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Hiplet Is Not Your Grandmother’s Ballet

A Chicago dance teacher and his students are disrupting classical ideas of ballet.

11/14/2017 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Hiplet Is Not Your Grandmother’s Ballet

Clip: 11/14/2017 | 5m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

A Chicago dance teacher and his students are disrupting classical ideas of ballet.

They’ve strutted across high-end runways and for fast-fashion TV commercials. Now, the Hiplet dancers are showing Chicago Tonight how they’ve worked for their success. Brandis Friedman has this story.

11/14/2017 | Rating NR

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