Argentina ballet dancers protest by performing in the street
(WorldNews Argentina)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Ballet dancers took to the streets of Argentina`s capital Thursday, blocking traffic but causing onlookers to break into cheers and applause as they performed pirouettes to `Swan Lake` in protest of government funding cuts. About 80 dancers, choreographers, and other workers of the state-funded National Ballet of the Dance lost their jobs in December under government austerity measures. Protesting dancers stretched and warmed up at the barre amid honking cars...