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Moving Body-Moving Image 2022 Festival in the News!
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Moving Body-Moving Image 2022 Festival in the News!

Thank you so much for outpouring of support and interest in the 2022 Moving Body-Moving Image Festival: The Moving Body with Disabilities.

Please check out these interviews with Gabri Christa, the Festival’s Founder and Director, by Jess Ruhlin for Bodies Never Lie and Melanie Breault for the Sandi Klein Show; Festival review by Emilee Lord for thINKingDANCE; and feature by Stephi Wild for Broadway World.

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Jazz Festival 33: A celebration of the life of its founder, Sajda Musawwir Ladner, set for March 12
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Jazz Festival 33: A celebration of the life of its founder, Sajda Musawwir Ladner, set for March 12

The Universal Temple of the Arts (UTA), an organization providing life enrichment programs to Staten Islanders for more than 50 years, will celebrate the life of Sajda Musawwir Ladner, the former executive and artistic director and founder of the Staten Island JAZZ Festival, on Saturday, March 12, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the historic St. George Theatre.

Gabri Christa contributes her memory of Sajda.

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Magdalena in Next Avenue
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Magdalena in Next Avenue

New York City dancer and filmmaker Gabri Christa was intent on fully capturing the story of her mother Magdalena before dementia caused the beautiful moments of her mom’s life, along with some of its sadness, to completely fade from memory.

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