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Movement for the Urban Village

Brooklyn, NY

Movement for the Urban Village (MUV) is a Brooklyn, NY based Contemporary Dance Company founded in 2004 by Shalewa Mackall. Joining the techniques, traditions and rhythms of dances from all corners and all eras of the African Diaspora with the immediacy of contemporary performance, MUV is Ancient Modern Dance.

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