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Righting a wrong: dance that takes social issues to heart.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-SEP-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Righting a wrong: dance that takes social issues to heart.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)(David Popalisky)

Article Excerpt
DAVID POPALISKY'S Barred from Life is a stark multimedia look at men who were incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. The work ends on a heart-stopping note: A man and woman step forward and read names of those wrongly convicted for murder, parricide, rape, child molestation, with the length of imprisonment. It's a long list. Then from the audience come other voices. You recognize some of them from the video that forms the backbone of Barred. They belong to exonerees.

Dances based on social issues are not new. From Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton to Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Joe Goode, choreographers have addressed issues of justice and social responsibility. But these choreographers...

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