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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Warehouse and ArtStart Present Improvisational Dance this Weekend in Rhinelander
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2018-03-16 09:03:16
	Description:		Have you ever felt like you’re talking to someone, but they just aren’t reading your body language? The New York based dance company the Equus Projects will be performing “The Breaking Ring” at ArtStart in downtown Rhinelander this weekend and they’ve made a name for themselves by listening and responding to the way humans — and horses — move. When you see a choreographed dance in person, it’s easy to recognize the skill and planning it took to carry out everything perfectly as it was planned. But what if on top of learned choreography, you had to prepare to react to unexpected movements by others? “You’re watching choreography in there, but a lot of what we’re doing is improvised,” says JoAnna Mendl Shaw, the artist director of the Equus Projects. “We never actually dance to a piece of music.” The reason in part the dancers have to be prepared to think on their feet, is that they’re used to working with horses, who are fairly unpredictable dance partners. “So we’ve devised literally a
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