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• Machine Gun Kelly & Jay-Z Tear Up The Dance Floor At Roc Nation Brunch - HotNewHipHop

  13-02-2019 23:55 via hotnewhiphop.com
  Machine Gun Kelly & Jay-Z Tear Up The Dance Floor At Roc Nation Brunch  HotNewHipHopMachine Gun Kelly has found himself rubbing shoulders in elite circles. Say what you will about Machine Gun Kelly, but the mischievous 'Rap Devil' has certai...
  
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• 'Big Bang Theory' cast performs epic dance - Today Show

  13-02-2019 23:44 via today.com
  'Big Bang Theory' cast performs epic dance  Today Show"The Big Bang Theory" gang grooved out to the Backstreet Boys in one last flash mob.
  
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• Senior Dance Series gets festive with a Valentine’s Day spin - WLOX

  13-02-2019 23:38 via wlox.com
  Senior Dance Series gets festive with a Valentine’s Day spin  WLOXGULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Valentine's Day may be reason enough to take a turn on the dance floor. The Senior Sweetheart Soiree at Climb CDC's Family ...
  
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• ‘A dream come true’ – Cancer Survivor to Dance at THON - WNEP Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

  13-02-2019 23:28 via wnep.com
  ‘A dream come true’ – Cancer Survivor to Dance at THON  WNEP Scranton/Wilkes-BarreSUGARLOAF TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A student at a Penn State campus near Hazleton is in the process of conserving his energy so he can live out a lifelong dream ...
  
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• Ground-breaking ballet star Mel Tomlinson, who returned home to N.C., dies at 65 - Charlotte Observer

  13-02-2019 23:21
  Ground-breaking ballet star Mel Tomlinson, who returned home to N.C., dies at 65  Charlotte ObserverMel Tomlinson, a ballet star who danced with N.C. Dance Theatre in Charlotte as well as Dance Theater of Harlem, Alvin Ailey and the New York City Ballet, ...
  
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• Brainerd alumnae compete in national dance competitions - Brainerd Dispatch

  13-02-2019 23:00 via brainerddispatch.com
  Brainerd alumnae compete in national dance competitions  Brainerd DispatchSix former Brainerd Warrior dance team members—five as dancers and one as a coach—competed at the UDA College Dance Team National Championship ...
  
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• Ballet West’s Swan Lake Soars - Salt Lake Magazine

  13-02-2019 22:58
  Ballet West’s Swan Lake Soars  Salt Lake MagazineFebruary 8, 2019 was opening for the 2018-19 season performance of Ballet West's Swan Lake at the Janet Quinney Lawson Theatre. Read the review.
  
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• Richmond Ballet Presents the Beloved Fairy Tale Cinderella - WTVR CBS 6 News

  13-02-2019 22:43
  Richmond Ballet Presents the Beloved Fairy Tale Cinderella  WTVR CBS 6 NewsFeaturing a cast of colorful characters, the Fairy Godmother, jester, sprites, and fairies.
  
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• Mother claims to have been kicked out of father-daughter dance, believes it to be exclusionary for non-traditional families - Yahoo Lifestyle

  13-02-2019 22:02 via yahoo.com
  Mother claims to have been kicked out of father-daughter dance, believes it to be exclusionary for non-traditional families  Yahoo LifestyleA woman in Lebanon, New Hampshire, is wondering why the tradition of a father-daughter dance continues on when it can be so exclusionary for non-traditional ...
  
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• Review: SF Ballet’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ explores Balanchine’s ripple effect - SFGate

  13-02-2019 21:46
  Review: SF Ballet’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ explores Balanchine’s ripple effect  SFGateHelgi Tomasson was a star dancer in George Balanchine's New York City Ballet in the 1970s. As San Francisco Ballet's artistic director, Tomasson has ...
  
