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Alvin Ailey on Chauncey Green, the friend who saved his life
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Ailey describes his "blood memories" and an impactful friendship.
Choreographer Rennie Harris on channeling Ailey
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Rennie Harris choreographed a piece about Ailey for the 60th anniversary of the company.
Ailey's "Revelations" draws on African American spirituals
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Ailey's "Revelations" performance depicted the "Black experience."
How the logs of the "Little House" cabin were stolen
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How the logs that Charles Ingalls used for the little house belonged to Osage Indians.
Twyla Tharp's famous "Eight Jelly Rolls" Dance
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"Eight Jelly Rolls" was one of Twyla Tharp's first music-inspired choreographed dances.
Twyla Tharp: Inside Look
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Twyla Tharp provide an inside look at the way she approaches her work.
Why did Oliver Sacks love the periodic table so much?
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He even incorporated it into his wardrobe.
What made physician Oliver Sacks unique?
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He used storytelling to connect people with great challenges "back into the world."
The secret mother-daughter collaboration on “Little House”
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Recent scholarship has shed light on this secret collaboration.
Until she was an author, money was a struggle for Wilder
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Until she became a best-selling author, making ends meet was a struggle.
Disaster was looming when the Ingalls moved to Minnesota
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Disaster struck with the arrival of the Rocky Mountain locust invasion of 1875.
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