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• Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg Reunite in Pure Dance - pointemagazine.com

  01-04-2019 23:39
  Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg Reunite in Pure Dance  pointemagazine.comIn recent years, Royal Ballet principal and international touring artist Natalia Osipova has curated her own evenings of new works, collaborating with a slew of ...
  
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• The Sarasota Ballet announces its 2019-2020 season - YourObserver.com

  01-04-2019 23:38
  The Sarasota Ballet announces its 2019-2020 season  YourObserver.comThe Sarasota Ballet will offer six company premieres and a program dedicated to in-house choreographer Ricardo Graziano during its 2019-2020 season.
  
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• Sans cell phones, fathers and daughters dance - The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

  01-04-2019 23:09
  Sans cell phones, fathers and daughters dance  The Wisconsin Jewish ChronicleWHITEFISH BAY — He joked that it wasn't going to be easy, but Mitch Nelles, speaking to scores of dads and daughters at the head of the dance floor, made a.
  
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• Grimm Tales at Ballet Austin - Cool Hunting

  01-04-2019 23:01
  Grimm Tales at Ballet Austin  Cool HuntingGrimm Tales at Ballet Austin is a hyper-stimulating visual experience wherein Natalie Frank's compelling drawings and Stephen Mills' contemporary ...
  
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• The Big Swing Thing will have the spring-loaded Valencia dance floor bouncing - York Daily Record

  01-04-2019 22:46
  The Big Swing Thing will have the spring-loaded Valencia dance floor bouncing  York Daily RecordThe dancers rave about the Valencia's dance floor. In its heyday, it was considered the best dance floor east of the Mississippi.”
  
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• Inside the World Premiere of the Nuit Blanche Ballet, With Costumes by Dior - Vogue

  01-04-2019 22:45
  Inside the World Premiere of the Nuit Blanche Ballet, With Costumes by Dior  VogueLast Thursday saw the world premiere of Nuit Blanche, a Sébastien Bertaud–choreographed work with costumes by Dior.
  
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• Tom Izzo's dance steps the joy of Michigan State's locker room - MLive.com

  01-04-2019 22:22
  Tom Izzo's dance steps the joy of Michigan State's locker room  MLive.comMSU's coach celebrates his latest trip to the Final Four.
  
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• Florida State to take part in global celebration of influential American dance artist, Merce Cunningham - Florida State News

  01-04-2019 21:58
  Florida State to take part in global celebration of influential American dance artist, Merce Cunningham  Florida State NewsFlorida State University will host a series of events as part of a global celebration of the life and work of one of the greatest American dance artists, Merce ...
  
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• Ducks dance in Final 4, fans flock to get gear - KOIN.com

  01-04-2019 21:34
  Ducks dance in Final 4, fans flock to get gear  KOIN.comFor the first time in their history, the Oregon Ducks are in the Final 4 of the NCAA Women's Tournament -- which means Ducks fans are flocking to the store to get ...
  
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• Letter: An invitation to come dance with me - Corvallis Gazette Times

  01-04-2019 20:45
  Letter: An invitation to come dance with me  Corvallis Gazette TimesThank you, Carol Wiseman (March 24), for your letter encouraging the fellows to come out and dance. I encourage everyone to dance. Dancing is just plain fun, ...
  
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• FROM THE WEEKEND: Longtime Siouxland dance director Shirley Dill to retire - Sioux City Journal

  01-04-2019 20:40
  FROM THE WEEKEND: Longtime Siouxland dance director Shirley Dill to retire  Sioux City JournalSIOUX CITY -- When Shirley Dill opened her first dance studio, Shirley's Dance Studio, in her parents' basement at age 13, she had seven students -- all girls ...
  
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• PV, FHS dance squads place high at state - Farmington Daily Times

  01-04-2019 20:29
  PV, FHS dance squads place high at state  Farmington Daily TimesFARMINGTON — The Piedra Vista and Farmington cheer squads had strong performances in the dance portion of Saturday's 5A State Spirit Championships at ...
  
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• Two Dance-Obsessed N.Y.C. Sisters Launch Charity to Help Aspiring Dancers in Need - PEOPLE.com

  01-04-2019 20:13
  Two Dance-Obsessed N.Y.C. Sisters Launch Charity to Help Aspiring Dancers in Need  PEOPLE.comAva and Sophia Paley of the Upper West Side are tapping it forward to dance schools in need.
  
