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The earth moved: falling in love--with dance. One dancer remembers that first night.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The earth moved: falling in love--with dance. One dancer remembers that first night.(Column)

Article Excerpt
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I am 4, and it's a muggy July evening in the Berkshires. I am holding my mother's hand; my father and 12-year-old sister are just ahead of us in the sea of oversized people streaming into the theater. It is 1982, and I am at Jacob's Pillow on my way in to see the first dance performance of my life--the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Blame it on that elusive thing, memory: In my imperfect one, we sit front and center on wooden chairs. My feet don't touch the floor. The ceilings are high, the wood beams rustic, and there is no air conditioning. Adults are fanning themselves while we wait. I am nervous and excited and feel tiny inside such a big space. The lights dim and I squeeze my mother's hand.

The dancers are...

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