{"id":447,"date":"2021-08-16T20:10:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T00:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies-socanth\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2025-04-23T13:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:53:21","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dance\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns card-deck aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mb-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/331\/2023\/03\/welcome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/331\/2023\/03\/welcome.jpg 640w, 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