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Article: King of dance: Alonzo King and his LINES Ballet mark 25 years of dance innovation.
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- Ebony
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- November 1, 2007
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For as long as Alonzo King can remember, movement has fascinated him. "Whenever I was in a room full of adults, I found that the way they moved was more revealing and accurate than what they said," he recalls. "The physical form was a truth for me.'" This concept of movement as a form of truth-telling has resonated with him throughout his career as a dancer and choreographer, and it is the core philosophy behind LINES Ballet, the celebrated San Francisco-based dance company he co-founded 25 years ago.
Since its inception in 1982, critics and dance lovers alike have praised LINES for its global and artistic vision as well as its ...