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78			We are celebrating 10 years of Kinetic Light. It takes considerable resources to create and perform the way we do: 
79			<br /> immersive, groundbreaking, and always accessible.
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116			Laurel Lawson holds their body in a diagonal line as they balance atop Alice Sheppard’s wheels and shins. Alice supports from below as they lay back, arms and torso on the ground, hips  lifted. Alice is a multiracial Black woman with short curly hair, Laurel is a white person with very short cropped hair; they both wear shimmery sleeveless bodysuits. Behind them, a projection of soft blues, purples, and greens looks like rain on a windowpane.
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139			Anchored to the sky by cables, two figures fly through the air, bodies horizontal, hands clasped, wheelchair wheels facing out. They emerge from a starry sky glowing with soft light, appearing through an opening in a geometric steel cage.
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143				<a style="text-align: center; width: 100%" href="revel">Revel in Your Body (2019)</a>
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157					“There’s a strength, precision and grace that’s common of any professional dance performance. 
158					But then there’s something else: an honesty and vulnerability as the pair engages with the ramp, 
159					their chairs and each other.” 
160					<br /> — EMILY NONKO, VICE
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167					"Kinetic Light, a disability arts ensemble whose work is made by and for disabled people, has an ethic 
168					and aesthetic of access that is exceptionally thoughtful and thorough.
169					<br />- BRIAN SEIBERT, THE NEW YORK TIMES
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200Alice Sheppard arches backwards from a kneeling position, her legs folded underneath her as her arms stretch behind her head, hands delicately resting on the ground.  Laurel Lawson balances on Alice’s thighs, body curled in a ball. Laurel wraps their arms around Alice’s waist and lays their head on her stomach. Alice is a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored skin and short curly blonde hair. Laurel is a white person with short hair wearing laced ankle braces. Their metallic jumpsuits glint rainbows. Photo Cherylynn Tsushima
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279			Alice, a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored 
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311				“One could argue that, with Sara Hendren’s architectural ramp, it is actually a trio—poetic, passionate and, frankly, haaaawwwt. Sheppard and Lawson are remarkably precise, electric performers.”
312				<br />— EVA YAA ASANTEWAA, DANCE CRITIC
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315				Venus balances on the footplate of Andromeda’s wheelchair, arms spread wide and wheels spinning. Andromeda opens her arms wide to receive her in an embrace. They make eye contact and smile. A starry sky fills the background, and moonlight glints off their rims. Photo BRITT / Jay Newman
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337			Atop an artificial mountain, Laurel and Alice suspend face to face, falling backwards; heads lifted, backs arched, sculpted arms reaching overhead with palms flat to the sky. Copper bodysuits, black mesh, silver chairs glitter and reflect deep red light. Photo Lincoln Center/Christopher Duggan
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