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...dance concludes with a lone nude dancer left vulnerably in the center of the stage. She is soon surrounded by her counterparts in their dresses and heels. The hardedged harlots do not overtake this divine image, however. Instead, they remove their pumps as the nude dancer rises from the floor, and all turn and walk upstage into the darkness...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Exploring the Politics of Women's Bodies | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...classical Viennese chords of the waltz competition fade away, a new set of 20 dancers step onto the floor and begin moving in pairs to the 60's swing-favorite, "It's in His Kiss." According to judge Shawn Smith, the keys to this dance are timing and degree of enjoyment. Smith, an amateur dancer himself, stands at the edge of the dance floor and, holding his clipboard and detailed score-sheet, observes the motions of the couples, each pair labeled by letter...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

...Lewis Hine's 1932 Men At Work photographs, the worker is celebrated as "premier dancer and creator--choreographing, conducting, constructing, bringing the city to life--the Michelangelo of Manhattan." Ever conscious of his pedagogical responsibility to forge connections between these artists, Appel hammers home an academic comparison of Hine and Mondrian. Artist parallels worker, as a nexis, forging form from chaos...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Celebrating the Joy of Modern Arts | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

...irrelevant clergyman or the brutal cop. And where once there was subtlety in popular art, now there is sensation. Traditional standards have given way to tribal impulses, which push Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers aside to make way for a dance of the seven veils. By now the dancer is naked; the next stage must be flaying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Magistrate of Morals | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...want to show the good things about Mexicoand share the culture with you with our dances,"said dancer Genoveva Tavera...

Author: By Asya M. Muchnick, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Mexican Events Draw Crowd | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

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