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In This Case, Seeing Is Believing.. Grupo Corpo at the Kennedy Center by Ashayla Byrd

Sometimes it’s just better to go in blind. For me, there’s a certain beauty that comes with walking into a dance experience with little to no preconceived notions or expectations for what I’m about to witness. I know–from the fundamental practice of reading my program before the show–that Grupo Corpo is a formidable Brazilian dance company sure to fuse worlds of movement I’ve met in varying degrees: Brazilian, modern, ballet, and contemporary dance...

When the Spirit Moves.. – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center by Ashayla Byrd

Although the entire audience knew what was coming, we erupt with thunderous applause at the sight of the dancers’ flesh-toned costumes, eyes beaming upwards at the warm spotlight hovering above them as “I’ve been ‘buked, I’ve been scorned…” billows through the theater. The dancers' arms swell out and curve downward; the closer to the front of the stage they are, the further down they sink. The weight of their movement, and the control with which they execute it, are palpable.
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