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Feet: Alvin Ailey Breasts: The History of Breasts in Art Bill Plympton's Body Parts Hands: Captain Joe Messina
Feet: Alvin Ailey

"If your feet don't feel good, you don't feel good." So says Matthew Rushing, one of the stars of the elite modern dance corps, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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Feet: Alvin Ailey
Breasts: The History of Breasts in Art
The depiction of breasts in art is as long as art history itself. From the Venus of Willendorf to images of the Virgin Mary and child, from Courbet's bursting bosoms to Degas' bathing beauties, from pop art through to today, breasts have long been front and center in fine art.

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Breasts: The History of Breasts in Art
Bill Plympton's Body Parts
Bouncing eyeballs, wiggling necks, fingers that march around like infantry. Animator Bill Plympton finds humor in impossible contortions of the human body. His characters are twisted, stretched, pushed, pulled, even exploded.

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Bill Plympton's Body Parts
Hands: Captain Joe Messina
Joseph Messina has a demanding job as a captain with Continental Airlines. But according to him, the real challenge in his life is playing the piano.

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Hands: Captain Joe Messina











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