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McCarthy wins $50,000 National Hunt Cup aboard Ballet Boy

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:05:27 +0000

As he turned for home Saturday aboard Ballet Boy in the National Hunt Cup, the featured steeplechase event of the Radnor Hunt Races, jockey Willy McCarthy realized he had seen this scenario before.

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Carolina Ballet scores with Beethoven, not with ‘Beauty and Beast’

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:56:01 +0000

Carolina Ballet artistic director Robert Weiss thinks big, especially with music not originally written for ballet. His latest work, set to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, is a worthy addition to Weiss’ similarly inspired creations.

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Ballet's dance of celebration

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

EIGHT Australian dance companies will perform vignettes from their best shows for the Australian Ballet's 50th anniversary.

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'First Position': Young ballet dancers chase their dreams in competition

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:17:33 +0000

Former child ballet dancer Bess Kargman brings a dancer's passion and insight to her directing debut, illuminating the addictive magic and fierce demands of a ballet dancer's life.

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In 'First Position,' Ballet Behind the Curtain

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:39:07 +0000

Watch Video In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer's career. In "First Position," director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ages of 10 and 17 as they prepare for and compete in the annual New York City event. Kargman and her team were granted exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the 2010 YAGP, a competition that awards ...

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Sierra Golf: Kinsinger is turning ballet into birdies

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:45:49 +0000

Matt Kinsinger ballet: Galena grad and former UNLV golfer Matt Kinsinger practices ballet under the guidence of ballet master Jonathon Levy at Levy's ballet studio at Wildflower Village in Reno on May 15, 2012.

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Utah Regional Ballet group performs unique take on ‘Swan Lake’

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:05:10 +0000

One young girl's dream of becoming a ballerina comes true in Utah Regional Ballet's "Once Upon a Time: Swan Lake," being performed at the SCERA Center for the Arts tonight through Saturday.

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Bay Ridge high school gets ballet program thanks to hair salon chat between client and owner

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:50:33 +0000

A plan to turn a Bay Ridge high school into Brooklyn’s ballet mecca was sparked by a single conversation at a Brooklyn Heights hair salon.

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Houston Ballet to revive ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for Wortham’s 25th anniversary

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:44:26 +0000

Houston Ballet will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wortham Theater Center with a revival of the production that inaugurated the facility. Houston Ballet will revive its lavish production of Romeo a

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Boston Ballet struts Robbins, Lander, and Martins

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:04:18 +0000

Free and fancy It's almost enough to make you nostalgic for World War II. FANCY FREE The youthful adventure of Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein still resonates in this 1944 work. It's almost enough to make you nostalgic for World War II. Jerome Robbins's 1944 Fancy Free , in which three sailors enjoy a hot summer night ashore, is a ballet about young men feeling their oats, enlivened by ...