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• 'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Says These Were the Worst Things to Happen to Her in Jail - The Cheat Sheet

  13-02-2019 21:31 via cheatsheet.com
  'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Says These Were the Worst Things to Happen to Her in Jail  The Cheat Sheet"Dance Moms" Abby Lee Miller has been through a lot in recent years. Here's what she said the worst parts about prison were.
  
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• Virginia National Ballet gives 'Aladdin' a makeover Feb. 16 - Inside NoVA

  13-02-2019 21:27
  Virginia National Ballet gives 'Aladdin' a makeover Feb. 16  Inside NoVAThe local ballet company's production of the ages-old story of Aladdin is getting a makeover for the Hylton stage.
  
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• British dancer at Bolshoi Ballet released on bail after 'cocaine bust' - The Telegraph

  13-02-2019 21:21
  British dancer at Bolshoi Ballet released on bail after 'cocaine bust'  The TelegraphBritish dancer Oscar Frame, one of the few foreigners ever to join the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet, has been released on bail after he was reportedly detained in ...
  
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• Mel A. Tomlinson, 65, Ballet Star and ‘Agon’ Interpreter, Dies - The New York Times

  13-02-2019 20:56
  Mel A. Tomlinson, 65, Ballet Star and ‘Agon’ Interpreter, Dies  The New York TimesMr. Tomlinson, who danced with New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem, was a rangy, powerful presence on ...
  
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• From Ballet to Broadway With Tony Winner Christopher Wheeldon - Playbill.com

  13-02-2019 20:56
  From Ballet to Broadway With Tony Winner Christopher Wheeldon  Playbill.com“The same way that an actor is developing a character and is helping to develop the show in a sense as you work with them, a dancer is doing the same—but ...
  
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• Mel A. Tomlinson, 65, Ballet Star and ‘Agon’ Interpreter, Dies

  13-02-2019 20:50 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Tomlinson, who danced with New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem, was a rangy, powerful presence on the stage.
  
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• Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio Demolished in LA - Broadway World

  13-02-2019 20:26 via broadwayworld.com
  Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio Demolished in LA  Broadway WorldIn 1979 stage and screen star Debbie Reynolds founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which remained operational for decades to ...
  
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• Karen Kain will revamp Swan Lake for the National Ballet of Canada - Toronto Star

  13-02-2019 20:23
  Karen Kain will revamp Swan Lake for the National Ballet of Canada  Toronto StarThe National Ballet of Canada will present a *fresh* take on the classic Swan Lake from Karen Kain, a 50-year veteran of the Toronto company, in her directorial ...
  
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• Honeybees forage more successfully without the “dance language” in challenging environments - Science Advances

  13-02-2019 20:00 via advances.sciencemag.org
  Honeybees forage more successfully without the “dance language” in challenging environments  Science AdvancesHoneybees use the waggle dance to share information about food-site locations with nestmates. However, the importance of this behavior in colony foraging ...
  
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• UCS teams capture top spots in national dance competition - The Macomb Daily

  13-02-2019 19:56 via macombdaily.com
  UCS teams capture top spots in national dance competition  The Macomb DailyEisenhower High School's dance team led strong showings from all Utica Community Schools at the National Dance Competition in Orlando, Fla. last week with ...
  
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• Russian ballet mesmerises Doha audience READ MORE - Gulf Times

  13-02-2019 19:21
  Russian ballet mesmerises Doha audience READ MORE  Gulf TimesIt was a Russian treat for a cosmopolitan audience. Diplomats, local residents, businessmen and women among a wide group of dignitaries in Doha witnessed ...
  
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• Review: SF Ballet’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ explores Balanchine’s ripple effect - San Francisco Chronicle

  13-02-2019 19:20
  Review: SF Ballet’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ explores Balanchine’s ripple effect  San Francisco ChronicleJoseph Walsh and Dores André perform “Hurry Up, We're Dreaming” during a dress rehearsal at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.
  
