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Tiny dancer, prima ballerina and pioneer: Maniya Barredo is Every Woman

Gail O'NeillMay 1, 2019

Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man. – Aristotle Maniya Barredo, née Josephine Carmen Imutan Barredo, was seven years old when a ph...

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ArtsATL’s Legacy Series: Portraits of 12 extraordinary Atlantans in the arts

ARTS ATL StaffJuly 23, 2018

In early 2017, ArtsATL set out to profile 12 arts leaders in the city. We wanted to find out where they began, what set them on their paths, what keeps them goi...

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Modern Atlanta Dance Festival kicks off, honors Lee Harper with Pioneer Award

Amanda SieradzkiMay 8, 2018

Douglas Scott, creator of Full Radius Dance and the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival (MAD), fears losing the historical first person voice in Atlanta dance. For th...

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Review: Emory Chamber gathers Atlanta’s Juilliard School alumni for a celebration

Mark GreshamFebruary 13, 2018

On Sunday evening at Emerson Hall in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta presented a musical potpourri by a coll...

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Legacy Series: Lee Harper keeps Atlanta dancing

Gail O'NeillMay 15, 2017

Lee Harper is a dancer, choreographer and educator who has devoted the better part of her professional life to advancing the arts in Atlanta. As founder of Le...

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News Briefs: 2016 Governor’s Awards, ArtsATL receives grants and more

Laura RelyeaOctober 6, 2016

The 12 recipients of the 2016 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities have been announced....

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