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Poetry in motion

Poetry in motion

Larry Burgess October 21, 2021

Today at the dance studio in Fitz Hall, movement class students have a complex subjective assignment. They form groups.  Then a set of physical movements are produced to express what a given poem inspired in them. Some students begin to move one at a time, others in unison like a clock’s gears as one of them reads the poem aloud. These movements are leaps, spins, turns, and even soaring with arms extended like wings. But basically, it’s all dance.

 

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