Most campuses host an array of dance, theater, and performing arts to rival a season at Lincoln Center.

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Founded in 1980, the South Shore Drill Team uses performing arts to engage urban youth by teaching responsibility and camaraderie through its dance routines and performances around the country.

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But it boasted little in the way of performing arts until its Music Centre opened in 1964, and even then no ballet to speak of and little modern dance.

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