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The Business of Art: Bartering Art for Healthcare
Three years before his death, Homer Avila rehearses +Pas, a piece choreographed for him after his amputation, in this still from Karina Epperlein’s 16-minute documentary, Phoenix Dance (2006). In 2001, after years of being unable to afford a doctor’s visit, world-renowned dancer and choreographer Homer Avila happily found himself with a gig at the Santa Fe Opera that provided the…