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• Eugene Ballet Company presents "The Nutcracker" Sunday at OSU - Corvallis Gazette Times

  14-12-2017 20:10 via gazettetimes.com
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  Eugene Ballet Company presents "The Nutcracker" Sunday at OSU
  Corvallis Gazette Times
  Corvallis native Reed Souther and Beth Maslinoff perform last year in Eugene Ballet Company's "The Nutcracker." The annual holiday ballet returns to Oregon State University's LaSells Stewart Center Sunday afternoon. Photo by Jeremy Bronson. Facebook ...and more »
  
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• SF Ballet's opening night of 'Nutcracker' is a plum - SFGate

  14-12-2017 18:32 via sfgate.com
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  SF Ballet's opening night of 'Nutcracker' is a plum
  SFGate
  The weather outside isn't exactly wintry, even by Bay Area standards, but it felt like the holidays inside the War Memorial Opera House on Wednesday, Dec. 13. On the opening night of San Francisco Ballet's “Nutcracker” season, the rhinestones were ...
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  'Isn't it something?' A rarity in
  
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• Deaf dancer feels the beat - Harvard Gazette

  14-12-2017 18:03 via news.harvard.edu
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  Deaf dancer feels the beat
  Harvard Gazette
  Deaf dancer and choreographer Antoine Hunter carries with him a joy of movement and a mission of artistic leadership. Leading dozens of students in a master class at the Harvard Dance Center, Hunter said he believes “all people are born with an element ...
  
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• Festival Ballet Providence celebrates 40th year of 'The Nutcracker' - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

  14-12-2017 14:50 via wpri.com
  Festival Ballet Providence celebrates 40th year of 'The Nutcracker'
  WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
  Michaela returned to the Providence Performing Arts Center on Thursday morning, for a live preview of Festival Ballet Providence's annual production of “The Nutcracker.” The show marks a special milestone for both organizations as PPAC is also ...
  
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• Inside Miami City Ballet's 's New and Improved Nutcracker - Miami New Times

  14-12-2017 14:31 via miaminewtimes.com
  Inside Miami City Ballet's 's New and Improved Nutcracker
  Miami New Times
  Here's a trivia question: name the 1892 box office flop panned by critics for lack of seriousness and for casting too many kids — one that has now transformed into a force of nature timed to occur yearly around the winter solstice. The answer, of ...
  
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• Nureyev: Kirill Serebrennikov's Bolshoi ballet about the firebrand dancer is finally unleashed - The Calvert Journal

  14-12-2017 14:25 via calvertjournal.com
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  Nureyev: Kirill Serebrennikov's Bolshoi ballet about the firebrand dancer is finally unleashed
  The Calvert Journal
  With its director Kirill Serebrennikov under house arrest and following a torturous production history, Nureyev finally premiered on the main stage of the Bolshoi last weekend. Is this tale of the ballet tyro and Soviet defector worth the wait — and ...
  
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• Photo Flash: First Look at Storytime Ballet's THE SLEEPING BEAUTY - Broadway World

  14-12-2017 12:14 via broadwayworld.com
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  Photo Flash: First Look at Storytime Ballet's THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
  Broadway World
  The Australian Ballet's Storytime Ballet is back with a production of The Sleeping Beauty. The company's first mainstage production created especially for children aged three years old and up, Storytime Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty will run in Melbourne ...and more »
  
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• Massapequa orchestra collaborates with ballet company, local schools - Newsday

  14-12-2017 12:14 via newsday.com
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  Massapequa orchestra collaborates with ballet company, local schools
  Newsday
  The Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra teams up with Eglevsky Ballet to perform “The Nutcracker.” The orchestra introduces students to classical music. Conductor David Bernard of the Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra leads the orchestra during a ...
  Conducting 'The Nutcracker': Tokay High grad to conduct New York City Ballet OrchestraLodi News-Sentinelall 2 news articles »
  
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• The Force to spread the love of ballet - Newsday

