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It’s a big week for contemporary art, so we thought we’d do a little counter-programming and feature contemporary dance. DV8 Physical Theater is a renowned and radical British dance company, headed up by Lloyd Newson since its inception in 1986. This clip is from the company’s remarkable 2005 short film, The Cost of Living — about a town full of circus performers, clowns and dancers who prefer to communicate through physical movement more than words. The scene features one of the film’s main characters, played by the legless dancer David Toole, in a lovely duet. DV8, by the way, originally referred to “dance video 8,” meaning a video format of the time but obviously, the name is meant to be “deviate.”