David Dorfman, a native Chicagoan who labels his work as “post-postmodern,” started out in athletics, and began dancing in college. In 1985, he started his own dance company, David Dorfman Dance. Dorfman’s choreography can be rough and tumble; dancers collide and speak onstage. He has been

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I am a musical performer and scholar of music and dance. I am currently completing my master's degree in Ethnomusicology. I study and perform regularly on bass (both electric and upright), as well as Morin Khuur (Horse-Head Fiddle, from Inner Mongolia). While I primarily play jazz, I have experience

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Chandralekha is credited as being the first to make a place for contemporary dance in India. She used her own style of classical Bharata Natyam to convey social messages and and political critiques. Her work has a quality that allows it to reach diverse audiences and has toured internationally, per

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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially cosmopolitan Russian who was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the century. In addition to the recognition

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