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RESULTS:
THE WINNER: Swan Lap
Marco A. Garcia, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
SECOND PLACE: Don QuiXXXote
David Daniel, Woodland Hills, CA
THIRD PLACE: Jiggle-etto
John Clark, Eaton, OH
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Nutcracker
More than 300 different submissions
Juliet and Juliet
Jeff Sawyer, Mount Horeb, WI
Giselle (That's not my real name)
Arthur Cavaliere, Ship Bottom, NJ
A Midsummer Night's Dame
Harvey Randall, Schenectady, NY
Petushka
Kenneth Liebman, Williston, VT
Appalapian Spring
Anne Thiessen, Catonsville, MD
Wriggle-a-lotto
L. Robert Hill, Santa Rosa, CA
Sleeping Booty
David Larson, Raleigh, NC
Sinderella
Mike Berkley, Tempe, AZ
Madame Buttonfly
Ginny Lord, Oconomowoc, WI
Serenade for G-Strings
Elaine Molinar, Brooklyn, NY
Lucia di Lap Amore
Sandy Hall, Honolulu, HI
Onegin, Off Again
Larry Johnston, Highlands Ranch, CO
Polero
J C Dresner, San Francisco, CA
Three Minuets in Paradise
Mike Poremski, Austin, TX
Peter and the Wolf Whistle
Carlo R. Fuentes, San Pedro, CA
Dance for the Wooden Soldiers
Jeff O'Connor, Wilmington, DE
Night on Bald Mountain
Sharon Clark & Glenn Gruber, Pasadena, CA
The Babes of Seville
Dan Adler, Austin, TX
La Bayadere Badabing
Mark Berman, Potomac, MD
Debbie Does Swan Lake
Lisa Zakai, Catonsville, MD
Swan Laid
Elizabeth Gaines, Granada Hills, CA
Swan Snake
Al Stoffel, San Diego, CA
Thong Lake
Jim Coyle, Shrewsbury, PA
Cop-a-feel-ia
Robert Ricci, Rahway, NJ
Hide the Salome
Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD
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Film reviews: ‘Send Help’ and ‘Private Life’Feature An office doormat is stranded alone with her awful boss and a frazzled therapist turns amateur murder investigator
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Movies to watch in Februarythe week recommends Time travelers, multiverse hoppers and an Iraqi parable highlight this month’s offerings during the depths of winter
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ICE’s facial scanning is the tip of the surveillance icebergIN THE SPOTLIGHT Federal troops are increasingly turning to high-tech tracking tools that push the boundaries of personal privacy
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
