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Vermont is an Eden for artists — some of them, anyway. Writers and craftspeople happily hole up. With a bit of commuting, actors and opera singers can form communities.

Dancers, however, are in a tough spot — and not just because schools of ballet, modern and jazz don’t dot the rural landscape. For anything larger than a solo, dance requires an inventory of able-bodied movers. Also crucial is a space in which to rehearse and perform — a warm place with sound floorboards, preferably within driving distance of an audience.... Read more

How many times have you read a story about some traditional art turned cool that started with the declaration, “This is not your grandmother’s two-step” (or embroidery circle, or fiddling social, or whatever)? This story starts a little differently: This is your grandmother’s two-step. Your great-grandmother’s, even. So no dumping on grannies: The elder members of Vermont’s Ed Larkin Contra Dancers cut a rug like Edward Scissorhands. Respect!... Read more

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Grass skirts and faux leopard skins from Wal-Mart are among the props Lusenge Siriwayo uses to transmit the Congo’s culture to his children in Winooski.... Read more

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A collection of 13 moms, three dads and 16 kids ran in unpredictable circles across the floor of the FlynnSpace in Burlington last Friday afternoon, waving their arms, smiling broadly and barely avoiding collisions, while a 6-year-old girl plinked idly at a piano and a toy ball arced overhead.

"Try sideways . . . now try backwards . . . now change direction suddenly," came a series of commands from just off the floor, issued in a voice that managed to cut through the din.... Read more

So, your best friend’s a doctor, and ever since getting sued for malpractice he’s been cooking meth for a drug dealer who makes bestiality-themed pornos on the side. To remind the defrocked doc what’s really important in life, you and your other buddies bring him the ninja thowing stars you used to play with as kids. But one of those stars somehow ends up in the drug dealer’s forehead. Just another night out with the guys, right?... Read more

Looking for a way to shake off winter’s enduring grip? Keo Woolford, a native of Hawaii in residence at Burlington’s Flynn Center next week, might have the perfect solution: two hula workshops.... Read more

Kaytee Manchester’s arms rose and fell in undulating waves, hips swaying in a classic “Ghawazee Shimmy,” feet gliding across the stage to the rhythms of a tribal Saptak song. It was an encouraging reminder that Middle Eastern culture — the one that brought us the burka and moral police — can also celebrate the grace and sensuality of the female body.... Read more

In many ways Zachary Warshaw is like any other 17-year-old. He does impressions of his teachers, liberally sprinkles his speech with “like,” and gossips. A lot. But spend a little time with the South Burlington High School junior, and you soon discover that one thing moves faster than his mouth: his feet.... Read more