catharsis
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Advocates gave a “know your rights” workshop and Amalfitano led a piñata bashing, what the store owner called “a communal form of catharsis,” encouraging students to let out pent-up emotions in a safe way.
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That elegant dance matches what we see on stage, the kabuki performances melding melancholy and beauty, anguish and catharsis.
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“We grew up in a radical political tradition of theater, where this is where we can rehearse emotional experience — catharsis,” Blenkarn says.
From Los Angeles Times
Scarlet’s final encounter with Claudius radiates with the complicated poignancy expected of real, difficult catharsis.
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What it says about America: Amid protest and upheaval, America embraced catharsis and connection in its pop music.
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