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16 Sep

Tabula Rasa Dance Theater Performers to Get the Designer Treatment

As the manager director of the Tabula Rasa Dance Theater, Amy Wonderful Collins has had a hand within the avant-garde costumes that shall be worn for the troupe’s upcoming “Oedipus Rex” performance. She first became involved with the inclusive organization that explores difficult issues when artistic director Felipe Escalante founded it in 2018. On Friday, Collins will host a preview of the dance at The Ned hotel. “Oedipus Rex” performances shall be available to the general public from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 at Latest York Live Arts on West nineteenth Street. This contemporary take of the Sophocles’ play is ready in 2020 through the pandemic in a up to date, but barely futuristic nightclub. “It’s quite an ambitious production that's...
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2 Sep

‘Why Not Us: Southern Dance’ Expands On The Tradition

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