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• Looks Like Ciara's Typical Family Breakfast Includes Eggs With a Side of Dancing - POPSUGAR

  12-03-2019 23:47
  Looks Like Ciara's Typical Family Breakfast Includes Eggs With a Side of Dancing  POPSUGARAs far as I'm concerned, family time is about conversation, good food, and fun times — and Ciara's family absolutely nailed all three by showing off some.
  
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• 61st Annual San Antonio Folk Dance Festival Showcases Styles from Mexico, India, Russia, Romania and Beyond - San Antonio Current

  12-03-2019 23:32
  61st Annual San Antonio Folk Dance Festival Showcases Styles from Mexico, India, Russia, Romania and Beyond  San Antonio CurrentAn Alamo City signature for 60 years and counting, the San Antonio Folk Dance Festival (SAFDF) returns to the campus of Our Lady of the...
  
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• The Joffrey Presents: Not Your Grandma's Ballet - Daily Nexus

  12-03-2019 23:26 via dailynexus.com
  The Joffrey Presents: Not Your Grandma's Ballet  Daily NexusEach piece challenged the conventional notions of ballet as an art form and left smiles plastered on the faces of the attendees (even that of the most chagrined.
  
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• Dance Saturdays series at Sanctuary Theatre in Cambridge reflects diversity of the artistic community - Wicked Local

  12-03-2019 23:25
  Dance Saturdays series at Sanctuary Theatre in Cambridge reflects diversity of the artistic community  Wicked LocalDance for World Community has brought together more than 10000 members from Boston's dance and social services network together every June for more ...
  
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• Owyhee debuts dance team - Elko Daily Free Press

  12-03-2019 23:15
  Owyhee debuts dance team  Elko Daily Free PressOWYHEE — The new Braves After Hours Dance Team is entertaining crowds during halftime at the home basketball games at Owyhee High School.
  
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• Minneapolis-based Zenon Dance to close this summer after 36 years - Minnesota Public Radio News

  12-03-2019 23:14
  Minneapolis-based Zenon Dance to close this summer after 36 years  Minnesota Public Radio NewsMinneapolis-based Zenon Dance Company will close this summer following its final performances in June. The company's founder and artistic director Linda Z.
  
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• The Division 2 Rewards Players If They Dance Together Or Do Other Nice Things - Kotaku

  12-03-2019 22:42
  The Division 2 Rewards Players If They Dance Together Or Do Other Nice Things  KotakuUbisoft's newest mega-game, The Division 2, gives players points and virtual patches for 125 tracked activities, some of them expected, some of them not, and ...
  
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• Cuban, Mexican artists defy stereotypes of Latin music and dance - Edmonton Journal

  12-03-2019 22:42
  Cuban, Mexican artists defy stereotypes of Latin music and dance  Edmonton JournalI didn't want to imitate other kinds of dance. I wanted to do something different, something new." – Lizt Alfonso.
  
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• The story behind those bronze dance steps on Capitol Hill - KUOW News and Information

  12-03-2019 22:37
  The story behind those bronze dance steps on Capitol Hill  KUOW News and InformationIt's a chilly, late winter morning outside a major construction site on Capitol Hill, and Jack Mackie is fretting about the artwork he installed at the site 40 years ago.
  
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• Symmetry and Poise, Classical Chinese Dance Fascinates New York Audience - NTD

  12-03-2019 22:23
  Symmetry and Poise, Classical Chinese Dance Fascinates New York Audience  NTDNEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts exhibited symmetry and poise at Lincoln Center on March 8, entertaining audience members ...
  
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• Performing arts at UI not just for students majoring in dance, music, theater - Iowa Now

  12-03-2019 22:21
  Performing arts at UI not just for students majoring in dance, music, theater  Iowa NowNonmajor students took more than 10000 semester hours of classes in the Division of Performing Arts during the 2017–18 academic year. There they develop ...
  
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• Rhythm of the Dance - Traditional Irish Music, Song and Dance to the Triad - Yes! Weekly

  12-03-2019 21:59
  Rhythm of the Dance - Traditional Irish Music, Song and Dance to the Triad  Yes! WeeklyHigh Point, N.C. – Pulsating rhythms. Pure energy. Melodic music. The National Dance Company of Ireland: Rhythm of the Dance has hit 50 countries around ...
  
