Dance Matters: Exploring Themes through Movement: Erin Leigh | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

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Dancer and choreographer Erin Leigh shows how to use the dance elements to create a dance based on the theme of a journey and a solo by choreographer Joyce Tisler with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.

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