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The Kids Are All Right: ODC Dance Jam

ODC is veritable incubator of emerging dance talent. The school takes young dancers very seriously, and the twelve members of its co-ed teen company, ODC Dance Jam, are ready to show what they’ve got. In this year’s Dance Jam showcase, … Continue reading

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Boston Ballet Trainee class streamed live

Bunheads and balletomanes will enjoy watching Boston Ballet’s Trainee technique class, which was streamed live on April 2. If you’re anything like me, you’d rather watch class or a rehearsal than a live show, so this is a treat. Artistic … Continue reading

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Youth Uprising: ODC Dance Jam’s Home Season

Enthusiastic and dedicated young artists ensure a vibrant horizon for dance, and ODC Dance Jam is doing its part to develop teen talent at the highest level. See what the future holds at the contemporary troupe’s fourth home-season show, Make … Continue reading

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Oakland Ballet Nutcracker Children’s Auditions

Saturday, September 25, 2010 Thank heaven for little girls who love ballet. They are simply the cutest people in the world. A gaggle of them (and a couple of boys, too) donned their favorite ballet skirts and sparkly hair bands … Continue reading

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Ballet Students: Audition next weekend for Oakland Ballet’s Nutcracker

Oakland Ballet has a new artistic director in Graham Lustig, and a new company of dancers who will be announced on September 23. Formerly a dancer with the Dutch National Ballet and Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet, Lustig has created contemporary … Continue reading

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AileyCamp’s “Ambassador Bridges”

Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, July 29, 2010     Sometimes dance is the least important part of a dance performance. For the kids who performed in Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp’s season finale at Zellerbach Hall, dance, to paraphrase Robert Louis Stephenson, was about … Continue reading

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