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Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical <em>Chicago</em> in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement.
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Actress, Dancer, Choreographer Ann Reinking Dies At 71

Dec 15, 2020
A mainstay in Broadway musicals, her standout turn as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 1977 earned her widespread praise. She reprised the role in 1996 and won a Tony.
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UNLV College Of Fine Arts Keeps Creativity Alive With YouTube Show

May 11, 2020

Arts are an expression of creativity.

But the coronavirus has forced theaters and galleries to close, limiting opportunities for artists to express themselves.

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Shots - Health News
Although many of the line dances are not cardio intensive, they rely on fancy footwork and moves that count as moderate exercise.
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Soul Line Dancing: Come For The Fitness. Stay For The Friendships

Sep 22, 2019
Research show that when you add a social component to an exercise plan, you're more likely to stick to it. That's especially true of the steps, turns, beats and fun of soul line dancing.
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Polyhedral Art Card
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The Hot Seat

Jun 28, 2018

From World Snake Day to "speakeasy" jazz, there is lots to keep you entertained this July.

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Jeff Kutash
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Entertainment: Crime and Dance

Jun 25, 2018

With his mob-history dance revue, legendary Las Vegas producer Jeff Kutash looks for one more big hit.

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Dance
Linda Celeste Sims and Glenn Allen Sims are two of the longest tenured dancers in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company — one of the best known companies in the country.
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On Stage, In Marriage, These 2 Alvin Ailey Dancers Learned The Steps Together

Feb 11, 2018
Linda Celeste Sims and Glenn Allen Sims met at work — at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Over 15 years of marriage later, they have some advice for balancing it all and sustaining a marriage.
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"The Hillywood Show" -- Still In Las Vegas And Still Going Strong

Jan 16, 2018

In 2010, we talked with a pair of young women in Las Vegas loo

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Momix
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2017 Fall Culture Guide: Theater & Dance

Aug 25, 2017

Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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Taylor Davis
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2017 Fall Culture Guide: Music

Aug 25, 2017

Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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Goldberg
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2017 Fall Culture Guide: Literature and Ideas

Aug 25, 2017

Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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Food Festivals Family
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2017 Fall Culture Guide: Food, Festivals & Family

Aug 25, 2017

Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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Dreaming Trees
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2017 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Arts

Aug 25, 2017

Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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We Will Review Anything
In the During of a Moment, choreographed by Caroline MacDonald, photo by Ginger Griep-Ruiz
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Perfect timing: A Choreographer’s Showcase is all about coming together, thank God

Nov 16, 2016

A Choreographer's Showcase has much to say in a post-Clinton v. Trump world

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Bombitty
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2016 Fall culture calendar: Theater & dance

Aug 30, 2016

Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!

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Willie Dixon
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2016 Fall culture calendar: Music

Aug 30, 2016

Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!

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May
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2016 Fall culture calendar:: Literature and ideas

Aug 30, 2016

Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!

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2016 Fall culture calendar: Food, festivals & family

Aug 30, 2016

Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!

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Cheng
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2016 Fall culture calendar: Visual arts

Aug 26, 2016

Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!

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The Salt
Kyla Paul performs a grand jete in the Farm to Ballet Project.
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At Farm To Ballet, Watch Vermont's Cows And Tomatoes Do Arabesques

Aug 20, 2015
A dance troupe is performing the story of a Vermont farm from spring to fall, told through reinterpretations of classical choreography.
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Great Las Vegas Festival of Beer
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Cultural highlights this month

Mar 26, 2015

It’s 2015 — is love still a battlefield? I mean, it’s been 32 years; you’d think someone would’ve won by now.

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Goats and Soda
A bride and groom dance at a wedding. Of course, all the guests will join in.
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You May Think You Can't Dance But Nepalis Will Make You Try

Feb 03, 2015
Our Peace Corps correspondent discovers that Nepal is a country where everyone dances all the time. And you have no choice but to bust a move.
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What A Feeling! Flashdance In Vegas

Jan 31, 2014

If you remember legwarmers, spandex, and sweatshirts with the collar cut out, there’s a good chance you saw the 1980s movie Flashdance

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Nevada Ballet Meets Cirque

Oct 04, 2013

The sixth annual choreography collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and Nevada Ballet Theater starts this weekend. And it will feature a performance by more than 20 students in the Future Dance program

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Two Juliets Split Role For Nevada Ballet Theatre

May 09, 2013
Nevada Ballet Theatre's version of the Shakespeare classic could be called Romeo and Juliet ..
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Nevada Ballet's 40th Anniversary

May 08, 2012
The Nevada Ballet is celebrated its 40th anniversary, and it's inviting some talented friends.  The local company takes the stage with the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre, and Caesar's Palace singer, Matt Goss.
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