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• 'I just love to dance' - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

  13-02-2019 18:17 via news-gazette.com
  'I just love to dance'  Champaign/Urbana News-GazetteLongtime Illini columnist Loren Tate, once a rascal himself at the University of Illinois (Class of '53), chats up today's Big Man On Campus - Giorgi Bezhanishvili ...
  
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• Behind the scenes of Cincinnati Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty" - WKRC TV Cincinnati

  13-02-2019 15:57
  Behind the scenes of Cincinnati Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty"  WKRC TV CincinnatiCINCINNATI (WKRC) - A beautiful princess, Prince Charming and an evil, jealous fairy. You know the tale of Sleeping Beauty but seeing it on stage in a ballet ...
  
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• One last look at Milwaukee's Ballet's headquarters before it moves - 88Nine Radio Milwaukee

  13-02-2019 15:04
  One last look at Milwaukee's Ballet's headquarters before it moves  88Nine Radio MilwaukeeThe Milwaukee Ballet is moving soon, though its lived in one building on 5th and National since '81. On Urban Spelunking, we check out its history.
  
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• Copland's 'Appalachian Spring' presented by Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Colorado Ballet Society - Colorado Springs Gazette

  13-02-2019 15:00
  Copland's 'Appalachian Spring' presented by Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Colorado Ballet Society  Colorado Springs GazetteAmerican composer Aaron Copland's signature work "Appalachian Spring" will be performed by the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs and the Colorado Ballet ...
  
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• Ballet Arizona Gives Stravinsky's Firebird an Alien Twist - Phoenix New Times

  13-02-2019 15:00
  Ballet Arizona Gives Stravinsky's Firebird an Alien Twist  Phoenix New TimesDirector Ib Andersen gives the classic ballet a post-apocalyptic twist.
  
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• The Cunning Little Vixen, Royal Ballet School, Covent Garden, review: a colourful zoological adventure - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-02-2019 14:49
  The Cunning Little Vixen, Royal Ballet School, Covent Garden, review: a colourful zoological adventure  Telegraph.co.ukNot since 2010 has a prominent choreographer created a substantial new piece for the Royal Ballet School to be performed alongside a Royal Ballet production ...
  
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• This Israeli-Palestinian dance project is the epitome of coexistence – but the occupation may destroy it - Haaretz

  13-02-2019 14:30 via haaretz.com
  This Israeli-Palestinian dance project is the epitome of coexistence – but the occupation may destroy it  HaaretzEvyatar Said and Yousef Hasasna are trying to keep alive their traditions by teaching them to others as part of a unique workshop. But politics keeps getting in ...
  
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• Predicting The THON 2019 Line Dance - Onward State

  13-02-2019 13:47 via onwardstate.com
  Predicting The THON 2019 Line Dance  Onward StateFrom Happy Valley to around the globe, here's what we think will be featured in the THON 2019 line dance.
  
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• Biomechanical Comparison of “Dead” and “New” Pointe Shoes in Female Professional Ballet Dancers - United States Sports Academy Sports Journal

  13-02-2019 09:47
  Biomechanical Comparison of “Dead” and “New” Pointe Shoes in Female Professional Ballet Dancers  United States Sports Academy Sports JournalAuthors: Jessica Aquino, MS and Tal Amasay, PhD. Corresponding Author: Tal Amasay, PhD, CSCS, EPC 11300 NE 2nd Ave Miami Shores, FL 33161
  
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• Feb. 13-14: Clara Bijl, SF Ballet Program 2, Michael Tubbs, Bowie Celebration, Yasmin Khan, Reema Zaman, Dating Game, Katie Faulkner’s little seismic dance company, Gregory Alan Isakov, - San Francisco Examiner

  13-02-2019 09:01
  Feb. 13-14: Clara Bijl, SF Ballet Program 2, Michael Tubbs, Bowie Celebration, Yasmin Khan, Reema Zaman, Dating Game, Katie Faulkner’s little seismic dance company, Gregory Alan Isakov,  San Francisco ExaminerWEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 Clara Bijl: The French standup comic, who went to college in South Carolina, is recording an album at the club appearance, Zack ...
  
