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• Club Ripples, city's first gay dance club, to close in summer • Long Beach Post - Long Beach Post

  15-05-2019 23:48
  Club Ripples, city's first gay dance club, to close in summer • Long Beach Post  Long Beach PostFollowing attempt after attempt over the past decade to either lease or sell the building, the owners of gay club Ripples will close up shop.
  
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• Only one-third of ‘World of Dance’ fans (32%) wish they could pick the winners because democracy is overrated [POLL RESULTS] - Gold Derby

  15-05-2019 23:30
  Only one-third of ‘World of Dance’ fans (32%) wish they could pick the winners because democracy is overrated [POLL RESULTS]  Gold Derby“World of Dance” is unlike other competition shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance” in that it's pre-recorded and only the three ...
  
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• Arts / Culture Expanding the vision of queer dance - UC Riverside

  15-05-2019 23:23
  Arts / Culture Expanding the vision of queer dance  UC RiversideThe two-day Explode! Queer Dance Festival will showcase artists from across the United States and around the world, featuring contemporary dance, ...
  
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• With Ballet Folklórico featured, Heartbeat of Mexico returns to Chapman, this time for 3 days - Los Angeles Times

  15-05-2019 23:10
  With Ballet Folklórico featured, Heartbeat of Mexico returns to Chapman, this time for 3 days  Los Angeles TimesNow in its fourth year, the Heartbeat of Mexico festival has expanded and grown from one to three days over Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• Watch Mick Jagger’s Post-Heart Surgery Dance Moves - Rolling Stone

  15-05-2019 21:33
  Watch Mick Jagger’s Post-Heart Surgery Dance Moves  Rolling StoneJust six weeks after the Rolling Stones were forced to postpone their North American summer tour so Mick Jagger could undergo heart surgery, the singer has ...
  
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• Dance studio with a long waiting list to open second business - Wichita Eagle

  15-05-2019 21:00
  Dance studio with a long waiting list to open second business  Wichita EagleNot long after Kelcy Mohr moved her Kelcy's Dance Studio from her house to Carriage Park the Art Park owners invited her to open a second studio at their ...
  
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• How the Kings will shoot to entertain fans with both men and women on their dance team - Sacramento Bee

  15-05-2019 20:26
  How the Kings will shoot to entertain fans with both men and women on their dance team  Sacramento BeeThe Sacramento Kings announced Wednesday their all-women's dance team is evolving into a coed hip hop group that will be known as 916 Crew. Their NBA G ...
  
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• A New Leader, at Last, to Bring Cuban Ballet Into the Future - The New York Times

  15-05-2019 20:13
  A New Leader, at Last, to Bring Cuban Ballet Into the Future  The New York TimesEven to the most admiring observers, the Ballet Nacional de Cuba has seemed, for a very long time, an institution stuck in the past. One reason has been ...
  
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• Downunder, SF Dance Party Bar From FiDi’s Hotel San Francisco, Opens - Eater SF

  15-05-2019 20:11
  Downunder, SF Dance Party Bar From FiDi’s Hotel San Francisco, Opens  Eater SFThe Australian team behind Hotel San Francisco — a one-year-old Financial District bar named in reference to the Eagles song Hotel California — has ...
  
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• Frances Smith Cohen, founder of Phoenix's Center Dance Ensemble, dies at age 87 - AZCentral

  15-05-2019 20:00
  Frances Smith Cohen, founder of Phoenix's Center Dance Ensemble, dies at age 87  AZCentralChoreographer Frances Smith Cohen, who championed modern dance in Arizona for more than half a century and inspired thousands of children who ...
  
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• Pennsylvania Ballet Changes Its Ranking System, Promoting a Slew of Dancers - pointemagazine.com

  15-05-2019 19:54
  Pennsylvania Ballet Changes Its Ranking System, Promoting a Slew of Dancers  pointemagazine.comPennsylvania Ballet announced next season's roster yesterday, and it includes 20—yes, 20—promotions. How, you ask? Artistic director Angel Corella has ...
  
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• 'The Bachelorette': Tyler's Dance Routine Draws Some Strong Reactions - PopCulture.com

  15-05-2019 19:37
  'The Bachelorette': Tyler's Dance Routine Draws Some Strong Reactions  PopCulture.comSeason 15 of The Bachelorette aired on Monday with Hannah Brown as the leading lady. Out of the 30 bachelors competing for her heart, one may just dance ...
  
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• Tabor Academy celebrating a week of song and dance - SouthCoastToday.com

  15-05-2019 18:45
  Tabor Academy celebrating a week of song and dance  SouthCoastToday.comIt's not the same ol' song and dance at Tabor Academy this week.The week features three music concerts and a dance recital to enjoy, all free and open to the ...
  
