Articles filed under Dance
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Barrington's White House virtual programs kick off with 'Spoon River Anthology'Nov 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Barrington's White House virtual programs kick off with 'Spoon River Anthology' Nov. 8
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Hubbard Street Dance's virtual 'Tale of Two' premiere explores cultural dichotomiesOct 22, 2020 7:30 am - Growing up in Chicago, choreographer/dancer Rena Butler recalled hearing loud bangs and quick pop-pop-pops. They sounded like fireworks. They weren't, not every time. ...
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Q&A: Misty Copeland looks to her youth in new children's book, 'Bunheads'Oct 04, 2020 7:29 am - NEW YORK - Misty Copeland has long told the story of the childhood ballet teacher who recognized her talent and took the young dancer, then 13, from the cramped motel ro...
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Joffrey Ballet cancels entire 2020-21 season because of pandemicOct 01, 2020 1:00 am - The Joffrey Ballet has canceled the rest of its 2020-21 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. This 25th anniversary season marking the Joffrey's move from New York to...
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Constable: 10-year-old dances through pandemic, and two heart transplantsSep 05, 2020 1:00 am - YouTube #8220;It's a break from the outside world. I dance by myself every day,#8221; Olivia says, adding that she doesn't even need music to dance her heart out. She di...
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'¡Ya es el Tiempo - Now is the Time' as ECC celebrates Latinx Heritage MonthSep 02, 2020 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College's Latinx Heritage Month will be held virtually this year, with events built around the 2020 theme "¡Ya es el Tiempo!" ("Now is the Time"). The c...
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Dancers make dreams come true for Make-A-Wish recipientsAug 30, 2020 11:00 pm - Two young dancers from the Chicago Ballet Conservatory, housed at Synergy Dance Academy in Bloomingdale, are collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to give the gi...
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Empty studios and stages: Arts education in the covid-19 era requires an even greater leap of faithAug 23, 2020 7:27 am - Louis Sokolow, a 21-year-old rising senior at Yale, loves choral singing so much that he scrapped plans to major in chemistry and switched to music. But when he learned ...
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Bartlett's Arts Festival replaced by outdoor concertsAug 09, 2020 11:00 pm - When it became apparent that the Arts Festival produced by Arts in Bartlett for the past 18 years was not going to happen under current state COVID-19 restrictions, Arts...
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What NBC's 'World of Dance' gets right about danceJul 23, 2020 6:00 am - After watching the impeccable tutting routine by a group called Geometrie Variable, Ne-Yo had one question for his fellow judges on NBC's "World of Dance." "Did you catc...