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In Dance News: It’s a Matter of Place

July 15, 2011

This has been an exciting week for three dance organizations — and there is a common and unlikely thread that ties their accomplishments together: geography. Chicago, Thursday morning July 14: the annual Dance / USA conference opened with a key note speech by writer Pico Iyer. His talk was largely based on ideas about finding [...]

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To all who Wish to Cut Funding to PBS, NPR and the NEA: Please Consider Your Children

April 8, 2011

I just read Tim Robbin’s open letter to Congress. Here are my 2 cents — from a mom / choreographer / culture critic. Watching television might not have been an option in my childhood without the following programs: Sesame Street, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, and Great Performances. When I was a child, in the 70s and [...]

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