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A collection of 13 moms, three dads and 16 kids ran in unpredictable circles across the floor of the FlynnSpace in Burlington last Friday afternoon, waving their arms, smiling broadly and barely avoiding collisions, while a 6-year-old girl plinked idly at a piano and a toy ball arced overhead.

"Try sideways . . . now try backwards . . . now change direction suddenly," came a series of commands from just off the floor, issued in a voice that managed to cut through the din.... Read more

So, your best friend’s a doctor, and ever since getting sued for malpractice he’s been cooking meth for a drug dealer who makes bestiality-themed pornos on the side. To remind the defrocked doc what’s really important in life, you and your other buddies bring him the ninja thowing stars you used to play with as kids. But one of those stars somehow ends up in the drug dealer’s forehead. Just another night out with the guys, right?... Read more

Looking for a way to shake off winter’s enduring grip? Keo Woolford, a native of Hawaii in residence at Burlington’s Flynn Center next week, might have the perfect solution: two hula workshops.... Read more

Kaytee Manchester’s arms rose and fell in undulating waves, hips swaying in a classic “Ghawazee Shimmy,” feet gliding across the stage to the rhythms of a tribal Saptak song. It was an encouraging reminder that Middle Eastern culture — the one that brought us the burka and moral police — can also celebrate the grace and sensuality of the female body.... Read more

In many ways Zachary Warshaw is like any other 17-year-old. He does impressions of his teachers, liberally sprinkles his speech with “like,” and gossips. A lot. But spend a little time with the South Burlington High School junior, and you soon discover that one thing moves faster than his mouth: his feet.... Read more

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On Saturday Vermont Ballet Theater began their tour of the annual holiday favorite The Nutcracker at Johnson State College's Dibden Center for the Arts. A snowstorm did not deter sold out crowds of young and old.... Read more

Nobody, to my knowledge, has ever called me mami — “sexy” in Spanish slang. Salsa is something I buy at Shaw’s, not a dance I would perform in public. And my merengue has always been as stiff as, well, a meringue. But somehow, I find myself intrigued by Zumba, a Latin dance and fitness class that recently arrived in the Burlington area thanks to instructor Gen Burnell.... Read more

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The 13th Annual West African Dance & Drum Festival took place this weekend in Contois Auditorium in Burlington Vermont.

Master artists from Mali, Senegal, and Guinea taught West African dance and music classes. Festival participants traveled from far and wide to soak up the knowledge.... Read more

Andy Warhol coined the concept of “15 minutes of fame” to evoke the ephemeral nature of celebrity. But if you have in mind longer-lasting glory, and you happen to be a teenager (or a parent listening to your teen warbling in his/her bedroom), check this out: First Night Burlington has just announced a Vermont Teen Talent Competition called Rising Star Search. Twelve finalists will compete at First Night on December 31 in six categories: solo or group in song/word, dance and instrumental. How to be one of those select few?... Read more