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"Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

Music, Pleasure

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"Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music."

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