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  • June 2008

    • YouTube Lets Ballerinas DIY

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 3, 08 2:44 CDT

      YouTube Lets Ballerinas DIY

      (Newser) - Formal ballet is one of the most rigid education systems in art—dancers spend years doing exercises before they are even allowed to purchase pointe shoes. But some students are abandoning the hierarchy and turning to a less-stringent, modern master—YouTube. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at aspiring ballerinas who record their home practices and critique each other’s videos online. More »

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      YouTube  • dance  • teacher  • ballet  • American Ballet Theatre

  • March 2008

    • Donkey Retires From Ballet

      Reuters  |  Mar 24, 08 5:54 CDT

      Donkey Retires From Ballet

      (Newser) - A veteran Russian artiste is headed for retirement today: Monika, a 21-year-old female donkey. She has performed for 19 years as the trusty steed of Sancho Panza in the Mariinsky ballet's production of Don Quixote. "She loves to perform and she loves applause," said Tatyana Solomatina of the St. Petersburg zoo, where Monika lives between performances. More »

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      Russia  • animal  • St. Petersburg  • ballet

  • December 2007

    • Choreographer Kidd Dies at 92

      New York Times  |  Dec 25, 07 6:20 CST

      Choreographer Kidd Dies at 92

      (Newser) - Choreographer Michael Kidd, creator of some of the most enduring dance steps on Broadway and in Hollywood, has died of cancer at age 92, the New York Times reports. Kidd, who won five Tonys and an honorary Oscar, is best known for his choreography in the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and in the musicals Finian's Rainbow , Guys and Dolls, and Destry Rides Again .  More »

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      obituary  • Hollywood  • death  • Broadway  • dance  • musical  • ballet

  • September 2007

    • KGB Doggedly Stalked Nureyev

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 19, 07 8:47 CDT

      KGB Doggedly Stalked Nureyev

      (Newser) - He was never interested in politics, but Rudolf Nureyev was a KGB scourge for decades after his 1961 defection. The famed ballet dancer’s colleagues were glad to see him go—‘Rudik’ was a prima donna to management and competition for fellow performers—but the state was incensed, the Telegraph reports, excising him from history books and plotting to break his legs. More »

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      Russia  • KGB  • USSR  • ballet  • defection

  • June 2007

    • Ballerinas Dance Into History

      Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 07 3:16 CDT

      Ballerinas Dance Into History

      (Newser) - Two of the dance world's biggest names took their leave this weekend as Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols sashayed into retirement in touchingly similar fashion—onstage with their young children in a hail of cheers and flowers. Nichols, 48, bowed out after 33 years with New York City Ballet; Ferri, 44, had been with American Ballet Theatre since 1985. More »

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      dance  • Milan  • ballet  • American Ballet Theatre  • New York City Ballet  • La Scala

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