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Dvora Meyers

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The Gymnast, the Pianist, and the Choreographer

June 9, 2020 • by Dvora Meyers
But it wasn’t always like this, at least not on the floor exercise. Up until the late 1980s, when a gymnast stepped out onto the mat, she wasn’t alone: there was another person performing with her, perhaps out of the spotlight, but part of the performance nonetheless.  I’m talking about the ...
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