Tag: dance

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One Billion Rising aims to end violence against women

A number of women and girls around the world have joined a global campaign to end violence against women and girls through dance. Participants are claiming public spaces and using their voices to call for change for the future. ...
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Spanish-turned American Flamenco artist releases album inspired by colors of spring

Lara Bello's new Flamenco album is inspired by an American. But its roots, and its title, are absolutely Spanish. Bello grew up in Granada, surrounded by Flamenco culture. And her new album reflects that culture....
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Bolshoi Ballet director could lose eyesight after acid attack

The art director for the Bolshoi Ballet is being treated by doctors in Moscow after an acid attack outside of his Moscow apartment Thursday night. Some believe the attack is linked to his professional work with the theater, which hasn't been welcomed with open arms....
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N.Y. strip club arguing it deserves same tax exemptions as other dance companies

Is a strip club equivalent to a ballet company? In the eyes of the tax man in New York, the answer is a resounding no. But one strip club in Albany wants that to change and is in the midst of a three-year legal battle to try and get that changed....
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VIDEO: The Passover story, recounted through shadow dance

Passover, the festival honoring the Jewish emancipation from slavery in Egypt, begins Friday night at sundown. The Passover story has been told through numerous mediums, now including silhouette choreography....
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Detroit: Belly dancing hotspot

The Motor City has become an epicenter of scantily clad shimmies, but belly dancing is still controversial....
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'Come Fly Away' with Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp on her Sinatra-inspired musical, how she came to develop her art form, and the legacy she wants to leave behind....
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A dancer's remarkable journey

Yuriko's journey from a WWII Japanese internment camp to the world's stages as lauded dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company....
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