Danceworks
Choreographing History
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Shobana Jeyasingh is a female choreographer in a male-dominated world. Her tenaciousness has resulted in her company surviving for over thirty years, a rare achievement in the dance world. Her new, controversial performance intends to illustrate the devastating impact of the deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic... through dance. But can such a tragic, complicated story be told by this method?