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2 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

Down Home's Homeless in Homeland Comes to Brighton Fringe 2013, May 27-29

Down Home and Saria Idana have announced that Homeless in Homeland will have its UK/International premiere at Brighton Fringe, in Brighton, UK with 3 shows May 27th, 28th, and 29th, 2013.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Israel, World News, Middle East

6 hrs ago | The Village Voice

Summer Guide: Dance

Yanira Castro's 2009 Bessie-winning Dark Horse/Black Forest involved fraught duets in a lobby restroom at the Gershwin Hotel.

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Related Topix: Arts, Classical, Gershwin, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Long-Island-City, NY, East Village (New York, NY), Attica, NY

7 hrs ago | Driffield Today

Pupils dance their way back in time

Youngsters at Garton-on-the-Wolds Primary School are ready to travel back in time for their performance at a vintage fair.

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Related Topix: Arts

8 hrs ago | Londonist

Dance Review: Sylvie Guillem, 6,000 Miles Away @ Sadler's Wells

Famed for her long, limber legs, flaming auburn hair and uncompromising standards of excellence, Sylvie Guillem is the closest thing the dance world has to a rock star.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet

12 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Dear DWTS producers: Why can't you support National Dance Week?

May marks the beginning of free dance events, beginning with Downtown Dance at the Los Angeles Music Center.

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Related Topix: Arts, So You Think You Can Dance, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Dance, Scandinavia

12 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Director seasons play with Bollywood flair

VIBRANT: A new work by Verne Munusamy, Consenting Silence, opens this week. Among the cast of 14 are Prenasha Govindasamy, left, and Sashin Kandhai.

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Related Topix: Bollywood, Arts

12 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Dazzling, unique 'choreopoem'

KNOWN for breaking ground in many areas of contemporary dance, Durban's Flatfoot Dance Company uses the words of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote in its latest production, dubbed a "uniquely visioned choreopoem", History is a Home Address.

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Related Topix: Arts, World News, South Africa, Poetry

14 hrs ago | The Otago Daily Times

Sophisticated dazzler

Nicole McLean, of Arrowtown, co-stars as Velma Kelly in the Showbiz Queenstown production of Chicago, being staged in the Queenstown Memorial Centre until May 25.

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Related Topix: Theater, Chicago, Arts

18 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

Shanghai Ballet to Make Uk Debut with Jane Eyre, Aug 14-18

Shanghai Ballet Company is to make its highly anticipated UK debut in August at the London Coliseum with performances of JANE EYRE, an original, innovative ballet production based on Charlotte Bront's famous novel.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Jane Eyre, Drama Movies, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Theater

Mon May 20, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

National Tap Dance Celebration 2013 Set for Music Hall at Fair Park, Now thru 5/25

The Dance Council of North Texas presents its National Tap Dance Celebration 2013, today, May 21 - 25, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. at Music Hall, Fair Park, 909 1st Ave., Dallas, Texas.

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Related Topix: Arts, Texas, Dallas, TX, Theater

Examiner.com

'The Choreographer's Canvas': A diverse NY dance showcase entertains

Supporters and fans of " The Choreographer's Canvas " gathered at the Manhattan Movement Arts Center, May 18, to enjoy an evening of eclectic dance performances.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Bollywood

Patch.com

Special Guest Instructors Coming to Dancenter North

Ballet and jazz students will have the unique opportunity to get inspired by dance masters with Dancenter North's unique classes next month.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Chicago, IL

Daily Mail

Richard Kay: Its great to be British at last, says Flatley

Irish-American is 'over the moon' Michael Flatley after learning that he has been successful in applying for British citizenship after years of trying More than a billion fans have seen twinkle-toed dance star Michael Flatley perform around the world, but that wasn't enough for him to get last-minute tickets for today's Chelsea Flower Show.

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Related Topix: Folk, Michael Flatley, Arts, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England

Lowell Sun

'Dancing With The Stars': Zendaya Coleman has title within grasp

"Dancing with the Stars' hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet announce Zendaya Colemand as a celebrity during 'Good Morning America' on February 26, 2013.

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Related Topix: Zendaya Coleman, Reality TV, Entertainment, Dancing With the Stars, Television, Shake It Up!, Good Morning America, Arts

Sun May 19, 2013

Fairfax Times

Fairfax students get rare opportunity to dance classics

Fairfax Academy dance students Katie Davidson, Anna Marie Tiss, Rachel Fallavollita and Alisha Dwivedi practice for a performance of “3 Epitaphs,” a modern dance by legendary choreographer Paul Taylor.

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Related Topix: Arts, Modern Dance

SF Sentinel

Joe Goode Performance Group Presents Behind the Scenes of Hush

Joe Goode Performance Group presents Behind the Scenes of Hush, a weekend of intimate work-in-progress showings and discussion from choreographer Joe Goode's newest project, Hush, set to premiere at Z Space in the fall of this year.

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Related Topix: Arts

Newkerala.com

Thought of dancing in front of Madhuri makes Lauren nervous

Mumbai, May 19 : Ace dancer and actress Lauren Gottlieb, winner of third season of "So You Can Think You Can Dance", is jittery about performing in front of Bollywood dancing diva Madhuri Dixit on "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6". Madhuri is co-judging the show with filmmaker Karan Johar and choreographer-director Remo Fernandes.

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Related Topix: Madhuri Dixit, Arts, Bollywood, Cinema

Milford Mercury

Unison in line for streetdance championships

The stage is set for a Milford Haven dance group, which qualified for the streetdance world championships in Denmark this autumn.

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Related Topix: Arts, World News, United Kingdom, Pembrokeshire County, Wales, Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales,

The Miami Herald

In ballet, females dominate stage while males direct leadership

Legendary choreographer George Balanchine once said, "ballet is woman," and that seems to be the case, considering the scarcity of boys aspiring to become ballet dancers compared to the legions of girls.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom

Salt Lake Tribune

Ballet West's Innovations 2013 opens up new possibilities in dance

Easton Smith constructed an elegant on-stage world through music, costumes and lighting to explore the limits of partnering in "Mechanism." Christopher Anderson's "Behind Closed Doors" investigated choreographic options by way of dancers' sizes and impulses.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet