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If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin to take on all kinds of possibilities.
Lucinda Childs
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Lucinda Childs
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 26
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New York City
New York
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