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• Argosy Foundation donates $500,000 to Milwaukee Ballet - Milwaukee Business Journal

  12-03-2019 21:59 via bizjournals.com
  Argosy Foundation donates $500,000 to Milwaukee Ballet  Milwaukee Business JournalThe Milwaukee Ballet said Tuesday that it has been awarded a $500,000 gift from the Argosy Foundation of Milwaukee to support the construction of the ...
  
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• Toledo or BG: May we have this dance? - Toledo Blade

  12-03-2019 21:47
  Toledo or BG: May we have this dance?  Toledo BladeIf you are a Toledo or Bowling Green basketball fan, the Mid-American Conference tournament is designed to break your heart, and every year it does. A ...
  
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• Bard Fisher Center and the American Dance Festival–Bard Dance Program Partnership Present Ephrat Osherie Dance Odeon - Bard News

  12-03-2019 21:43
  Bard Fisher Center and the American Dance Festival–Bard Dance Program Partnership Present Ephrat Osherie Dance Odeon  Bard NewsANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— Led by The Boston Globe's “bona fide b-girl,” Ephrat Asherie makes her Fisher Center debut with Odeon, a high-energy, ...
  
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• Here’s how the Big 12 Tournament could decide where K-State, KU play in NCAAs - Wichita Eagle

  12-03-2019 21:38
  Here’s how the Big 12 Tournament could decide where K-State, KU play in NCAAs  Wichita EagleThe Kansas State Wildcats and KU Jayhawks would both love to play close to home in the NCAA Tournament. They both could use big weeks at the Big 12 ...
  
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• Bezos at Amazon Staff Meeting: 'I Still Tap Dance into the Office' - Newsmax

  12-03-2019 20:48
  Bezos at Amazon Staff Meeting: 'I Still Tap Dance into the Office'  NewsmaxAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos joked that he “still tap dance[s] into the office,” at an all-hands staff meeting last week after an employee asked if his personal problems ...
  
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• Learning to dance - Mountaintimes

  12-03-2019 20:41
  Learning to dance  MountaintimesBy Mary Ellen Shaw. Having a sixth grade dance in a strict Catholic school seemed unlikely to happen back in the '50s. But our principal, Sister Saint Michael, ...
  
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• High-energy Celtic music and dance on tap for St. Pat's - Mountaintimes

  12-03-2019 20:34
  High-energy Celtic music and dance on tap for St. Pat's  MountaintimesSaturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.—RANDOLPH – Internationally acclaimed fiddlers and step-dance sensations Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy will return to ...
  
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• VRDC to present spring dance concert - Vineland Daily Journal

  12-03-2019 20:07
  VRDC to present spring dance concert  Vineland Daily JournalProkofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' featured at Vineland Regional Dance Company's spring dance concert.
  
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• Bravo School of Dance Performs on First Coast Living (FCL Mar. 12) - FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX

  12-03-2019 20:02
  Bravo School of Dance Performs on First Coast Living (FCL Mar. 12)  FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXXBravo School of Dance studio owner Anna Booras and choreographer Kyle Wynn share how dance has empowered the young women of the Bravo Dance team ...
  
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• Superheroes dance on in to the Avon Lake Public Library - cleveland.com

  12-03-2019 19:57
  Superheroes dance on in to the Avon Lake Public Library  cleveland.comMost of the superheroes known for taking on the bad guys of the world stopped in to the Avon Lake Library last week for a dance party.
  
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• Fortnite Dance Lawsuits Have Been Dropped For Now | ScreenRant - Screen Rant

  12-03-2019 19:57
  Fortnite Dance Lawsuits Have Been Dropped For Now | ScreenRant  Screen RantEpic Games can breathe a small sigh of relief. The copyright lawsuits against Fortnite's dance emotes have been dropped as of this week, although it seems like ...
  
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• YAB sets St. Patrick's dance for March 15 | Calendar - Idaho County Free Press

  12-03-2019 19:49
  YAB sets St. Patrick's dance for March 15 | Calendar  Idaho County Free PressKAMIAH -- On March 15, the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) will be hosting an All Community St. Patrick's Day dance at the multipurpose room, 711 9th Street in ...
  
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• Under New Leadership, School of American Ballet Looks to Boost Diversity - WWD

  12-03-2019 19:49 via wwd.com
  Under New Leadership, School of American Ballet Looks to Boost Diversity  WWDAt the school's Winter Ball, WWD spoke with new City Ballet and SAB artistic director Jonathan Stafford.
  
