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          Winter Dance Concert - Happy Little Things by Aszure Barton.!

          Boston Conservatory’s Dance Division Challenges the Status Quo with Its Spring Concert, Limitless

          “I ask a lot of questions,” says Aszure Barton, sought-after choreographer and now artist in residence at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

          Over the past 25 years, her choreography has been commissioned by Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theater, and practically every other prestigious dance institution in the world.

          The Canadian is reshaping perceptions of dance.

        1. The Canadian is reshaping perceptions of dance.
        2. Alberta Ballet Company artists in Happy Little Things (Waiting On a Gruff Cloud of Wanting) choreographed by Aszure Barton.
        3. Winter Dance Concert - Happy Little Things by Aszure Barton.
        4. Aszure Barton's “Happy Little Things (Waiting on a Gruff Cloud of Wanting)” is a contemporary work packed with emotion.
        5. Brown, accompanied by the Berklee Limitless Ensemble; Happy Little Things (Waiting on a Gruff Cloud of Wanting) by Aszure Barton; and a world premiere by Yury.

          6. Yet, after decades of accomplishment, what continues to inspire Barton are things she can’t entirely explain. Through her work, she hopes to learn why we move the way we do and how our physical habits form patterns, rhythms, and shapes that create meaning—often without our conscious awareness.

          “My fascination is the intelligence of the body,” she says.

          “I like to dismantle and break that down and move through coordinations that feel really awkward initially. And then somehow,