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Two dancers dressed in white grasping hands as they spin around
March 9, 2021

Shall We Dance

A story in the July 2006 issue celebrated different forms of dance all over the United States. Here, members of the Alayo Dance Company in San Francisco perform "A Piece of White Cloth," which combines modern, Cuban, and African styles.
Photograph by Brian Lanker, Nat Geo Image Collection

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