Pining for pirouettes? Aching for arabesques? Craving some contact improv? Then you need a spot of new dance. Fortunately, the 19th Annual Festival of New Dance opens tonight, with lots of great work in a bunch of venues. Here's the schedule and other info - incidentally we hear that Deborah Dunn's Four Quartets (July 24, 25, 6pm, 163 Water Street) is not to be missed.

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