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March 29, 2024

Dance

  • The Mexican crew Neutral Zone performs in the varsity division's preliminary round at the World Hip-Hop Dance Championship at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.
    Olympic spirit permeates Las Vegas in World Hip-Hop Dance Championship
    Across the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of athletes are representing more than 200 countries in the 30th Summer Olympics this month. This week in the west valley, there is a smaller, but just as passionate, international event taking place. On Wednesday, Las Vegas had its own parade of nations at Red Rock Resort, where representatives of 43 countries carried their flags onto the convention center stage in the opening ceremony of the World Hip-Hop Dance Championship.
  • Kujawa will vie for So You Think You Can Dance's title of "America's Favorite Dancer."
    'So You Think You Can Dance' Top 20 includes Boulder City's Dareian Kujawa
    Local So You Think You Can Dance fans have someone to root for!
  • 'Stripper 101' instructors reject lie detector challenge
    Las Vegas “Stripper 101” instructors on Wednesday rejected a $1 million challenge that they take a lie detector test to determine the validity of their allegations that they were secretly videotaped by management.
  • A "Shadow Dancer" is seen behind a screen at The Shadow Bar inside Caesars Palace, Thursday April 12, 2012.
    Exposed: A Caesars' Shadow dancer steps into the light and talks to us
    Emma Hughes is a classically trained dancer, who has glided across the stages of Europe and Las Vegas, but at the Shadow Bar in Caesars Palace, rarely do people ask about her experience. "People want to know if we're naked," Hughes said.
  • Pure at Caesars Palace on April 19, 2011.
    Nightclubs are the new cash registers at Strip casinos
    In a town built on gambling, mega-clubs have created a business model that has sustained investors even during a recession. The trend started quietly, then began exploding with the likes of Rain at the Palms, Pure at Caesars Palace and Tao at the Venetian.
  • Members of Nevada Ballet Theatre perform a flash mob style dance inside Crystals at CityCenter Las Vegas on Thursday, March 8, 2012.
    Flash dancing: Nevada Ballet Theatre's pop-up gigs are a treat
    When I heard that dancers from Nevada Ballet Theatre would be performing on a 4-by-8-foot slab at Crystals, I was ecstatic. I’ve seen this before. And I’ll confess that this is how I like dance best — in small, intimate performances, out of context with the surroundings.
  • Symphony Park -- including the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Smith Center for the Performing Arts -- in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, March 4, 2012.
    Weekend best bets: Smith Center opening, NASCAR, beer fest
    There’s much to choose from to do this weekend, from the opening of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts to NASCAR and cheering on the Rebels in the Mountain West championships.
  • UNLV Rebel Girls pose in the studio, Thursday March 1, 2012.
    Rebel Girls dancers have secured reputation with hard work and dedication
    The Rebel Girls have built a profile that few other dance teams in the country can match. “I think the Rebel Girls are something everyone has always followed,” said coach Marca DeCastroverde.
  • Visitors at the Mayan Club enjoy a variety of Latin music.
    As Latin clubs grow, music and audience diversifies
    It is getting close to 1 a.m. Sunday and Mayan Club manager Spencer Quintanilla is surveying the newly renovated dance floor. A hip-hop song with a distinctively Latin beat is booming through the speakers as a diverse crowd in both age and ethnicity works up a thirst, gyrating and spinning.
  • Marin Boieru, playing Drosselmeyer, levitates an angel, Sydney Anderson, in Carolina Ballet's new production of "The Nutcracker" as party guest Adam Crawford Chavis, left, looks on, Dec. 3, 2011.
    East Coast ballet's 'Nutcracker' has a little Las Vegas magic
    When the Carolina Ballet saw ticket sales falling for the century-old holiday classic “The Nutcracker,” it came up with the audacious notion of ramping up the performance’s magic scenes by introducing real magic. So the ballet looked to Las Vegas for help, and the end result is a “Nutcracker” like no other.
  • Timber Brown demonstrates his flexibility during auditions for new Cirque du Soleil performers in the "O" Theater at the Bellagio.
    Cirque auditions draw aspiring artists with lofty dreams
    A year ago, Hilary Sweeney was a scientist for Pepsi — and performed aerial acts at nights and on weekends. On Monday, she swapped her business suit for a tan leotard.
  • A Christmas recital at Nevada Arts Academy in 2008.
    Nevada Arts Academy set to expand
    After 11 years on Spring Mountain Road, the Nevada Arts Academy is moving to the corner of Durango Drive and Patrick Lane in April.
  • After a distinguished dance career, Cynthia Gregory is advising the Nevada Ballet Theatre.
    The art of perfection: Legendary ballerina graces local dance scene
    Cynthia Gregory has been called many things during her dancing career: the Swan Queen, a luminary, a controversial artist and, as Rudolf Nureyev once referred to her, America’s prima ballerina.
  • Instructor Carlos Parreno, 25, partners with Valerie Kim, 28, teaching salsa steps to students participating in a beginning salsa class Tuesday at Dance Charisma school.
    An upbeat setting to give salsa dancing a whirl
    Quint Rahaman moves his feet a few steps forward, then a few steps backward to the beat of the salsa music coming from the dance studio speakers. He grabs the hand of a long-legged woman in his salsa class, and the two begin dancing in unison on the hardwood floor.
  • Kaba Modern performs in the preliminary round July 27 at the USA Hip Hop Dance Championships held at Red Rock Casino.
    A behind-the-scenes look at the Hip Hop Dance Championships
    From warm-up stretches to the final scores, "Las Vegas Weekly" follows one dance crew through their journey at the US Hip Hop Dance Championships.
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