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"Choreography in Focus" with Alex Ketley

January 3, 2012

Alex Ketley, director of SF-based company The Foundry, explains why failure is a good thing, and why he teaches a class called “Hot Mess.”

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a woman in a grey tank top swinging ropes in both hands

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How University of the Arts Teaches Dancers to “Pay Attention Differently”—and Why It Works

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Two dancers standing facing each other, hands resting on the sides of each other's throats. They meet each other's eyes, gazes intense.

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The cover of the November 1968 issue of Dance Magazine. A black and white image of Eleo Pomar dancing atop a grassy hill with the streets and buildings of Harlem in the background is edited so the sky is bright yellow. It reads "Pearl Primus, Arthur Mitchell and Eleo Pomare discuss the artist in the community." Pomare takes a wide stance, knees bending and arms outstretched, contracting slightly as though keeping an invisible force at bay with his hands. Pomare wears a button down shirt with the sleeves rolled, unbuttoned over an undershirt and tucked into a pair of belted pants.

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