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On the Avenue in front of the red sign above Radio City Music Hall, a group of Highland dancers are pictured landing out of a leap onto their right toes, the left leg bent at the knee out to the side, with the left foot touching the opposite leg just below the knee. They have their hands on their hips and broad, bright smiles. The brightly colored white and red, dark blue, light blue, purple, and green plaids of their Tartans and knee socks stand out on the cloudy day.
Photo: Josef Pinlac
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Flinging in the Rain

Emilee Lord

A Glimpse into Scottish Highland Dance

three dancers with large white blankets of tulle fabric pull them across each other, the camera catches them in a blurry flurry of motion. each dancer looks toward a different direction, arms to the sky. the photograph is a wash of the transparent tulle.
Photo: Rob Li Photography
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the wave of ending and beginning

desire amaiya

with the world so uncertain and art requiring more cherishing than ever, Lin cherishes the dancers and the giving act of perf

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Elastic Lineage

Miryam Coppersmith
Two people dressed in blue sit on top of an overturned recycling bin, with their arms extended overhead as if riding a rollercoaster. They have nervous looking facial expressions, and are in front of a curtain backdrop which is painted like a bedroom. There is a hand coming from behind the backdrop, grasping it, as if preparing to enter the stage.
Photo: Dylan Smythe
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Has Sadness Ever Taken You Down to the Dump?

Caitlin Green

“THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!”

In groups of three, dancers are positioned stage left, stage right and centerstage. The left and right groups perform a lift with two dancers at the base and the aerial dancer reaching outward. Through reaching in similar form to the aerial dancers, the centerstage trio remains grounded. Dancers stand against a white backdrop with pink and blue lights. They wear uniform spandex pants and crop tops.
Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko
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Montreal Company, RUBBERBAND, Brings Reckless Underdog to Philly

Caitlin Green

Bringing street dance to the theater underscores the intersection of performance and social dance.

On the right, a man sits in a red kayak with his back to the camera. He wears a green shirt. A white rope is tied to the back of his kayak and reaches out of the frame. He is on a lake heavily grown in with green plants. The water is blue and still. There is a mountain in the distance.
Photo:Rachel Keane
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All That History in Those Very Seats

Emilee Lord

Steve Paxton remembered

The image features dancers from The UMAMI Colletive’s Sweetest Encounter, wearing various colorful 70s vibe clothing. The ensemble poses with all hands up to the sky and flares outward while they look up. It is set against a warm sunrise background, the dancers radiant happiness through their inviting smiles and open chest to the sky as if soaking in the sun.
Photo: Laney Powers
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This is Your Moment

Sophiann Mahalia Moore

A Night with UMAMI and Urban Movement Arts Dance Theater

The image captures an exquisite moment from the poetic dance drama The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting. A group of female dancers, dressed in flowing teal skirts and light turquoise tops, perform in perfect synchronization. Their poses, with gracefully bent knees and upper bodies slightly arched, evoke the undulating lines of rolling mountains. The dancers' tall, elegant hairpieces and the mist-like effect on the stage enhance the visual resemblance to a traditional Chinese landscape painting, blending motion with artistic stillness.
Photo by: China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe
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A Glimpse of Traditional Cultural Revival – The Premiere of Chinese Dance Drama in the US

Ziying Cui

The poetic dance features neo-classical choreography and breathtaking visual spectacle.

An African American man wearing a yellow shirt leans his head towards the camera, against the chest of a white man with a mustache, while at the same time being gently pulled in the other director by a third dancer with gold hair.
Photo by: Amelia Gordon
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Choreography at the End

Brendan McCall

Miguel Gutierrez,New York Live Arts,MANCC,Are You For Sale podcast,BIPOC,LGBTQ+

Three people wearing all black stand next to a ladder in a blackbox theatre holding a puppet. The puppet is climbing the ladder and waving one arm overhead. There are various hand-crafted sculptures and props surrounding them, and an image is projected on a screen behind them.
Photo by: Sebastienne Mundheim
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Kea and the Ark

Caitlin Green

Each step forward is a calculation that risks the possibility of imbalance.