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News Articles: Dance

Aparna (from left), Ranee and Ashwini Ramaswamy.

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  • Arts & Life

How a mother and her daughters created an innovative Indian dance company

Ragamala Dance Company is the life work of Ranee Ramaswamy — and now her adult daughters, Aparna and Ashwini. Creative work can be lonely, Aparna says, and having "built-in companions" is a gift.

May 14, 2023
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  • Marianne Combs
Käärijä, representing Finland, rehearses for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.

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  • Television

Where the stage is littered with glitter: The top 10 acts of Eurovision 2023

For the first time ever, viewers in the U.S. can vote for their favorite act in the lavish international spectacle that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Our critic shares his top 10 songs.

May 11, 2023
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  • Glen Weldon
The Hardwood Classics perform at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif.

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  • Sports

Meet the NBA dancers strutting into their Golden years

At halftime for the Golden State Warriors, a dance crew for performers age 55 and older hits the hardwood and steals the show.

May 10, 2023
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  • Taylor Haney
Len Goodman attends a "Dancing with the Stars" event in November 2019 in Los Angeles. He died on Saturday, less than a year after retiring from the show.

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  • Obituaries

Ballroom dancer and longtime 'Dancing With The Stars' judge Len Goodman dies at 78

Goodman rose to fame in his 60s as a judge on Dancing with the Stars and Britain's Strictly Come Dancing. He's being remembered for his wit, integrity and distinctive feedback.

April 24, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Thomas Bangalter, half of the former Daft Punk duo, composed the score for the ballet Mythologies, choreographed by fellow Frenchman Angelin Preljocaj.

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  • Music

From Daft Punk to ballet: Thomas Bangalter makes full swing to classical

Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.

April 07, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton and
  • Barry Gordemer
A ballet dancer warms up before an open rehearsal at the Audi automobile factory in Gyor, Hungary, on Thursday. The Ballet Company of Gyor is rehearsing at the factory after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.

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  • Europe

An energy crunch forces a Hungarian ballet company to move to a car factory

The Ballet Company of Gyor began rehearsing at a local Audi factory last month after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.

February 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Iryna Zhalovska and other dancers with The United Ukrainian Ballet train at The Kennedy Center. The company is performing <em>Giselle</em> there this week.

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  • Dance

60 dancers who fled the war now take the stage — as The United Ukrainian Ballet

The company, based in The Hague, is currently in Washington, D.C., performing Giselle at The Kennedy Center. The Ukrainian Ambassador says the ballet corps is like a secret weapon.

February 02, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman plays in 2019. Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that propulsive swing feel.

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  • Science

What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery

For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The secret may lie in subtle nuances in a soloist's timing.

January 21, 2023
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  • Maria Godoy
Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in the film <em>The Menu</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Menu, dancer Kim Hale, "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet, Drink Masters and more.

December 30, 2022
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  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more

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  • Book Reviews

2022 was a big year for dance books: Here are 5 to check out

These books shed light on some of dance's most iconic figures and provide a glimpse into the state of ballet culture today — and the direction it's heading next year and for years to come.

December 24, 2022
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  • Sophie Bress
Misty Copeland has been a principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre since 2015. She took a break from performing due to COVID-19 and the birth of her son in spring 2022, but she hopes to be back on stage in 2023.

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  • Dance

'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet

For years Copeland was told that her skin color, her body and her hair didn't conform to what ballerinas were supposed to look like. Her memoir is The Wind at My Back.

November 14, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Columbus resident Morgan Harrell (center) is a dancer in the movie “A Jazzman’s Blues” on Netflix. The film is written and directed by Tyler Perry (left) and choreographed by Debbie Allen (right).

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  • Arts & Life

Columbus resident believes faith and God helped her land role in Tyler Perry’s new movie

Columbus resident Morgan Harrell believes faith and divine intervention helped her land this role three years after being so severely injured, it was unclear whether she would dance again.

September 26, 2022
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  • Mark Rice
Oleksandr Shapoval volunteered to fight after the Russia invasion. The National Opera of Ukraine says he was killed on the battlefield.

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  • Arts & Life

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

September 14, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Dance

COMIC: Finding my voice through dance

For Camille A. Brown, choreography unlocked a new way to understand her power as a dancer, and to celebrate her creative identity.

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • LA Johnson and
  • Breena Nunez
Ballethnic Dance Company dancers perform as part of their 2020 production the Urban Nutcracker.

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  • Arts & Life

Ballethnic Dance Company recognized as a Southern Cultural Treasure

Ballethnic Dance Company started in Atlanta 32 years ago as the first professional ballet company founded for Black dancers in the South. Now, as it winds down its summer programming, the company's looking towards the fall season and expansion.

July 22, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
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