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Dance Company Celebrates Diversity, Relevancy, Accessibility

Season 2012 Episode 3340 | 7m 34s

Rising to prominence in New York's dance scene, dancers Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands left the Big Apple to start their own company in the Twin Cities, where an arts renaissance offered new chances to carve out their own niche. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how Tu Dance company is making dance accessible to a diverse audience.

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