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A ship brings the possibility of an encounter and a flow of beliefs, thoughts and imaginary worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.spot-digital.co\/en\/residencies\/wildfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about &#8220;Wildfire&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6502,"template":"","class_list":["post-6511","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New in Residency: Betty Tchomanga - wpZimmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.spot-digital.co\/en\/news\/new-in-residency-betty-tchomanga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New in Residency: Betty Tchomanga - wpZimmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On August 23rd, we&#8217;re joined by a new resident: dancer and choreographer Betty Tchomanga who will be working on &#8220;Wildfire&#8221;. 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