A fact from Silas Farley appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Silas Farley rejected a Harvard University full scholarship to pursue a career in ballet? Source: "Mr. Farley, who said he had been considering his dancing future before the coronavirus pandemic hit, will be an artist-in-residence in ballet in the dance division at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University for the 2020-21 school year. He has also started attending Harvard Extension School. After high school, he was accepted to Harvard on a full scholarship; at the time, he chose dance." ([1])
ALT1:... that Silas Farley choreographed a ballet about prison life in collaboration with the podcast Ear Hustle? Source: "As his work for seven dancers moves from darkness (the staid and somber Assyrian Court) to tranquillity (the meditative Chinese Garden Court) and finally lightness (a bright court in the American Wing), Mr. Farley takes the audience on a journey laced with history and spirituality. “Songs From the Spirit” also poses a question: What does freedom mean? The dance, a collaboration with the Radiotopia podcast Ear Hustle, a nuanced look at prison life, features spirituals and new music created by incarcerated men at San Quentin State Prison in California." ([2])
Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and has no significant copyvio. Approving both alts as they are properly sourced and reasonably interesting. BuySomeApples (talk) 02:54, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]