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• PH Ballet Theatre’s one-day-only performance in SF, June 23 - INQUIRER.net

  15-05-2019 18:36
  PH Ballet Theatre’s one-day-only performance in SF, June 23  INQUIRER.netSAN FRANCISCO — In celebration of the 121st anniversary of the Philippine Independence the San Francisco Manila Sister Committee and KalayaanSF, ...
  
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• Koto master, lion dancers and ballet folklorico share spotlight at Lodi's Multicultural Bazaar - Lodi News-Sentinel

  15-05-2019 18:30
  Koto master, lion dancers and ballet folklorico share spotlight at Lodi's Multicultural Bazaar  Lodi News-SentinelOn Saturday, lions will jump and spin as cymbals crash. Folklorico dancers' feet will kick and their skirts will swirl. Breakdancers will spin and flip to the cheers of ...
  
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• Bride-to-Be Shares 'Just in Case' Wedding Dance with Terminally Ill Father from Before His Death - PEOPLE.com

  15-05-2019 18:11
  Bride-to-Be Shares 'Just in Case' Wedding Dance with Terminally Ill Father from Before His Death  PEOPLE.comBecky Carey's dad, Timothy Carey, died in March, and Becky plans to play footage of their father-daughter dance at her wedding in September.
  
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• Spoilt ballet dancer, 24, who didn’t get a single penny while begging on Rich Kids Go Homeless lasts just ONE - The Sun

  15-05-2019 16:40
  Spoilt ballet dancer, 24, who didn’t get a single penny while begging on Rich Kids Go Homeless lasts just ONE  The SunPampered youngster Calum, 24, could only hack one night sleeping on the streets before jumping in a cab to a warm bed.
  
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• New York City Ballet’s Spring Season Runs the Gamut - Observer

  15-05-2019 15:02
  New York City Ballet’s Spring Season Runs the Gamut  ObserverA review of of City Ballet's 2019 spring season that swings between inspiring and unfortunate, plus 'High Button Shoes' and Mark Morris' 'Pepperland.'
  
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• 'I See You': Poetry, Dance Help Young Texas Detainees Overcome Trauma - Crime Report

  15-05-2019 14:10
  'I See You': Poetry, Dance Help Young Texas Detainees Overcome Trauma  Crime ReportFluorescent lights beam down upon a group of 12 girls. They stand in a circle inside the gray walls of the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center. Their eyes ...
  
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• How the Chemical Brothers turned answering-machine poetry into dance-floor epics - Los Angeles Times

  15-05-2019 14:00
  How the Chemical Brothers turned answering-machine poetry into dance-floor epics  Los Angeles TimesThe first sample that the Chemical Brothers locked down when building their new record, “No Geography,” made its way into the present from the far end of a ...
  
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• Rambert: McGregor / Motin / Shechter review – an adrenaline rush

  15-05-2019 12:47
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  Christine and the Queens’ choreographer Marion Motin delivers a pounding debut, alongside early work by Wayne McGregor and Hofesh ShechterFrench hip-hop choreographer Marion Motin is best known for making videos for Christine and the Queens and Dua Lipa, and has now created her first work for a contemporary company. It’s a statement of intent from Rambert’s new artistic director, Benoit Swan Pouffer. Rambert might be Britain’s oldest dance com
  
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• Backstage Royal Ballet photographs by Mary McCartney to go on show at Somerset House - Evening Standard

  15-05-2019 12:47
  Backstage Royal Ballet photographs by Mary McCartney to go on show at Somerset House  Evening StandardPreviously unseen pictures from behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet are going on show as part of this year's Photo London. The images, taken by ...
  
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• Jasmine Powell Explores the Vulnerability of Black Womanhood in Dance and Poetry - INDY Week

  15-05-2019 12:39
  Jasmine Powell Explores the Vulnerability of Black Womanhood in Dance and Poetry  INDY Week"Approximation of a Woman" unites Powell with dancers Jaylun Moore, Keisha Wall, and Kristin Taylor Duncan, in solos inspired by the late Tiffany Austin's ...
  
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• Ballet Shoes To Match My Skin - Bloomberg

  15-05-2019 12:24
  Ballet Shoes To Match My Skin  BloombergBlack ballerinas finally get shoes to match their skin tone thanks to a recent collaboration with @FreedofLondon (Source: TicToc)
  
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• VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, and Laura Benanti Sing and Dance to 'Razzle Dazzle' from CHICAGO - Broadway World

  15-05-2019 12:04
  VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, and Laura Benanti Sing and Dance to 'Razzle Dazzle' from CHICAGO  Broadway WorldDuring the airing of this week's Fosse/Verdon episode, Lin-Manuel Miranda was joined by Jonathan Groff and Laura Benanti, for his weekly watch party.
  
