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Step into the shoes of dancers from across the country who dare to imagine what it would look like if their city could dance. This Webby Award-winning series features dancers from Minneapolis, Memphis, Seattle, Chicago, Fresno, Miami, Oakland, and many other cities across the United States.

Black and white photo of building rubble on fire.

Person with long hair whips their head forward.

Native dancer performs on a stage as an audience of people watch on.

Woman playing the guitar leans into a mic on stage with a guitar amp next to her.

Black and white frame of Audrey Guerrero and Angie Egea salsa dancing with people watching in the background.

Two men Capoeira dance as the rest of their dance team watches and claps around them in a school gymnasium.

Man wearing a white face mask holds onto a wooden cane. Caption reads, "he is still my mestre."

Person balances sideways on the back of someone a person wearing a purple hoodie as they dance the Lindy Hop in a Harlem park.

Black and white film strip of a man jumping up with his arms out wide.

Man wearing a red hoodie hops up in the air as he dances with four other people watching and clapping their hands behind him. Across the street is the Howard Theatre.

Two women wearing flowing white dresses dance as men wearing red shirts play music for them. They perform near a large mossy rock.

Woman stands outside and holds both her hands up by her face with another person’s hand reaching in between them like they are doing a choreographed dance.

Woman with a pink scarf stands with her back towards us on a small platform on a hill that overlooks San Francisco, California. Text reads, “Zapatap.”

Black and white image of a man playing the violin and another man next to him playing the accordion.

Woman dances on the side of a hill next to a large body of water.

Aerial view of an intersection in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Amit Patel wears a white top and khaki pants as he dances on a stage with a projection of a dock and moonlit water behind him.

Man in an NYC t-shirt and baseball cap dances in front of the entrance of a building.

Screenshot of an Instagram post of a girl dressed in pink roller skating outside.

Black and white images in mid transition.

Black and white advertisement for a gay club. Text reads, “The Second Story, A Private Gay Club In the City of Brotherly love is Opening its Doors in Mid-November Call.”

Two people dance as a group of people watches behind them in a gymnasium.

Woman ice skates as she holds her leg up in the air and balances on one skate. The ice rink she skates on is outside with a Museum in the distance.

Two people vogue dance on a walking bridge.

View of three people’s legs and torsos as they walk down a corridor

Erika “Big Red” Stowell walking through Detroit, Michigan.

Person hangs down from their waist from a rope, stretching their arms over their head.

Man wearing a black hoodie stands staring at us on the sidewalk in Baltimore. An older man walks behind him.

Mural on the side of a building with distinct cultures and people present in Oakland, California including Different African American communities, Latino communities, and Asian American communities.

Man wearing a traditional native American pow wow vest and skirt next to dancers with multiple hoops.

Woman looks at us as she dances. Three men dance behind her.

Woman dances on train tracks in Chicago, Illinois.

Angel Alviar-Langley holds their arms up as they sit on a rock and dance. A younger child and teenager sit on a rock next to them in front of a fountain.

Man blows into a tuba. Caption reads, "the devils arrive and take the body."

Dancer performs and stares at us with furrowed brows. Two other dancers are behind them, mimicking their movements. There is a wall painted with different murals behind them.

Three women stand on a ledge on a graffitied unloading dock.

Man dances in front of train tracks and a mural of three paintings of a man dancing during a sunset.