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• Ryan Wrecker doesn't understand the St. Louis Blues Power Play dance - KMOX

  01-04-2019 20:10
  Ryan Wrecker doesn't understand the St. Louis Blues Power Play dance  KMOXHey St. Louis Blues fans! I don't understand why you move your hands up and down during the power play...Let me explain my confusion in this commentary.
  
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• American Idol’ Ratings Steady With Mega-Show, CBS Tops Night With NCAA Overrun - Deadline

  01-04-2019 20:03
  American Idol’ Ratings Steady With Mega-Show, CBS Tops Night With NCAA Overrun  DeadlineA mega three-hour American Idol that saw cut-downs to the top 20 of the ABC signing competition hogged the primetime schedule Sunday,
  
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• Dance Dance Dance at Le Bain, New York - Resident Advisor

  01-04-2019 19:55
  Dance Dance Dance at Le Bain, New York  Resident AdvisorLe Bain is situated on both the 18th floor and the rooftop of the New York City Standard Hotel in Manhattan, and offers indoor and outdoor options respectively.
  
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• Harkness Dance Center Set to Expand Thanks to a $5 Million Gift - The New York Times

  01-04-2019 19:31
  Harkness Dance Center Set to Expand Thanks to a $5 Million Gift  The New York TimesThe Harkness Dance Center at the 92nd Street Y is expanding thanks to a $5 million gift from Jody Gottfried Arnhold, a board member for the organization, and ...
  
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• Flint youth dance group taps its way to the Apollo Theater - MLive.com

  01-04-2019 19:23
  Flint youth dance group taps its way to the Apollo Theater  MLive.comThirteen students from Flint's Tapology Youth Ensemble will perform at famed Apollo Theater in New York City.
  
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• Stronger Dancers, Stronger Dance Scene: Chicago Dance Month Puts a Focus on Health and Wellness - Newcity Stage

  01-04-2019 19:00
  Stronger Dancers, Stronger Dance Scene: Chicago Dance Month Puts a Focus on Health and Wellness  Newcity StageIn my fifteen years covering dance in Chicago, I've witnessed our city evolve from being the best place in the Midwest to see dance shows on the regular to one ...
  
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• Watch: Buffalo's singing cops dance their way onto 'Ellen,' receive donation - Buffalo News

  01-04-2019 18:50
  Watch: Buffalo's singing cops dance their way onto 'Ellen,' receive donation  Buffalo NewsBuffalo police officers Michael Norwood Jr. and Mo Badger busted a couple moves as they were introduced by daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on a ...
  
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• Batsheva Dance's “Venezuela” Baffles Brooklyn - Forward

  01-04-2019 18:50
  Batsheva Dance's “Venezuela” Baffles Brooklyn  ForwardBatsheva Dance Company's "Venezuela" at BAM, followed by a gala featuring Liev Schreiber and Mikhail Baryshnikov, baffled certain New Yorkers.
  
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• Woodbury sisters survive dance ‘duel’ on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’ - St. Paul Pioneer Press

  01-04-2019 18:40
  Woodbury sisters survive dance ‘duel’ on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’  St. Paul Pioneer PressWoodbury sisters Ellie and Ava beat their competitors in “The Duels” round of NBC's “World of Dance” on Sunday night and will advance to the next round “The ...
  
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• Gold Coast Arts Center's Competition Dance Team Wins Awards In Their First Competition Season - Broadway World

  01-04-2019 18:00
  Gold Coast Arts Center's Competition Dance Team Wins Awards In Their First Competition Season  Broadway WorldSome people associate March with college basketball madness, but for dance students at the Gold Coast Arts Center, the month's most important contests were ...
  
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• This Week's Performances of 'Coppélia' Exemplify Cleveland Ballet's Rapid Growth - Cleveland Scene

  01-04-2019 17:43
  This Week's Performances of 'Coppélia' Exemplify Cleveland Ballet's Rapid Growth  Cleveland SceneWhen Gladisa Guadalupe began Cleveland Ballet in 2014, she wanted to put Cleveland back on the map as a destination for dance in the U.S....
  
