Cynthia Bond Perry

Cynthia Bond Perry is a dance critic and teacher based in Atlanta. Formerly a dancer and choreographer, she holds master’s degrees in both dance and media writing and is an enthusiastic observer of movement in its many facets. She contributes to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ArtsATL as well as Dance Magazine and Pointe.

Onstage in front of a bright blue backdrop, Aina Oki does a piqué attitude derriere on pointe, her arms in a high third. She wears a bright gold pancake tutu.

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Tulsa Ballet to Debut at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre

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In a spacious dance studio, a female dancer wearing a fitted black top and tan shorts poses in a stylized arabesque, one arms reaching upwards and the other out to the side. In front of her, a choreographer wearing a casual black jacket and light pants, matches her port de bras but lunges with one bent leg crossed in front.

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Oklahoma City Ballet and The Flaming Lips Fuse Ballet and Psychedelic Rock

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Mikaela Santos, wearing a sleek black dress, sits on a black bench in front of a black backdrop. She sits forward, propping her forearms on her knees and looks toward the camera with a small smile.

Career

Quickfire Questions With May/June Digital Cover Star Mikaela Santos

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Digital Cover Star

With Quiet Strength, Mikaela Santos Flourishes at Atlanta Ballet

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In front of a pitch black background, a female dancer in a sleek black turtleneck and fashionable hat (black, round top, with a white sash around the middle) that covers her eyes poses behind a black chair. She is shown chest-up and her body is turned sideways as she turns her chin toward the camera, a sly look on her face. She wears bright red lipstick, large pearl earrings and eight stacked pearl necklaces.

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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Explores the Controversial Life of Fashion Icon Coco Chanel

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Hui Wen Peng and Carraig New perform "Swan Lake" onstage. Peng wears a black tutu embellised with black feathers, a tiara, pink tights and pointe shoes and poses in attitude effacé with her right leg back and her right arm across the front of her body. Cruz Alvarez stands behind her, dressed all in black and with dramatic makeup on, and holds her waist. Behind them, other dancers in costumes watch.

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Atlanta Ballet Strikes Apprentice Program in Move Toward Pay Equity

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