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Dancer brings two premieres, fundraiser, to Philly
October 4, 2012
Philadelphia Gay News: Out dancer and world-renowned choreographer Lar Lubovitch is celebrating
his 50th year in the dance world — and will do so with a number of
local events.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will perform Oct. 11-13
at The Annenberg Center. The performances will be part of Dance
Celebration, sponsored by The Annenberg Center and Dance Affiliates.
Lubovitch
also will take part in Annenberg’s Artists and Audiences Changing Lives
program at 7 p.m. Oct. 12. The talkback program will allow audience
members to listen to a live chat about the intersection of HIV/AIDS and
performance art with panelists Chris Bartlett, executive director of the
William Way LGBT Community Center; Kevin Burns, executive director of
ActionAIDS; and Philadelphia choreographer Brian Sanders.
Ten percent of proceeds will benefit ActionAIDS.
Despite his accomplishments in the dance world, Lubovitch’s life didn’t start with dance.
He attended the University of Iowa in 1960 as a freshman art major and gymnast — and left as a dancer.
“I
discovered dance there, and it combined the two things that I loved the
most and was good at — art and gymnastics,” Lubovitch said.
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