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Updraft: a conspiracy of movement
Frederick News Post, October 2008, by Lauren LaRocca

KNOXVILLE - Nestled on the edge of thickly forested, rolling Appalachian hills is Slipperyslope, a house-turned-dance studio, run by Therese Keegan, who also lives there.

"I don't know anyone else doing this," she said recently over a cup of ginger tea in her kitchen, within eyesight of two rehearsing dancers. Studios and venues for aerial dance -- an amalgam of dance and circus arts that began in the 1970s -- is usually found in urban areas. Read more.

Updraft: Dancers Take Flight
The Main ARTery, by Claire Stuart

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Updraft aerial dance reveals hidden places in our psyche
Frederick News Post, November 2007, by Lauren LaRocca

The answer for modern dancers asking "What next?"

Aerial dance. It's a cross between modern dance and a circus act but something you really have to see to understand: low-flying trapeze, aerial fabric, which is engineered to handle a lot of weight and pressure; rope and harness, and bungee. Read more.

Soaring to New Heights: Maryland Dance Company Lifts its Work Off the Stage, Literally
Martinsburg Journal, January 2005, By Lisa Cliff

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Therese Keegan didn't want to run away and join the circus. She just wanted to dance like she had. So the Knoxville, Maryland dancer learned how to use the trapeze to take her ballet to new heights, forming the dance company Updraft: A Conspiracy of Movement. Read more.

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