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Dancers work together Monday afternoon at Lewiston Middle School during Laura Osterhaus’ Street Styles Repertory class at the Young Dancers Intensive. The workshop is part of the Bates Dance Festival at Bates College in Lewiston. Some of the sessions are held off campus with many facilities closed for construction. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Professional dancers work on their performance of “Turn. Turning. TURNT,” during Monday’s rehearsal at Muskie Archives. Performances are planned for Friday and Sunday at Schaeffer Theatre at Bates College where the Bates Dance Festival is held. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Dancers rehearse Monday in the Marcy Plavin Dance Studio during a Young Dancers Intensive. The workshop is part of the Bates Dance Festival held on the Bates College campus in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Credit: Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer
Dancers work together as they rehearse Monday at Underhill Arena on the campus of Bates College during the Young Dancers Intensive. The workshop is part of the Bates Dance Festival. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Credit: Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer
Dancers work together as they rehearse Monday at Underhill Arena on the campus of Bates College during the Young Dancers Intensive in preparation for the Bates Dance Festival. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Kayla Farrish, works with dancers Monday afternoon during a repertory class at Underhill Arena on the campus of Bates College during the Young Dancers Intensive, part of the Bates Dance Festival. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Bates Dance Festival Director Shoshona Currier, middle, watches dancers Monday in the Marcy Plavin Dance Studio during one of the Young Dancers Intensives on the Bates College campus in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Dancers rehearse Monday in the Marcy Plavin Dance Studio during a ballet class as part of one of the Young Dancers Intensives, part of the Bates Dance Festival, on the Bates College campus in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Credit: Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer
Dancers work together Monday afternoon at Lewiston Middle School during Laura Osterhaus’ Street Styles Repertory class during the Young Dancers Intensive. The workshop is part of the Bates Dance Festival at Bates College in Lewiston. Some of the sessions are taking place off campus with many facilities closed for construction. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Dancers rehearse Monday in the Marcy Plavin Dance Studio during a ballet class as part of one of the Young Dancers Workshops. The workshop is part of the Bates Dance Festival held on the Bates College campus in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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