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Dancing in nostalgia

With performers flown in from all across the country, swaying to wonderful Punjabi tunes, dressed in their colourful costumes, the event was a true testament to the beauty of Punjabi culture. From the internationally adored Bhangra style [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Polished and pretty, a ‘Nutcracker’ to celebrate

Fresh off a seven-performance tour of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker to Ottawa, Pennsylvania Ballet opened at home Saturday night with a polished performance at the Academy of Music. The principal children - Mary Lee Deddens as Ma [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Nutcracker: The Next Generation takes over ballet

When the Homer Nutcracker ballet founders Jill Berryman, Joy Steward and Marianne Markelz announced that 2010 would be the last year they ran the 22-year-old Homer holiday tradition, producer Ken Castner jokingly called the new directors [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Dancing With the Stars: Week 1 Results Recap

Tonight on Dancing With the Stars, it was the moment we've been waiting for, but the stars have been dreading. It's the perennial moment where every person who decides to go on a reality show realizes that this may be a sheer mist [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

McKenney lashes Bingle as she bungles reality dance show

Australian model Lara Bingle has been eliminated from Dancing With The Stars, after copping a tirade from judge Todd McKenney, who called her "Cousin Itt", "dull" and accused her of lacking the "x factor". Mc [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

'Dancing with the Stars' 2011: It's down to the final four (...

On Monday night, the five remaining celebrities took to the dance floor to perform two dances, one of those consisting of instant choreography. On Tuesday night, one more dancer exited the dance floor and we got our final four. Like every [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

'Dancing with the Stars' week 7: Chelsea Kane, Mark Ballas p...

The stakes and caliber of dance were both raised tremendously on Monday night's "Dancing with the Stars," and the remaining six contestants (quick)stepped up to the challenge. Chelsea, Romeo and Ralph kicked off "b [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Ex-Playboy model banished from 'Dancing' ballroom

Reality star Kendra Wilkinson now has one less reality show to report to. The former Girl Next Door, who now appears in her own namesake series, was dismissed Tuesday from "Dancing With the Stars." "I've lasted sev [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Stars and stripes forever

There was a lot to celebrate this week, ballroom fans. We’ve reached the halfway point of the 12th season of “Dancing With the Stars." The 1000th competitive dance was going to be performed on this very show. And finally [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Dancing's Petra Nemcova: I Hope I Can Break the Model Curse

It's all-American week on Dancing with the Stars — a theme near and dear to Petra Nemcova's and Dmitry Chaplin's hearts because they weren't born in the United States. "It's quite special for me and Dmitry, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Maksim Chmerkovskiy on his painful 'Dancing with the Stars' ...

Not even a show-stopping injury can slow Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Just seconds into his rumba routine on Monday night's "Dancing with the Stars," a look of pain washed over the pro dancer's face as he fell to the floor and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0