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• This Week's Performances of ‘Coppélia’ Exemplify Cleveland Ballet’s Rapid Growth - Cleveland Scene

  01-04-2019 17:42
  This Week's Performances of ‘Coppélia’ Exemplify Cleveland Ballet’s Rapid Growth  Cleveland SceneWhen Gladisa Guadalupe began Cleveland Ballet in 2014, she wanted to put Cleveland back on the map as a destination for dance in the U.S....
  
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• Ratings for 'World of Dance' Season 3 on NBC - TVLine

  01-04-2019 17:34
  Ratings for 'World of Dance' Season 3 on NBC  TVLineWorld of Dance this Sunday drew 3.2 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, dipping week-to-week to mark new series lows. (Why did NBC bring this ...
  
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• Fifth annual Dance Big Red raises over $71000 - WKU News

  01-04-2019 16:38
  Fifth annual Dance Big Red raises over $71000  WKU NewsDance Big Red raised $71,780.17 for pediatric heart care and adolescent cancer care at Norton Children's Hospital after dancing for 12 hours surpassing its ...
  
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• Atlanta Ballet’s new season includes an international tour - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  01-04-2019 15:50
  Atlanta Ballet’s new season includes an international tour  Atlanta Journal ConstitutionThe 90th anniversary season from the Atlanta Ballet will include world premieres, classics, and new version of old favorites.
  
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• Bucky Badger goes to the Big Dance | NewsCut - MPR News

  01-04-2019 15:14
  Bucky Badger goes to the Big Dance | NewsCut  MPR NewsDolly Bauer, formerly of Durand, Wis., has dementia now and lives at a memory care facility in Eau Claire. Music and dance brings her back from the fog of ...
  
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• Melanie Hamrick debuts ballet based on Rolling Stones songs - Page Six

  01-04-2019 15:04
  Melanie Hamrick debuts ballet based on Rolling Stones songs  Page SixMick Jagger's girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, unveiled her ballet, based on Rolling Stones songs, in Russia. The show has its American premiere at Lincoln Center ...
  
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• Hulking, Dance Club-Replacing Apartments on Fulton Street Top Out, Loom Over Bed Stuy - Brownstoner

  01-04-2019 15:00
  Hulking, Dance Club-Replacing Apartments on Fulton Street Top Out, Loom Over Bed Stuy  BrownstonerThe recently deceased architect Karl Fischer is behind the design of the building, which will eventually have 132 units and a *FRESH* food store.
  
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• FM Ballet performance honors 40 years of dance with the Gasper family - INFORUM

  01-04-2019 15:00
  FM Ballet performance honors 40 years of dance with the Gasper family  INFORUM“Tell me what it's like out there,” Kathy Gasper told her partner Eddie Gasper on the phone one day from their New York home in 1978. Eddie Gasper, who was ...
  
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• Concert showcases Aceto, Zodiaque Dance Company - UB Now: News and views for UB faculty and staff - University at Buffalo Reporter

  01-04-2019 14:22
  Concert showcases Aceto, Zodiaque Dance Company - UB Now: News and views for UB faculty and staff  University at Buffalo ReporterUB faculty member Melanie Aceto will perform in dance concerts April 5 and 6 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Photo: Paul Hokanson ...
  
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• The Big Dance: Meet the Final 4 of Austin Inno Tech Madness - American Inno

  01-04-2019 14:15
  The Big Dance: Meet the Final 4 of Austin Inno Tech Madness  American InnoThe Final Four of Austin Inno's Tech Madness is set. Drum roll, please … After a highly competitive Elite 8 matchup, OJO Labs overcame Threatcare and is ...
  
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• April Fool’s: Andrew Luck loses disco dance-off, gets married in Prague - Stampede Blue

  01-04-2019 13:56
  April Fool’s: Andrew Luck loses disco dance-off, gets married in Prague  Stampede BlueOn Wednesday, March 27th, Stampede Blue helped BODYARMOR launch its new ad campaign, featuring Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and Los Angeles ...
  
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• The Texanist: Are There Any Decent Dance Halls Left? - Texas Monthly

  01-04-2019 13:03
  The Texanist: Are There Any Decent Dance Halls Left?  Texas MonthlyA Corpus Christi man pines for the days of two-stepping on those long wooden dance hall planks.
  
