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  • It was full of impenetrable pretensions, which possibly play better in the Hague than here: There were taped bits of dialogue in foreign languages, played forward and backward; music by Dirk Haubrich studded with hard thonks and crashes, and much fussing with the synthetic floor covering, which the dancers pulled at, crawled under, and at one point entirely flipped over, changing the stage from white to black for no apparent reason.

    Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs new works at the Kennedy Center Sarah Kaufman 2010

  • It thonks off a tree and she’s there to nearly vacuum it into her mouth.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • It thonks off a tree and she’s there to nearly vacuum it into her mouth.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

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