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The many, many benefits of exercise are undeniable: from improved cardiovascular performance to instant mood-booster, working out can be one's best friend.

Ready your hands to clap and your feet to stamp (in rhythm, please).

The Festival Ballet Theatre will present Don Quixote at Irvine Barclay, tonight, March 16, 2013 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2:00 PM.

On three stories of scaffolding as dusk approaches, Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre and Danza Floricanto/USA will present EXPULSION - an evocative cross-cultural public art performance.

The international touring company known as The Polynesian Paradise Dancers will perform at Gorilla Tango's SKOKIE THEATRE (7924 Lincoln Ave.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will welcome Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet in an exclusive season in Brisbane in 2013.

Boston Ballet's spring season will continue with Marius Petipa's The Sleeping Beauty on March 22 - April 7.

Oakland Ballet Company presents its spring season program Diaghilev Imagery, a fresh take on tradition that ties the exceptional artistry of the Bay Area dance community to some of the most inspiring masterworks of classical ballet.

Home decor is a new and fun way to distress and de-clutter; and many people have turned to creating indoor gardens as a form of stress-management.

Dance Academy USA is happy to announce that DAU Customers will now receive an additional 5% savings on all purchases from Discount Dance Supply.

Internationally award-winning Belisama Irish Dance Company presents the 7th Annual 'Rhythm of Fire' St.

HM2 Sandmire's story, along with those of other women veterans, will be featured in an evening length dance performance titled Women of Valor.

New York City Center will present the New York premiere of Matthew Bourne's acclaimed Sleeping Beauty for a limited engagement, October 23 - November 3, 2013, at City Center (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues).

South Seas is proud to announce they have been chosen for a fourth season as the official spray tan provider for ABC's Dancing with the Stars - Season 16.

California Exotic Novelties, the world's largest and most respected pleasure product manufacturer, is the main sponsor of Sexpo South Africa, March 7 - 9.

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL MIAMI returns to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County for a sixth season of world-class flamenco dance and music with Spain's massively popular BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCÍA, coming to Miami for the first time, direct from the land where flamenco w

On March 3, The Martha Graham Dance Company finished its season, entitled 'Myth and Transformation,' at the JoyceTheater.

The Lambertville-based Mill Ballet School, dedicated to educating, inspiring, and creating high-quality dancers and individuals, just concluded its week-long self-esteem and positive image event, 'Crown Week'.

Steffi Nossen School of Dance (SNSD) is once again gearing up for Benefit Week, April 1 - April 6.

Collieart, the leading online oil painting gallery just announced a new selection of art that's available for sale directly from their website.

Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to its home, The Ailey Citigroup Theater, from March 13- 24 for a highly anticipated two-week season - the first led by recently appointed Artistic Director Troy Powell.

Velocity Dance Center has announced Dayna Hanson-choreographer, dance theater director, filmmaker and 2006 Guggenheim Fellow-as its Artist-in-Residence (A.

Sonoma State University Department of Theatre Arts & Dance presents 'Spring Dance Concert 2013'.

The School of American Ballet's 2013 Winter Ball: A Night in the Far East at Lincoln Center's David H.

DanceWorks, Toronto's longest-running contemporary dance series, proudly presents the world premiere of Akshongay (the Bengali word for 'together') from acclaimed Nova Dance, choreographed and performed by Artistic Director Nova Bhattacharya and long-time collaborator Louis Laberge-Cote.