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A new episode of the DancePlug Dish is out! Let's take a look: An American ballerina packs her pointe shoes for Russia, the 2012 Artists Awards announced its nominees and is open to the public’s votes, Alex Little choreographs for Nike’s new training camp opening, the Martha Graham Dance Company launches a new cyber-contest that requires your imagination, kids in China are left to perform in inclement conditions, and the DancePlug Teams is checking out the Floor, a monthly evening of improv music and dance.

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Get your dose of the latest dance news with the DancePlug Dish. In this week's episode: Billy Elliot comes to a close, a new dance TV drama is cooking, Swiss statues dress up with tutus, and a former dance studio owner goes to jail.

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Turn the volume up and get your jazz on with Alex Little's latest advanced class release "Heads Will Roll".

"It is time for JAZZ! In this combo we will utilize strong jazz lines, percussive movement, strength, plié, traveling, weight and direction change as well as your fierce persona. Rock it out! "

And still for advanced level, work on controlling your muscles with this lyrical exercise "Enveloppé to Turns" by Anh Dillon

"This exercise incorporates an enveloppé à la seconde, a hinged chug, and a double pirouette."

The DancePlug Team

Get your dance news update with this week's DancePlug Dish: Wonderland loses some of its wonder, Martha Graham turns into a doodle, The Lester Horton Awards celebrate 20 years and Johnny Depp is compared to a dance legend.

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It is time for a little story with Alex Little's beginner contemporary routine "Always Midnight".

Incorporating a little taste of everything: some basic technique, some floor work, some lyric-inspired movement and a lot of STORY, or intention behind your movement. A combo for you to put your real life experience into and go!

And get ready to "Groove" with an intermediate jazz funk exercise by Dionna Pridgeon.

This exercise helps you to slightly use space and challenge your dynamics.

The DancePlug Team

DancePlug welcomes new faculty member Dionna Pridgeon, who will be bringing you a wide range of choreography. This week we are released Dionna's first intermediate jazz funk combination "Lights Out". Get on it!

This is more of a sassy combination that helps to bring out your personality in a fun way. There are lots of arm positions incorporated with the lower half of body, along with directional changes from front to back, side to side, and on the diagonal. The music is fun and flirty, which means the movement includes some grooves and changes dynamics.

And for our beginners, grab "Pirouettes With Floor Work", a new lyrical exercise by Alex Little.

While working on your pirouettes, I want to introduce a way to start combining floor rolls within a 2 count of eight combination that changes from right to left. This exercise utilizes your plié, pressure into the floor, and asks you to also begin exploring weight changes. Start at a slow tempo and increase the speed with your comfortability.

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