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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2018 · 8 MIN

BSA's Norma Pera Reflects On Decades of Dance

from Midday · host WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore

Norma Pera is a dancer and dance teacher who has trained generations of young dancers in Baltimore at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where she has led the dance department since 1992.She joined BSA’s dance faculty in 1979, 39 years ago, when the innovative pre-professional public school for the arts first opened. Many of her students have gone on to illustrious careers in dance or the arts, and many other fields. She joins Tom in Studio A.Ms. Pera is retiring this week from the School for the Arts. The school will celebrate her career and her legacy tomorrow afternoon, June 9, at 4 pm. For more information and to reserve tickets for that event, click here.Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Dance Department Head Norma Pera speaks with Tom about her decades long career at the BSA

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