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References
- ↑ "I am Legend" article in The New York Times
- ↑ Hot Picks in entertainment in the New York Post
- ↑ Review of 'Dog Breaks: Part Two of Dog Trilogy' Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine at Dance Theatre Workshop
- ↑ "Dance in Review" by Claudia La Rocco
- ↑ Video of Dance Gang's 'Single Ladies' performance
- ↑ "Kanye West Watches While Naked Woman, Performance Artists Pay Tribute To 808s & Heartbreak", MTV news
- ↑ Information about the exhibition "In Pursuit: Art on Dating" at the Ise Cultural Foundation.
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