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• 'That took long enough!' – black ballerinas finally get shoes to match their skin

  01-04-2019 13:00
  Ballet shoes have always been a pale peachy pink because it was assumed dancers were, too. Now a British footwear company is striking a blow for ballerinas of colour everywhereWhen Ballet Black pack their bags for their coming spring tour, there’ll be some unusual footwear among their costumes. Not just the wellies they wear to portray striking South African miners in Ingoma, their latest work, but dozens of pairs of pointe shoes that are making their own little piece of history. Ballet Bl
  
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• Sarasota Ballet plans six company premieres in 2019-20 season - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  01-04-2019 11:55
  Sarasota Ballet plans six company premieres in 2019-20 season  Sarasota Herald-TribunePaul Taylor Dance Company and the original 'John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker' return. The Sarasota Ballet will present six company premieres in its ...
  
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• Elephant in the Room: staring down the stigma of black men's mental health

  01-04-2019 11:39
  In his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depressionA couple of years ago, the actor and choreographer Lanre Malaolu was creating a duet about mental health. “I was working with an amazing contortionist dancer,” he remembers. “But for various reasons she had to drop out … I didn’t have time to get anyone else.” He swears under his breath and smiles, before explaining how he sat in his living roo
  
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• Female ballet dancers can no longer keep up with the men says Dame Darcey Bussell - Daily Mail

  01-04-2019 11:14
  Female ballet dancers can no longer keep up with the men says Dame Darcey Bussell  Daily MailThe retired dancer said the creation of new ballets with more equally weighted roles had led to a 'transformation', and women were struggling to keep up with ...
  
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• 'World of Dance' 5th Judge: The Wrong Act Goes Home After Stellar Redemption Battle - TooFab

  01-04-2019 10:50
  'World of Dance' 5th Judge: The Wrong Act Goes Home After Stellar Redemption Battle  TooFabA shocking final Duel sets up an epic Redemption Round that proves the final moment for one of the season's most exciting acts. The Juniors took their turn in ...
  
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• How a Camera System Helped Yale Make the Big Dance - Front Office Sports

  01-04-2019 10:38
  How a Camera System Helped Yale Make the Big Dance  Front Office SportsA video system called Keemotion didn't make a single shot or pass all season. But the Bulldogs might not have made the NCAA Tournament without it.
  
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• The Celtics do their part in Dwyane Wade’s ‘One Last Dance’ - Boston.com

  01-04-2019 09:00
  The Celtics do their part in Dwyane Wade’s ‘One Last Dance’  Boston.com“I now forgive you for messing up [Rajon] Rondo's elbow,” Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said to Dwyane Wade, as he gifted the Miami ...
  
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• ‘World of Dance’ judges nearly robbed Kayla Mak even though she slayed during the Duels [WATCH] - Gold Derby

  01-04-2019 07:00
  ‘World of Dance’ judges nearly robbed Kayla Mak even though she slayed during the Duels [WATCH]  Gold DerbyI can usually see where the “World of Dance” judges are coming from even when I don't agree, but I think they blew a call big time on Sunday night during The ...
  
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• Lauren Yakima’s ‘World of Dance’ Duel had the ‘sickest burn of the night,’ according to Derek Hough [WATCH] - Gold Derby

  01-04-2019 06:00
  Lauren Yakima’s ‘World of Dance’ Duel had the ‘sickest burn of the night,’ according to Derek Hough [WATCH]  Gold DerbyContemporary solo dancers have had a hard time getting the time of day from “World of Dance” judges this season, with contestants like Derek Piquette and ...
  
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• 4 killed in Bastrop County crash were headed to dance competition, says Huntsville ISD - FOX 7 Austin

  01-04-2019 02:37
  4 killed in Bastrop County crash were headed to dance competition, says Huntsville ISD  FOX 7 AustinBASTROP, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) - Three of the four killed in a Bastrop County crash were current students traveling to watch a sibling perform in a national ...
  
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• Teen gives free dance lessons through outreach program - SILive.com

  01-04-2019 00:16
  Teen gives free dance lessons through outreach program  SILive.comA 15-year-old dancer is giving free dance lessons to young Staten Islanders. (Courtesy of Danielle Shamah). 0. By Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.
  
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