Another Lebanese choreographer who presented quality work at this year's Platform was Alia Hamdan, who combined a lovely mix of intellectual engagement and dance performance in her powerful solo "When the Holiday Inn Became Again."

A video screen projected an image of the bombed-out Holiday Inn, followed by a series of quotations by German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Then Hamdan walked onstage, traced a chalk circle on the ground, stepped inside, and performed a nicely choreographed solo.

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