dancer

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That’s why during my reading last week, it was more peculiar than disruptive when a dancer hopped on a table to lay at a 90-degree angle and jet her feet in the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Company dancer Lloyd Knight, costumed as the Preacher in “Spring” and captured in a determined stance on a boulder, faces the book’s last page, which quotes Graham: “Dancers are the messengers of the gods.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Making a career as a classical dancer in Japan is difficult, the dancers say -- and, despite difficulties linked to the war, Kanazasi is determined to stay, saying:

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

It shows the sea stacks off the coast of Hillswick, with the "mirrie dancer" Northern Lights illuminating the sky above.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Once when I was very young, a magic dancer appeared in our courtyard, strutting like a cock and hissing like a snake.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba