P.S. 42: Modern Dance as a Pyramid Scheme?

There is a lot of conversation on the state of dance and higher education after the  Dance/USA article   discussing modern dance as a pyramid scheme. Are you following the conversation on  Facebook  and  Culturebot? What do you think?

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