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Anaïs Sékiné: swinging academic

From the Top by From the Top podcast

Dec 14, 201600:05:41Arts

In this fourth of our special series, we talk to Anaïs Sékiné, a dancer and researcher (or, to use her own definition, a dancing researcher) in Montreal who is conducting PhD research in modern swing dance culture. For a...

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