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• All That Dance in ‘All That Jazz’ - Film School Rejects

  15-05-2019 12:01
  All That Dance in ‘All That Jazz’  Film School RejectsThe star of this musical wasn't the music at all— it was the dance.
  
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• Review: Ballet Wichita takes a big step in the right direction - Wichita Eagle

  15-05-2019 12:00
  Review: Ballet Wichita takes a big step in the right direction  Wichita EagleBallet Wichita hosted a one-night-only dinner-theater dance performance last week at Roxy's Downtown called “Runway Pursuit.” Created by Alex Ossadnik, ...
  
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• Ballet Idaho leaps into action for local school - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

  15-05-2019 12:00
  Ballet Idaho leaps into action for local school  Idaho Mountain Express and GuideRounding out another successful year of dance education, the Sun Valley Ballet School has scheduled two performances at the Argyros Performing Arts Center ...
  
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• Kathleen Breen Combes To Retire From Boston Ballet To Become Festival Ballet Providence Executive Director • DanceLand - DanceLand

  15-05-2019 11:11
  Kathleen Breen Combes To Retire From Boston Ballet To Become Festival Ballet Providence Executive Director • DanceLand  DanceLandKathleen Breen Combes retires from active performance with Boston Ballet to become Executive Director of Festival Ballet Providence.
  
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• OTA's 'Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks' is cast, in rehearsal - Sequim Gazette

  15-05-2019 10:30
  OTA's 'Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks' is cast, in rehearsal  Sequim GazetteScheduled to run in March but postponed by the peninsula's “Snowmageddon,” Olympic Theatre Arts' production of “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks” is now ...
  
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• 29 classes in 30 days: I challenged myself to do cardio dance for a month - GMA

  15-05-2019 10:17
  29 classes in 30 days: I challenged myself to do cardio dance for a month  GMAAt the beginning of April, I took on the challenge to stick to one workout for an entire month to see how it may change my fitness and my perspective.
  
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• Hi Desert Dance presents DANCIN - News - Ridgecrest Daily Independent

  15-05-2019 10:00
  Hi Desert Dance presents DANCIN - News  Ridgecrest Daily IndependentHi Desert Dance presents DANCIN at the United Methodist Church Social Hall (639 N. Norma Street) on Saturday, May 18, at 4 p.m. Admission is free. Pictured ...
  
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• West Hawai'i Dance Theatre Presents the Comedic Ballet “Coppélia” - HONOLULU Magazine

  15-05-2019 09:58
  West Hawai'i Dance Theatre Presents the Comedic Ballet “Coppélia”  HONOLULU MagazineWest Hawai'i Dance Theatre and Academy proudly presents the comedic ballet “Coppélia” at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea on Saturday, May 18.
  
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• Rambert Ballet review – Exuberant triple bill shimmers and crackles - Evening Standard

  15-05-2019 09:45
  Rambert Ballet review – Exuberant triple bill shimmers and crackles  Evening StandardTwo revivals plus a new piece by a rising star: Rambert's latest triple bill, its first since Benoit Swan Pouffer's appointment as permanent director, is as much a ...
  
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• Peninsula School of Performing Arts Presents the Ballet Don Quixote - The Beach Reporter

  15-05-2019 09:29
  Peninsula School of Performing Arts Presents the Ballet Don Quixote  The Beach ReporterDon Quixote is a ballet in three acts, based on episodes taken from the famous novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes. First created in 1869 with ...
  
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• For Gayathri Vijayalakshmi, it’s never too old to dance - The Hindu

  15-05-2019 08:51
  For Gayathri Vijayalakshmi, it’s never too old to dance  The HinduAge has not come in the way of the dancer's passion for Bharatanatyam. She performs in Thiruvananthapuram on May 19.
  
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• About pirates and beautiful slave women: Le Corsaire ballet premiere at Nuriyev Festival - Realnoe vremya

  15-05-2019 08:02
  About pirates and beautiful slave women: Le Corsaire ballet premiere at Nuriyev Festival  Realnoe vremyaThe 32nd Rudolf Nuriyev International Classical Ballet Festival opened in Kazan in the M. Jalil Tatarstan Academy State Opera and Ballet Theatre on 13 May.
  
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• Peacocks to partner on the dance floor | News - Journal Review

  15-05-2019 07:00
  Peacocks to partner on the dance floor | News  Journal ReviewThe Youth *Service* Bureau will present Dancing With the Montgomery County Stars on Saturday at Knowling Fieldhouse on the Wabash College campus. In the ...
  
