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...understand why, researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University decided to break down how individual people evaluate their income. What does wealth mean to people? Previous work has suggested that people tend to value their own wealth more - and are happier - when it compares favorably to everyone else's. The so-called reference-income hypothesis holds that it's not simply how much money you make that contributes to satisfaction, but how much more money you make than, say, the national average. The higher your salary than the norm, the happier you tend to be. That could explain...
...researchers wondered whether there was a more nuanced way to capture how people valued their income. They reasoned that people tend to make specific comparisons of personal wealth, not only with the average income of the larger population, but with the individual incomes of their neighbors, colleagues at work or friends from college. And the higher their rank, the greater their sense of happiness and self-worth would likely be. "For example, people might care about whether they are the second most highly paid person, or the eighth most highly paid person, in their comparison set," write the authors, Chris...
...These pieces beautifully showcase our dancers’ talent,” she says. “And together, they’re truly representative of Ailey’s work...
...Doing the work of Alvin Ailey has really made me a stronger dancer,” Fuller says. “The medley features a wide range of choreography, and all the pieces have different dynamics. It’s going to be very physical and energetic...
Merritt A. Moore ’11, one of the dancers in this duet, flew to Boise, Idaho earlier this year to work with McIntyre. She says of her experience with the famed choreographer, “This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even for professionals in the best dance companies, to have a top choreographer create a solo for you is so rare, and it’s been phenomenal...