  14-12-2017 12:10 via newsday.com
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  The Force to spread the love of ballet
  Newsday
  I've negotiated a 2017 Christmastime accord: I swore to show up to the theater with love and joy in my heart for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and to not fall asleep. In exchange, I get something similar from my husband and son the next day. Fans gather ...and more »
  
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• Berks Ballet Theatre prepares new and improved 'Nutcracker' - Reading Eagle

  14-12-2017 07:49 via readingeagle.com
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  Berks Ballet Theatre prepares new and improved 'Nutcracker'
  Reading Eagle
  Berks Ballet Theatre's annual production of "The Nutcracker," Saturday and Sunday in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in West Reading, will include two brand-new features, giving fans of the ballet extra reasons to attend. First, this "Nutcracker" will mark ...
  SF Ballet's 'Nutcracker' a dazzling traditionSan Francisco Examiner
  Review: Providence Ballet soars in 20th anniversary 'Nutcracker'The Providence Journal
  
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• Kremlin spokesman hails Nureyev ballet, tight-lipped over Serebrennikov case - TASS

  14-12-2017 06:04 via tass.com
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  Kremlin spokesman hails Nureyev ballet, tight-lipped over Serebrennikov case
  TASS
  MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov congratulated all persons involved in creating the Nureyev ballet on its success, but remained tight-lipped over charges laid against one of its creators, Kirill Serebrennikov. In an ...
  
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• 'Nutcracker' ballet to open this weekend at Westchester County Center - News 12 Westchester

  14-12-2017 02:55 via westchester.news12.com
  News 12 Westchester
  'Nutcracker' ballet to open this weekend at Westchester County Center
  News 12 Westchester
  The ballet is about a girl and her fascination with a new Christmas toy that whisks her away to a magical kingdom. "We like to give the families of Westchester the opportunity to see a professional production in Westchester," says Nicholas Logrea, of ...
  
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• Blinded San Bernardino photographer sees meaning in teaching ... - Press-Enterprise

  14-12-2017 02:52 via pe.com
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  Blinded San Bernardino photographer sees meaning in teaching ...
  Press-Enterprise
  After loosing his eyesight, Gary Ferrer, 29, of San Bernardino, started offering free ballet folklorico lessons at St. John's Episcopal Church in San Bernardino. The group has already performed throughout southern California at such places and events ...and more »
  
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• Inside the Story: Classic 'Nutcracker' ballet gets a makeover - KUTV 2News

  14-12-2017 02:38 via kutv.com
  Inside the Story: Classic 'Nutcracker' ballet gets a makeover
  KUTV 2News
  But after a continuous 64-year run, expect a new look for Ballet West's "The Nutcracker." "We here in Utah have the longest-running full version of The Nutcracker in America, and possibly the world," said Adam Sklute, artistic director for Ballet West ...
  
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• Santa Clarita Ballet performs 'The Nutcracker' for students - Santa Clarita Valley Signal

  14-12-2017 00:26 via signalscv.com
  Santa Clarita Valley Signal
  Santa Clarita Ballet performs 'The Nutcracker' for students
  Santa Clarita Valley Signal
  Sugar Plum Fairy Hannah Wilcox and Cavalier Raydel Caceres perform their duet in “The Nutcracker” for fourth grade students at the College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Austin Dave/The Signal. Christina Cox ...
  The Brooklyn Ballet's Nutcracker Raises the Barre on DiversityHyperallergic
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• Exposing children to live, quality ballet is a great idea in theory, but ... - Herald Sun

  14-12-2017 00:07 via heraldsun.com.au
  Herald Sun
  Exposing children to live, quality ballet is a great idea in theory, but ...
  Herald Sun
  Exposing children to live, quality ballet is a great idea in theory, but difficult in practice when performances are two plus hours and tickets pricey. The Australian Ballet's Storytime Ballet combats that with abridged versions of the classics ...
  Storytime Ballet: A first dance for budding starsThe Sydney Morning Heraldall 2 news articles »
  
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