Body movin’.

Shall we dance?

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Body movin’.

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An hour on continuing innovations in American dance. Choreographer Donald Byrd uses dance to illuminate what it means to be black in America. Elizabeth Streb speaks with Kurt Andersen about how she defies gravity with her “extreme action” techniques. And how the salsa pioneers Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco got the world on its feet.

In This Episode

Choreographer Donald Byrd.
Why Donald Byrd doesn’t dance around race
Special Coverage
Elizabeth Streb
Elizabeth Streb: Extreme action hero
Special Coverage
Mercedes Seaer and Lonnie Poupard, Jr. in "4Chambers."
A dance piece that takes you inside the heart
Special Coverage
Celia Cruz, 1957.
Celia & Johnny: They invented salsa
Special Coverage