Behind the Scenes with Twyla Tharp Dancers

September 14, 2015

Go behind the scenes at our cover shoot with Twyla Tharp dancers Matthew Dibble and Rika Okamoto!

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Hope Boykin, a petite, curvy Black woman with a shaved head, gives the camera a mischievous, close-mouthed smile. Her palms are pressed together with her fingertips resting against her lips; her elbows are propped on her knees as she leans forward where she sits, arches popping against the floor. She wars white trousers and a denim button-down with the sleeves rolled to her elbows.

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Andrea Miller stands beneath a large stretch of orange fabric. She uses one arm to hold it up over her head, the other to pull it down by her hip. A dancer standing beside her beneath the fabric mirrors the gesture.

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