Ballerina

Zoe Saldana Explains Why She Was 'Dying Inside' As A Teenager

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Quit, Video, Cultura, Ballerina, Cosmopolitan for Latinas, Zoe Saldana, Teen Ballerina, Slidepollajax, Center Stage, Star Trek, Latino Voices News

She may have played a tough-as-nails ballerina in her first big movie “Center Stage” (2000), but in the premiere issue of “Cosmopolitan for Lati...

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The Heartwarming Story Of A Man And His Tutu

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Ballerina, Women's Health, Funny Photography, Slidepollajax, Bob Carey Tutu, The Tutu Project, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Charity, Bob Carey, Breast Cancer Awareness, Arts News

You don't often see a man walking around a field of cows wearing a pink tutu. Needless to say, we were intrigued by Bob Carey and the shirtless photos...

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'Biggest Loser' Trainer Switch Leads To Dolvett In Tights

Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Reality TV, Tights, Ballerina, The Biggest Loser, Ballet, Tv Replay, Nbc, Dolvett Quince, TV News

The theme for this week on "The Biggest Loser" was all about stepping out of one's comfort zone. So in order to help the contestants do just that, Ali...

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Behind the Scenes of Ballet With Nancy Osbaldeston (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Ballet, Nancy Osbaldeston, Dance, The English National Ballet, Performer, Ballerina, Emerging Dancer Competition, London, Video, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Behind the beauty of ballet's facade lies a life of rigour and repetition. A dancer's task is to convey grace and effortlessness while behind the scen...

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What's So Funny About A Guy In A Tutu?

Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Trockadero, Dying Swan, Video, Ballerina, Trocks, Experimental Ballet, All-Male-Dance-Troupe, Men in Tutus, Dance, Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo, Drag, Femininity, Robert Carter, Arts News

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a dance troupe of all male ballerinas (aka mallerinas) who poke fun at the stuffy traditions of ballet and ad...

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Nutcracker Rehearsals Usher in the Holidays

Katita Waldo | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Holiday Season, Ballerina, Christmas Season, Chris Wheeldon, Christmas, The Nutcracker, Ballet, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Ballet, Sf Ballet, San Francisco News
Katita Waldo

The average person will cringe at the sight of Christmas merchandise hitting the shelves and complain about the early onset of the season. For us it has been going on a while now. Yes, before Halloween, Nutcracker gets started.

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Aloft: The New Dance Project (PHOTOS)

Chris Peddecord | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Photos, Dance Photography, Ballet Photography, Dancer, Ballerina, Ballerinas, Ballet, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Dancers, Dance, Arts News
Chris Peddecord

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Astoria Characters: The Indelible Artiste

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Astoria, Milan, Andreana Verona, Ducati, Egret, Medieval Crusader, Saraswati, Labret, Chrysler, Ballerina, Supernova Tattoo, Flesh Tunnel, Aids, Austria, Spain, New York News, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

The owner of Supernova Tattoo, Andreana Verona has been a tattoo artist for nearly two decades. She's inked everything imaginable.

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CultureZohn Presents First Person: Ashley Bouder, New York City Ballet Principal Dancer

Ashley Bouder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lauren Lovette, Concerto Barocco, Ballerina, School of American Ballet, Peter Martins, New York City Ballet, Arts News
Ashley Bouder

2010-11-23-midair.jpgSlip, fall, forget choreography, it's all part of live ballet. You move on, forget, and trust it will be better. Then later, you have a good laugh.

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Glamorous Ballerina Was Nazi Party's Secret Weapon, UK Files Show

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: mi5, Britain Spy Agency, Maria Ley, Communist Agent, German Secret Agent, Ballerina, Siemens, Nazi Party, Marina Lee, World News

LONDON (AP) -- She was thought to be one of Germany's prized secret agents, described as beautiful and languid and capable of infiltrating an enemy ca...

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DANCE: American Ballet Theatre Performs In Cuba For First Time In 50 years

Yahoo! News | Wed Aug 18, 2:36pm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Ballet Theater, Ballerina, Dance Troupe, Cuban Embargo, Ballet Troupe, International Ballet Festival, Alicia Alonso, Ballet, Dance, United States, Festival, Cuba, Arts News

NEW YORK (AFP) -- American Ballet Theater, one of the leading US classical dance companies, will perform in Havana, Cuba this year for the first time ...

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BALLET: The Red Shoes, Legendary On Stage And On Film

artforum.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emeric Pressburger, Ballerina, Movie Adaptations, Michael Powell, Pointe Shoes, Ballet, Dance, The-Red-Shoes, Film, Artforum, Arts News

A WOMAN'S GLOVED HAND turns the pages of a program, aided by her male companion. The camera assumes their point of view. With this brilliant segue, di...

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Margot Fonteyn

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Margot Fonteyn, Cuba, Ballerina, Margot Fonteyn Panama, Castro, Panama, World News

LONDON — Previously secret papers declassified Friday revealed that British ballerina Margot Fonteyn was heavily involved in plotting a coup to ...

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Raymond Cook: Doctor Kills Ballerina Elena Shapiro In DUI Crash: Police (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elena Bright Shapiro, Second Degree Murder, Crime, Dancer Killed, Dwi, Wake Forest, Elena Shapiro, Dead, Dui, Ballerina Killed, Nc, Charged With Murder, Plastic Surgeon, Drunk Driving, Raymond Cook, Killed, Video, Dancer, Carolina Ballet, Ballerina, Cosmetic Surgeon, Alcohol, Elina Shapiro, Doctor, Drunk Doctor, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Home News

Elena Bright Shapiro was a 20-year-old ballerina with a promising career ahead of her. She died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, when the car she was driving w...

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DVDS: New Miss Marple Doesn't Slay Me and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Agatha Christie, Disney, Love Boat, Miss Marple, Dvds, Animation, Project Runway, Sherlock Holmes, Love-Boat, Heidi Klum, Race to Witch Mountain, Amazon.com, Ballerina, Tigger, Tim Gunn, Sherlock-Holmes-Robert-Downey-Jr, Netflix, The Soloist, Project-Runway-Season-5, Joan Collins, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The Soloist was oscar bair but no one was nibbling. Down on his luck Downey helps talented but homeless Foxx in this TV movie-ready story.

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Is Ballet Dead? Never! New York City Ballet Presents an Enticing Evening of New Work

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: River of Light, Ballet, Rococo Variations, Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Gonzalo Garcia, Mauro Bigonzetti, Maria Kowroski, Benjamin Millepied, Ashley Bouder, Contemporary Ballet, Wendy Whelan, Concerto DSCH, New York City Ballet, Joaquin De Luz, Oltremare, Dancers, Nycb, Ballerina, Dance, Theater Review, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I had a wonderful night at New York City Ballet the other night. The program, titled "Here and Now", focused on some of the company's newest works, and was kind of a celebration of the future, of 21st Century ballet.

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