Arizona Spotlight

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Dance in the Desert Research Report: Spotlighting the Arizona cohort 🌵

We asked the Dance in the Desert AZ cohort: What are the strengths of the AZ dance community in 2025? Here is what they have to say:

🌵 The AZ dance ecosystem is welcoming, collaborative, and culturally expansive. 🌵

•T he AZ cohort identified these community strengths and resiliencies:

• Interdisciplinary collaboration

•“Small‑town vibes in a big city”

• A culture of mutual support that persists despite limited resources

• Border‑region artists describe a strong, binational energy that transcends the physical border

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