Imani Winds and Jon Nakamatsu. The 20-year-old Imani Winds ...
  
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• Channing Tatum opens Jimmy Kimmel Live with stellar dance routine - EW.com (blog)

  02-11-2017 13:49 via ew.com
  EW.com (blog)
  Channing Tatum opens Jimmy Kimmel Live with stellar dance routine
  EW.com (blog)
  As Channing Tatum filled in as guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he learned a valuable lesson from Ellen DeGeneres: When it comes to the Magic Mike star, all is forgiven with the dance. The actor filmed a special opening for his Wednesday night hosting ...
  Never Forget That Channing Tatum Can F*cking DanceEsquire.com
  Channing Tatum Gets Help From Ellen For A 'Magic Mike' Dance Opening On 'Jimmy Kim
  
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• Atomga lives socially concious, fun dance music - Chaffee County Times

  02-11-2017 13:19 via chaffeecountytimes.com
  Atomga lives socially concious, fun dance music
  Chaffee County Times
  Atomga, a nine-piece Afrobeat band returns to The Lariat for a 9 p.m. show Saturday. With three horns and a three-piece rhythm section, Atomga creates an irresistible groove of rhythmic patterns and vocals. You Knew Me When. Courtesy photo by Kendra ...
  
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• Ballet Theater opens season with engaging 'Romeo and Juiet' - Baltimore Sun

  02-11-2017 13:04 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore Sun
  Ballet Theater opens season with engaging 'Romeo and Juiet'
  Baltimore Sun
  Dianna Cuatto entered her 15th anniversary as artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Maryland with a touching rendition of the classic “Romeo and Juliet.” Choreographed beautifully, the show performed last weekend to open the troupe's 39th season was ...
  
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• Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company at the Phillips Center Sunday - Gainesville Sun

  02-11-2017 07:11 via gainesville.com
  Gainesville Sun
  Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company at the Phillips Center Sunday
  Gainesville Sun
  Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company will bring its highly contemporary style to a performance at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Phillips Center. [Submitted photo]. By Sarah Ingley / Correspondent. Thursday. Posted at 2:01 AM. Share. Malposa is committed to bringing ...
  
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• Dance legend Twyla Tharp on truculent men, selling hot dogs and her idol Agatha Christie - The Guardian

  02-11-2017 07:01 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian
  Dance legend Twyla Tharp on truculent men, selling hot dogs and her idol Agatha Christie
  The Guardian
  She shook up the male world of modern dance in the 1970s and never slowed down. The US choreographer talks about fending off flak, videoing her entire career – and why you should never ask her to 'dance a sunrise'. 'Dances aren't steps, they're ...and more »
  
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• Dance legend Twyla Tharp on truculent men, selling hot dogs and her idol Agatha Christie

  02-11-2017 07:00
  She shook up the male world of modern dance in the 1970s and never slowed down. The US choreographer talks about fending off flak, videoing her entire career – and why you should never ask her to ‘dance a sunrise’The last time Twyla Tharp was working at the Royal Ballet it was 1995 and she was creating her comic Rossini ballet, Mr Worldly Wise. Now, as she returns, it’s hard to recognise that two decades have passed. The 76-year-old choreographer is wearing much the same
  
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• Over $70000 in scholarship money awarded in this year's 'Dance West Virginia' festival - Martinsburg Journal

  02-11-2017 05:13 via journal-news.net
  Over $70000 in scholarship money awarded in this year's 'Dance West Virginia' festival
  Martinsburg Journal
  MARTINSBURG — Each fall Dance West Virginia, a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching and furthering dance education within the state of West Virginia, holds its Fall Dance Festival at the Historic Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp in Jane Lew. Dancers ...
  
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• DANCE - SouthCoastToday.com

  02-11-2017 04:37 via southcoasttoday.com
  DANCE
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  Line Dancing: At the Moose Lodge #914 every Wednesday night 7-9:20 p.m. Learn new dances as well as old dances in country, Latin and more. $10 per person. All levels welcome. (508) 993-3066. 119 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford. Line dancing with ...
  
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• NC Dance Festival expands its reach in Greensboro - Greensboro News & Record

  02-11-2017 04:13 via greensboro.com
  Greensboro News & Record
  NC Dance Festival expands its reach in Greensboro
  Greensboro News & Record
  Dancers Kate Michum, left, and Brittany Skala will perform a work by choreographer Megan Payne in the 2017 NC Dance Festival in Greensboro. Taylor Skala. NC Dance Festival. Buy Now. Choreographer Rachel Barker of Charlotte will present her work at ...
  
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• Mozaic dance team prepares for dance competition - The Breeze

  02-11-2017 04:11 via breezejmu.org
  The Breeze
  Mozaic dance team prepares for dance competition
  The Breeze
  Imagine mosaics, beautiful glass or stone artwork, in motion; maybe they're telling a story of sadness, happiness or excitement. Mozaic, an award-winning JMU hip-hop club team, accomplishes this aesthetic through dance. Just like a mosaic, people of ...
  
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• Ho-Chunk dance performance begins Wisconsin Reads initiative - Baraboo News Republic

  02-11-2017 01:03 via wiscnews.com
  Baraboo News Republic
  Ho-Chunk dance performance begins Wisconsin Reads initiative
  Baraboo News Republic
  Ho-Chunk Nation dancers perform at Mirror Lake State Park in August 2016. A Ho-Chunk dance exhibition will start a statewide reading initiative on Wednesday at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County. News Republic file photo. Performances by traditional Ho-Chunk ...
  
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