Choosing the Music / Rehearsing / Interview with Julyen Hamilton

 

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 Julyen Hamilton Improv Dancer

A performance at Thorne's Dance Space in downtown Northampton, Mass., in connection with A Cappella Motion dance workshop held at nearby Smith College, June 26, 1993. Videography by Larry Myers.

 Question 1

Write a reflection about Hamilton's improvisation.

 

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Interview with Julyen Hamilton




Question 2


If you could ask Hamilton a question about his work, what would that be?

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