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Local Movement: Five Decades of Dance in Ann Arbor - Directors' Cut

"The national 'dance boom' of the late 1950's through the 1980's expanded audiences and support for dance. Federal grants supported the development of college dance programs and touring dance companies. The University Musical Society brought dance to the University of Michigan’s Power Center for the Performing Arts, built in Ann Arbor in 1971. Both at the University and in the community, Ann Arbor became a destination for dance. Low-cost performance and rehearsal spaces, community support, and grants helped create and nurture a vital dance scene, and Ann Arbor became home to numerous modern and jazz dance companies including Dance Theater 2, Hydra, Whitley Setrakian’s People Dancing, The J. Parker Copley Dance Company, Jazz Dance Theater, and The Peter Sparling Dance Company. Recurring community dance showcases, such as Spring Dances, Fall Dances, Dancing in Summer, and others took place throughout the year, allowing many choreographers to share their work. The film Local Movement, by Aimee McDonald and Terri Sarris, explores modern dance in Ann Arbor from the 1970's through today." - Terri Sarris

This is the directors' cut of Sarris and McDonald's 24-minute original created for Ann Arbor 200.

Legendary Count Visits EMU

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10
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October
Year
1981
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Vice President Hubert Humphrey speaks at Pease Auditorium in Ypsilanti, February 1966 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Vice President Hubert Humphrey speaks at Pease Auditorium in Ypsilanti, February 1966 image
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1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 7, 1966
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Humphrey In Ypsilanti Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey addresses high school students from the Second Congressional District today in Pease Auditorium at Eastern Michigan University. Sitting on the organ bench at the rear is Rep. Weston E. Vivian, D-Ann Arbor, along some of the 50 high school representatives who attended.

Pianist Constantinidis Will Give Concert

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18
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March
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1976
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Concert

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21
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March
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1976
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A Benefit Concert

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22
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March
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1977
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Adlai Stevenson speaks in Ypsilanti, October 1952

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1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 5, 1985
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October, 1952: Adlai Stevenson speaks in Ypsilanti

Classes Out At Eastern

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7
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May
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1970
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Miss Black Michigan To Speak

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25
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September
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1969
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