Choreographing the Social Consciousness: Part 2, The Body

Choreographing the Social Consciousness: Part 2, The Body Politic(al)

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In part 2 of this several-part series, we explore how dancers and choreographers have embodied and confronted social constraints and constructs. Highlighing conversations between Pillow Scholar Maura Keefe and Carmen de Lavallade, Tere O'Connor and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, we discover personal, artistic, and political perspectives on age, culture and queerness.

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