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• Covenant Cafe to make wind chimes, learn to line dance | News, Sports, Jobs - Lock Haven Express

  15-05-2019 06:19
  Covenant Cafe to make wind chimes, learn to line dance | News, Sports, Jobs  Lock Haven ExpressLOCK HAVEN —The Covenant Cafe, an early stage Alzheimer's activity group, will meet on Tuesday, May 21, from 1-3 p.m. to make wind chimes or mobiles ...
  
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• Chattanooga Ballet presents 'Le Papillon' at Chattanooga Theatre Centre - Chattanooga Times Free Press

  15-05-2019 06:01
  Chattanooga Ballet presents 'Le Papillon' at Chattanooga Theatre Centre  Chattanooga Times Free PressAs the finale of its 46th year as a performing company, Chattanooga Ballet will present "Le Papillon" (The Butterfly) along with creative new works by guest ...
  
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• FJK DANCE Returns With BLACK BOX Culture And Dance Repertoire Series - Broadway World

  15-05-2019 05:40
  FJK DANCE Returns With BLACK BOX Culture And Dance Repertoire Series  Broadway WorldFadi J. Khoury's FJK Dance will return for the second performance of their Black Box Fusion of Culture and Dance repertoire series on Friday, May 31 at John ...
  
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• Trailer Thief Leaves Des Moines Dance Studio’s Biggest Performance in Jeopardy - WHO TV Des Moines

  15-05-2019 04:48
  Trailer Thief Leaves Des Moines Dance Studio’s Biggest Performance in Jeopardy  WHO TV Des MoinesDES MOINES, Iowa -- A group of dancers have been counting on the big stage. "It's huge. It is the biggest one we have to celebrate a big anniversary," said ...
  
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• Google and Legendary Dancer Bill T. Jones Create Interactive Dance Experience for Anyone - Black Enterprise

  15-05-2019 04:05
  Google and Legendary Dancer Bill T. Jones Create Interactive Dance Experience for Anyone  Black EnterpriseBill T. Jones and Google Creative Lab have collaborated to launch Body, Movement, Language, a collection of AI and art experiments.
  
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• Nutmeg Nuggets: ‘Dance Jubilee’ set for Warner’s main stage - Torrington Register Citizen

  15-05-2019 03:58
  Nutmeg Nuggets: ‘Dance Jubilee’ set for Warner’s main stage  Torrington Register CitizenTORRINGTON - “Dance, ballerina, dance!” That is what dozens of ballerinas and danseurs will be doing May 16, 17 and 18 on the main stage of the Warner ...
  
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• SNAPSHOTS FROM BESTIVAL 2019: encore's inaugural event celebrated dance, comedy, music, arts, beer, 200 Best Of winners and community - encore Online

  15-05-2019 03:22
  SNAPSHOTS FROM BESTIVAL 2019: encore's inaugural event celebrated dance, comedy, music, arts, beer, 200 Best Of winners and community  encore OnlineWaterline Brewing Company was packed on Saturday for Bestival 2019, celebrating encore's Best Of and the community at large! See the winners list and check ...
  
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• Peter Stathas Dance Presents LEAVING AND COMING BACK - Broadway World

  15-05-2019 03:17
  Peter Stathas Dance Presents LEAVING AND COMING BACK  Broadway WorldPeter Stathas Dance presents Leaving and Coming Back fromThursday-Saturday, June 20-22, 2019 at 8pm at Danspace Project, located inside St. Mark's ...
  
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• Sires Does a New Beginnings Endzone Dance in WNY; as Rodriguez Exults - InsiderNJ

  15-05-2019 03:13
  Sires Does a New Beginnings Endzone Dance in WNY; as Rodriguez Exults  InsiderNJA new beginning indeed! As the crowd jammed in, around and outside the New Beginnings headquarters on Bergenline Avenue, Congressman Albio Sires ...
  
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• Coastal City Ballet aims for precision and emotion in Swan Lake - Vancouver Sun

  15-05-2019 03:01
  Coastal City Ballet aims for precision and emotion in Swan Lake  Vancouver SunLocal company Coastal City Ballet presents Irene Schneider's modern take on Swan Lake.
  
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• It's a Friday Night Dance Night - Hillsboro Times Gazette

  15-05-2019 01:50
  It's a Friday Night Dance Night  Hillsboro Times GazetteA new event is coming to the Highland County Senior Citizens Center and Executive Director Mechell Frost said it could become more regular, depending on ho.
  
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• "The Gala Evening of Asia Ballet" held in Beijing - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua

  15-05-2019 01:44
  "The Gala Evening of Asia Ballet" held in Beijing - Xinhua | English.news.cn  XinhuaDancers from a ballet company of the Republic of Korea perform during the "The Gala Evening of Asia Ballet", an opening performance of the Asian Cultural ...
  
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