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For Jodi Melnick, Movement Always Takes Precedence Over Music

Jodi Melnick loves music, but unlike a lot of choreographers, she doesn’t need music. For Melnick, a dancer and choreographer who has been a staple in the postmodern dance world for decades, movement “always, always, always” comes first—sometimes at the expense of using music or sound at all.  “I’m constantly making material, making movement, and […]