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Minnesota Dance Theatre will be teaming with Mom Culture again this year to provide Twin Cities parents a special sneak peek performance of MDT's upcoming production Contemporary Voices.

Minnesota Dance Theatre will be teaming with Mom Culture again this year to provide Twin Cities parents a special sneak peek performance of MDT's upcoming production Contemporary Voices.

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Patrick Swayze will be honored posthumously with the 2009 Rolex Dance Award on Monday, November 2, at Career Transition For Dancers 24th Anniversary Jubilee Gala at New York's City Center.

Whoopi Goldberg, who performed alongside Swayze in the 1991 hit film 'Ghost,' told Entertainment Tonight: 'Patrick was a really good man, a funny man and one to whom I owe much that I can't ever repay. I believe in 'Ghost's' message, so he'll always be near.'

Patrick Swayze has lost his long battle with cancer. The actor's family was at his side for his passing.

Patrick Swayze made his debut in the West End revival of Guys and Dolls as marriage-dodging gambler Nathan Detroit. Swayze made his Broadway debut as Danny in Grease, has also appeared on Broadway in Goodtime Charley and Chicago (as well as in that show's tour).

Patrick Swayze has lost his long battle with cancer. The actor's family was at his side for his passing.

The Associated Press has reported that actor Patrick Swayze has lost his long battle with cancer. This sad news has just broke, we will update with more details as they become available.

New York City Center will present 'Studio 5 at City Center,' a new series of informal conversations with some of today's most compelling figures in the dance world, curated and hosted by Damian Woetzel.

Minnesota Dance Theatre will be teaming with Mom Culture again this year to provide Twin Cities parents a special sneak peek performance of MDT's upcoming production Contemporary Voices.

Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Artistic Director of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, announced the New York premiere of 'Orbo Novo' ('The New World'), a full-length dance work by Belgian choreographer and theater artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

The Joyce Theater will invigorate the New York dance scene this fall with an eclectic and exciting line-up, and will offer a special ticket price of $10 for front row seats.

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

MDT Alumni Charles Askegard and Kaitlyn Gilliland of New York City Ballet will be joining MDT at the Lab this fall in Contemporary Voices.

Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT) announces its 2009-2010 Season, featuring newly commissioned work by local choreographers Mariusz Olszewski, ballroom champion and founder of Beyond Ballroom Dance Company, and Justin Leaf, MDT company member and 2009 McKnight Fellowship recipient. Also being commissioned is Fort Worth native and New York Choreographic Institute talent Caroline Beach

The Joyce Theater Foundation (New York), in association with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and On the Boards (Seattle), is pleased to announce the 12 choreographers in each of the four cities who will participate in The A.W.A.R.D Show! 2009. The 48 participants were selected from a total of 218 applicants from across the country; one from each city will take home a $10,000 award to use toward the creation of a new dance work.

Rolex presents ?AMERICA DANCES! Celebrating Our Sparkling Heritage ? Broadway, TV & Film?- Career Transition For Dancers? 24th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (bet. 7 & 6 Aves) NYC. It will be followed by an Anniversary Supper with the Stars at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York. The Rolex Dance Award will be given to Patrick Swayze.