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Casel founded Dancing Around Race, a social practice working group that explores racial equity initiatives in dance \u2013 something he also addresses in his latest project, Not About Race Dance, which won a prestigious National Dance Project Production Grant. Casel received the distinguished alumni achievement award at the 2022 UWM Alumni Association Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An award-winning artist, Gerald Casel (\u201907 MFA Dance) loves to see people moving through space, moving others in the process. 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