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...must take it back to the people," formed his company in 1958 as an incubator for contemporary black dance and nurtured it into a major American cultural icon. "There are times on stage when I speak to Alvin before I perform and ask him to guide me," said Nasha Thomas, 35, an 11-year veteran of the company. At the first performance, Thomas drew a thunderous ovation with her wrenching 16-minute solo performance of Cry, the dance Ailey choreographed as a tribute to black women. On Thursday night, the dancer was black. She was beautiful. She was proud...
...Nasha't Muhammed Hussein, 35, will suffer more than most if he is expelled from Israel. Two years ago, he was stabbed seven times in the back by fellow Palestinians in his village of Deir al-Hatab in the West Bank for ignoring a strike. Now he sells olives from a small shed in Tel Aviv's vegetable market, which employs hundreds of Arabs from Gaza. His wife and seven children live in the nearby Israeli-Arab town of Jaffa, changing apartments every three months to avoid detection. "If I'm sent back, I'll be killed," he says...
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