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The kids are all right
Are we still complaining about the millennials? I'm pretty sure they're all grown up these days, having kids and jobs, or eating avocado...

Caitlin Osborne
Mar 21, 20193 min read
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You're not old
If you've ever spent time with dancers, you have probably witnessed or participated in the drama of "I'm so old." My students would say...

Caitlin Osborne
Feb 28, 20192 min read
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So now we're talking about lynching...
Do you find it curious that the two most significant black female choreographers of the early 20th century began as anthropologists?...

Caitlin Osborne
Feb 22, 20194 min read
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Gregory Hines, I miss you.
On February 14, most of us will be either romancing it up or grumbling about how everyone seems to be romancing it up. But in case you...

Caitlin Osborne
Feb 12, 20193 min read
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Whiteface/blacklegs: A post about tights, makeup, and black ballerinas
Unless you are living under a rock, you will have heard at least something about the controversy brewing in Virginia, where several...

Caitlin Osborne
Feb 8, 20195 min read
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Stompin' At the Savoy
Music for your morning! One of the things that amazes me when I get talking about dance history, is that people don't already know it. ...

Caitlin Osborne
Feb 4, 20194 min read
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Black (Dance) History Month Begins!
For the past few years, I've used Facebook Februarys to highlight the African and African-American presence in dance history. This year,...

Caitlin Osborne
Feb 1, 20194 min read
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Why is this so hard to understand?
Black (Dance) History Month doesn't start till next Friday, but we need to get started early, my friends. Have you seen this story? In...

Caitlin Osborne
Jan 25, 20193 min read
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Free Class Tonight
Come join me tonight, January 21, from 7:15 - 8:30pm for a free ballet class, part of Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop's Open House. ...

Caitlin Osborne
Jan 21, 20191 min read
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Kicking up my heels
Well, friends, it's been a lovely week for dancing. I taught my first ballet class in a while, but the main accomplishment was that I...

Caitlin Osborne
Jan 13, 20193 min read
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The Empty Space
Dance should be the most accessible of the arts. After all, the only thing you need to make a dance is your own body. A great studio...

Caitlin Osborne
Jan 12, 20191 min read
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