American Masters

Rennie Harris on the power of the choreographer

Clip: 01/11/2022 | 57s  | Video has closed captioning.

Rennie Harris, PureMovement choreographer, describes how choreographers are responsible for their dancers. "Mr. Ailey, he used to train moving through spaces and shifting geographies and people and we needed that bullet train."

Aired: 01/11/22

Rating: NR

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