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• SH student accepted to Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts in Dance - WJHL-TV News Channel 11

  12-03-2019 19:48
  SH student accepted to Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts in Dance  WJHL-TV News Channel 11JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - Keaton Honeycutt has been accepted at the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts in Dance for the summer 2019 session.
  
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• This week: Books and ballet in Boca; Southern rock in West Palm - Palm Beach Post

  12-03-2019 19:47 via palmbeachpost.com
  This week: Books and ballet in Boca; Southern rock in West Palm  Palm Beach PostSPONSORED *CONTENT*. There's always something to do in The Palm Beaches! That's why every week, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County helps you ...
  
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• Two local groups throw a World Music Dance Party - Mountain Xpress

  12-03-2019 18:00
  Two local groups throw a World Music Dance Party  Mountain XpressTwo bands, each led by high-profile fixtures of the Asheville music scene, are coming together to present a unique night of music.
  
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• Koresh Dance Company highlights busy weekend at Queens Theatre - QNS.com

  12-03-2019 18:00
  Koresh Dance Company highlights busy weekend at Queens Theatre  QNS.comHis shows have been called “earthy, folk-dancey, emotionally direct, physically intense, and ostentatiously eccentric” by The New Yorker and “Shocking, tender ...
  
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• 'I have the right to tell this story': Lukas Dhont defends his trans film Girl

  12-03-2019 18:00
  His film about a transitioning dancer was set for the big time – until it was called ‘the most dangerous movie about a trans character in years’. Does the director have any regrets?Lukas Dhont slept through the Oscars. He was in bed with his boyfriend still recovering from the Césars, France’s answer to the Academy Awards, which had taken place a couple of nights earlier. Girl, his directing debut, had been up for a best foreign film César and there had been
  
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• Glazer: Confessions of a concerned Jewish dance dad - Canadian Jewish News

  12-03-2019 17:58
  Glazer: Confessions of a concerned Jewish dance dad  Canadian Jewish NewsIn his provocative book, La Passion d'être un autre. Étude pour la Danse, renowned French academic Pierre Legendre argues that of all the art forms, dance is ...
  
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• McGovern Irish Dance performing 25 shows this month for St. Patrick's Day - WKEF ABC 22

  12-03-2019 17:49
  McGovern Irish Dance performing 25 shows this month for St. Patrick's Day  WKEF ABC 22DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) - Leprechauns might be hard to find this weekend, but it will be easy to catch an Irish dance performance! McGovern Irish Dance ...
  
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• Fred Astaire Dance Studios owners fell in love with Powell space - ThisWeek Community News

  12-03-2019 17:26
  Fred Astaire Dance Studios owners fell in love with Powell space  ThisWeek Community NewsPowell's newest business aims to get residents on the dance floor. Fred Astaire Dance Studios opened its new Powell location last week, replacing the former ...
  
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• Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri Designs Ballet Costumes in Tribute to Philip Glass - WWD

  12-03-2019 17:16 via wwd.com
  Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri Designs Ballet Costumes in Tribute to Philip Glass  WWDA NIGHT IN ROME: Maria Grazia Chiuri has long been passionate about dance — as was Christian Dior himself. Following her spring ready-to-wear 2019 show ...
  
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• Clarinda Circle 8 to hold dance fundraiser for Parkinson's Disease research - KMAland

  12-03-2019 17:03
  Clarinda Circle 8 to hold dance fundraiser for Parkinson's Disease research  KMAland(Clarinda) -- A local organization will host a fundraiser to support research for Parkinson's Disease Wednesday night. The Clarinda Circle 8 is holding a dance ...
  
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• Teen kicks cancer, heads to Irish dance championship - Arlington Catholic Herald

  12-03-2019 17:02
  Teen kicks cancer, heads to Irish dance championship  Arlington Catholic HeraldFourteen rounds of chemo and one year later, Finn is training to compete this April among some of the finest dancers in the world during the Irish World ...
  
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• She’s Been Writing About Dance for 55 Years. She’s Not Done Yet. - The New York Times

  12-03-2019 16:58
  She’s Been Writing About Dance for 55 Years. She’s Not Done Yet.  The New York TimesDeborah Jowitt, a pillar of American dance criticism, talks about geniuses she has known, being open and the perils of describing movement.
  
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• Smuin Closes 25th Anniversary Season With DANCE SERIES 02 - Broadway World

  12-03-2019 16:34
  Smuin Closes 25th Anniversary Season With DANCE SERIES 02  Broadway WorldSmuin concludes its quarter-century celebration with a tribute to founder Michael Smuin and his vibrant works set to the music of George and Ira Gershwin, ...
  
