Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s.
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‘It’s as if I’ve been reborn’: Misty Copeland begins a next chapter in ‘a new body’
Copeland says her final performance with American Ballet Theatre was a thank you to the communities that had supported her. “What I represented is something far bigger than me,” she says.
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Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes after performing at retirement show
Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, as she retired after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art form.
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What will happen to dance, with a major grant program changing?
Twenty dance projects from around the country won grants totaling $100,000 dollars each today. These grants are among the most coveted in the dance world, but this round of winners is the last of its kind due to a funding shortage.
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As Trump takes over leadership at Kennedy Center, some protest through dance
President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.
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Newport’s Island Moving Company Dances From Italy To Puerto Rico
Rhode Island-based Island Moving Company premieres new dances from choreographers in Italy and Newport, plus a new work from Puerto Rico.