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• VIDEO VAULT | Bringing ballet to a desert town - News3LV

  13-02-2019 09:00
  VIDEO VAULT | Bringing ballet to a desert town  News3LVThis Saturday a celebration of the arts is taking place two hours north of Las Vegas, 51 years after Marta Becket first brought ballet to the middle of the desert.
  
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• French stars jet in for Joburg Ballet's Sleeping Beauty - City Buzz

  13-02-2019 08:38
  French stars jet in for Joburg Ballet's Sleeping Beauty  City BuzzJOBURG – International guest artists Anaïs Chalendard and Florimond Lorieux will dance the leading roles in three performances of Joburg Ballet's new staging ...
  
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• The Bolshoi Ballet HD presents Don Quixote at Palace Cineplex this Sunday - Jamaica Gleaner

  13-02-2019 06:19
  The Bolshoi Ballet HD presents Don Quixote at Palace Cineplex this Sunday  Jamaica GleanerCervantes' hero comes to life in the Bolshoi's critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance. With panache and sparkling technique, principal dancers ...
  
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• The New Bedford Youth Ballet takes flight with The Firebird - SouthCoastToday.com

  13-02-2019 05:00
  The New Bedford Youth Ballet takes flight with The Firebird  SouthCoastToday.comThe New Bedford Ballet is hosting its annual spring fundraiser on Sunday, March 10, at the NBB Community Theatre.The afternoon will include an array of ...
  
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• You Can Dance to Just About Anything You Want to in Portland - Willamette Week

  13-02-2019 04:23 via wweek.com
  You Can Dance to Just About Anything You Want to in Portland  Willamette Week…urban desi and Indian dance pop (Andaz Bhangra Bollywood Dance Party, last Saturdays at the Liquor Store) …classic soul and funk curated by the Dandy ...
  
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• 'It's the dance': Trump milks suspense from shutdown deal - POLITICO

  13-02-2019 02:49 via politico.com
  'It's the dance': Trump milks suspense from shutdown deal  POLITICOTrump's Republican allies say he is drawing out his surrender in a spending fight with Congressional Democrats over border wall funding that he clearly will not ...
  
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• Alberta Ballet Presents DI.VI.ATE - Broadway World

  13-02-2019 02:40
  Alberta Ballet Presents DI.VI.ATE  Broadway WorldJoin us for de.Vi.ate which offers the very best of Alberta Ballet creators and artists – without boundaries and without limits – in three heart-pounding ...
  
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• Cancer diagnosis, deep friendship bring intensity to Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Romeo and Juliet - Winnipeg Free Press

  13-02-2019 02:00
  Cancer diagnosis, deep friendship bring intensity to Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Romeo and Juliet  Winnipeg Free PressTwo of Broadway's most glittering stars and former Royal Winnipeg Ballet School students come ... - The Arts - Winnipeg Free Press.
  
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• Cincinnati Ballet embraces motherhood for dancer - WKRC TV Cincinnati

  13-02-2019 01:33
  Cincinnati Ballet embraces motherhood for dancer  WKRC TV CincinnatiCINCINNATI (WKRC) - This Valentine's Day weekend, the Cincinnati Ballet will performSleeping Beauty at Music Hall. The classic ballet will be performed as ...
  
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• 11 best: Insider scoop from Ballet Ball, Symphony wine dinner and Rienzi Society's big night - Chron

  13-02-2019 00:20
  11 best: Insider scoop from Ballet Ball, Symphony wine dinner and Rienzi Society's big night  ChronWhere were you when Houston Ballet Ball raised a record $1.6 million? Or the Fertittas announced that Usher will headline their annual San Luis Salute?
  
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