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Traditional Dances | Periscope

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Traditional Dances | Periscope
Episode 5
Traditional Dances have been passed down many generations. The dances often represent a hunter as he stalks his prey, or a warrior looking for his enemies. Many of these dances originated with Native...
Dance | Periscope

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Dance | Periscope
Episode 4
One of the most important parts of a powwow is dancing. Dancers in fancy costumes perform steps to songs of the drum circle. Sometimes different tribes, or Indian Nations, dance together. This is...
Louise Miller Cohen Photos | Digital Traditions

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Louise Miller Cohen Photos | Digital Traditions
A native of Hilton Head Island, Louise Miller Cohen is able to trace her island roots back into the 1800s. Her homeplace still stands on property owned by her great grandfather – property purchased...
Maria Rosa-Garcia Photos | Digital Traditions

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Maria Rosa-Garcia Photos | Digital Traditions
Ms. Maria Rosa-Garcia is a traditional folk dancer from Mexico. She learned the art as a child from her family and currently teaches young children how to dance at a church in Saluda County, South...
Maria de Jesus de Santiago Photos | Digital Traditions

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Maria de Jesus de Santiago Photos | Digital Traditions
Maria de Jesus de Santiago was born in Jalisco, Mexico. She moved to South Carolina in the late 1990s and brought with her a love of folkloric Mexican dance. She began learning the art when she was a...
Larry Rhodes from Juilliard | ETV Shorts

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Larry Rhodes from Juilliard | ETV Shorts
Larry Rhodes with the Juilliard School talks about why Juilliard decided to come to Aiken. Juilliard in Aiken is a week-long festival featuring performances and outreach from teachers, students and...
Stepping Up

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Stepping Up
Brandon Whitmore loves ballet. The energetic teen has been dancing for 16 years, since the age of 2. During his sophomore year at the Governor's School for Arts and Humanities Brandon suffered a bone...
Nutcracker | Project Discovery Revisited

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Nutcracker | Project Discovery Revisited
Every December, the Columbia City Ballet performs The Nutcracker ballet. The story was written by E. T. A. Hoffman, with music composed by Tschaikovsky. This ballet masterpiece has become one of the...
Classical Training | Artopia

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Classical Training | Artopia
Von Howard explains the complex relationship between classical and modern dance styles and how he incorporates the difference influences.