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• Ryan School of Irish Dance - WWLTV.com

  12-03-2019 15:58
  Ryan School of Irish Dance  WWLTV.comWe are enjoying some Irish dancing by two talented students from Ryan School of Irish Dance ahead of St. Patrick's Day and Instructor Sara Adoue has some ...
  
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• 'World of Dance,' 'Aretha! A Grammy Celebration' adjust down: Sunday final ratings - TV by the Numbers

  12-03-2019 15:38
  'World of Dance,' 'Aretha! A Grammy Celebration' adjust down: Sunday final ratings  TV by the NumbersFinal broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Sunday, March 10, 2019. There were only downward adjustments from Sunday's preliminary adults 18-49 ...
  
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• Sarasota Ballet On Pointe Luncheon - Sarasota

  12-03-2019 15:35 via sarasotamagazine.com
  Sarasota Ballet On Pointe Luncheon  SarasotaThe event at Michael's On East raises funds for the ballet's Dance--The Next Generation program.
  
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• Put on your dancin' shoes — Blackjacks dance team to hold open auditions - Atlantic City Weekly

  12-03-2019 15:24
  Put on your dancin' shoes — Blackjacks dance team to hold open auditions  Atlantic City WeeklyThink you've got what it takes to be a dancer for the Atlantic City Blackjacks arena football team? This Saturday, March 16, you will have the chance to show your ...
  
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• We're All in the Mood For a Melody After Seeing This Impressive "Piano Man" Dance Routine - POPSUGAR

  12-03-2019 15:20
  We're All in the Mood For a Melody After Seeing This Impressive "Piano Man" Dance Routine  POPSUGARIf you're able to make Jennifer Lopez's jaw drop with your dance moves, you're doing something right. That's what the Intention dance team learned after.
  
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• Who Needs to Win at MSG to Dance? - yurview.com

  12-03-2019 15:05
  Who Needs to Win at MSG to Dance?  yurview.comA discussion among bracketologists of who needs to win at MSG Big East Tournament in order to make it to the NCAA Tournament.
  
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• Dance like nobodys watching: Seniors let loose at Cambridge class - Wicked Local Cambridge

  12-03-2019 15:04
  Dance like nobodys watching: Seniors let loose at Cambridge class  Wicked Local CambridgeOn a recent Friday morning, drum beats drifted out of a room at the Cambridge Citywide Senior Center. Inside, a room full of women were dancing their hearts ...
  
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• Trying out the triangle dance trend | wkyc.com - WKYC.com

  12-03-2019 14:26
  Trying out the triangle dance trend | wkyc.com  WKYC.comMarch 12, 2019: There's a new dance trend swirling around social media known as the 'triangle dance.' So we thought it would be fun to have Maureen Kyle, ...
  
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• Gallery: Siblings Charleigh, Richard Huxtable dance in Syracuse ballet - Press & Sun-Bulletin

  12-03-2019 14:05 via pressconnects.com
  Gallery: Siblings Charleigh, Richard Huxtable dance in Syracuse ballet  Press & Sun-BulletinCharleigh and Richard Huxtable, of Binghamton, will appear in Syracuse City Ballet's production of "Peter Pan."
  
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• ‘World of Dance’ Upper Team Division poll: Do The Kings deserve to rule with an iron fist? - Gold Derby

  12-03-2019 14:00
  ‘World of Dance’ Upper Team Division poll: Do The Kings deserve to rule with an iron fist?  Gold DerbyThe Qualifiers are over, so which of these top 10 teams do you think deserves to win the Upper Team Division? Vote in our poll.
  
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• Alberta Ballet produces rousing Midsummer Night's Dream - Calgary Herald

  12-03-2019 13:51 via calgaryherald.com
  Alberta Ballet produces rousing Midsummer Night's Dream  Calgary HeraldShakespeare's genius is in his choice of words and witty phrasing but Alberta Ballet's latest production shows the Bard's work transcends dialogue.
  
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• From Syracuse to American Ballet Theatre: Brother-sister duo have fun dancing together - Press & Sun-Bulletin

  12-03-2019 13:35 via pressconnects.com
  From Syracuse to American Ballet Theatre: Brother-sister duo have fun dancing together  Press & Sun-BulletinCharleigh and Richard Huxtable will appear in Syracuse City Ballet's "Peter Pan," and were both accepted into American Ballet Theatre youth workshops.
  
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