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The Viral Dance Video That Makes You Happy
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:56:49 -0800
The hottest thing on YouTube at the moment may be a relatively simple video of a guy dancing, "a big, doughy-looking fellow in shorts and hiking boots performing an arm-swinging, knee-pumping step that could charitably be called goofy... However you interpret it, you can't watch "Dancing" for very long without feeling a little happier."...
Another Leadership Change At Washington Ballet
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:40:19 -0800
"The Washington Ballet announced yesterday that it has hired Orlando Ballet Executive Director Russell P. Allen as its new chief administrator... Allen will be the ballet's fourth top administrator since Artistic Director Septime Webre arrived in 1999."...
London's Week Of Dance Records
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:01:59 -0800
"Over the coming week more of the city's dancers are being called on to generate yet more press by participating in the record-breaking activities dominating the festival. For example: performing the biggest ever Bollywood dance; executing the largest number of football freestyle tricks in one minute; amassing the largest number of couples jiving simultaneously; getting more than 191 ballet dancers balancing on pointe for one minute, and achieving the largest number of streetdance moves in a minute."...
A Chinese Choreographer Goes Home
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:54:48 -0800
"Thirteen years ago Shen Wei was a dancer, a choreographer and the founder of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company, the first of its kind in China. He was a rising star in his nation but craved to know more about Western dance than he could learn there. His movements combine Eastern and Western ideas, drawing from Chinese opera, martial arts, Abstract Expressionism and Western Modernism."...
Large Dance Fests Rethink And Diversify
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:54:02 -0800
"Organisers of similar large-scale dance parties this summer will be nervously watching the skies. Yet there's also a feeling that dance promoters are facing other, less elemental pressures. Creamfields, due to celebrate its 10th anniversary this August, is hoping to attract over 40,000 visitors with 'the most diverse line-up ever seen at a UK dance festival'."...
Dance Show Tops Network TV Ratings
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:52:09 -0800
Two hours of "So You Think You Can Dance" made Fox the top-rated network on Wednesday night, as 8.7 million viewers tuned in to the dancing competition from 8 to 10, according to Nielsen's estimates....

 

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Anna Grabka-Szpilman - Personal page of the principal soloist of The Hamburg Ballet
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Bubenicek Otto and Jiri - Principal dancers of The Hamburg Ballet. Photo gallery, modeling shots, videos.

Christopher Espinosa - Resume, biography and photo gallery.

404 Dance With Michelle - Ballet home page hosted by Michelle Di Troia, graduate of the NYC School of Performing Arts.

Deal, Philip - Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Ballet instructor with classes in ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, hip hop, and tap. Also undertakes choreography work. Site includes biography, pictures, information about the teaching center classes and instructors and information about the Philip Deal Dance Project.
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JP's Ballet Pages - Resume of Janet Parke Preslar, ballet teacher and choreographer; choreography catalog, beginner's guide to pointe shoes.

Kaori Nakamura and Olivier Wevers, dancers with Pacific Northwest ballet - Professional dancers profiles, photographs, reviews, performance schedule, repertoire.
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Lauren's Ltd. Editions - Former principal ballerina Lauren Wright now designs jewelry. View her designs and learn about her ballet career.
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Leonard Ajkun - Albanian principal dancer's homepage includes biography and pictures.

Olimjon Beknazarov - Dancer and choreographer from The Netherlands.

Rasta Thomas - Official Site: news, schedule, photos, resume, biography.

500 Sokolow, Anna - A series of original articles and links. Includes personal experiences of the author with the dancer.
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Veronica Paeper - Classical ballet choreographer in South Africa.
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Wevers, Olivier - Principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet. Includes profile, repertoire, photographs, schedule and contact information.
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Wiebe Moeys - Classical ballet teacher, choreographer, instructor.
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