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A Portrait: A Dance

A Portrait: A Dance

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A Portrait: A Dance

2013

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The third part of director Seth Tyler Black’s Portraits tryptic, A Portrait: A Dance is a meditation on an artist’s struggle between passion and comfort as choreographed through a dancer’s movements.

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Amy Taravella

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K Cornelius

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Directed by: Seth Tyler Black
Written by: Seth Tyler Black

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