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Modern Dance in a Renaissance Town
Modern Dance in a Renaissance Town by Carolyn Burke [Dance Magazine]
Nearly everyone who takes part in the Dance in Urbino Summer Study Abroad program finds it to be a life-changing experience. Studying dance at the University of Urbino in this beautiful Italian Renaissance town that is about two hours from Florence, joining the community and learning the language, taking time to explore the rest of Italy and other parts of Europe, and making friends from all over the world have kept many dancers coming back to this program year after year.
This month long modern dance intensive is sponsored by the State University of New York at New Paltz and is now in its tenth year. The program flows smoothly, and the inhabitants of the castle town of Urbino welcome the return of “their” dancers every summer. Study here has inspired dancers and teachers from the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Europe.
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