The Hanged Man/The Red Shoes, or how studying ballet traumatizes us
I have a feeling a lot of people think they know The Red Shoes, and maybe more know the dance movies or newer stories built around it but haven’t actually … Continue reading
Things that date me.
Well, this is going to appeal to a very specific age range.
Concerts I have seen and dancers who are amazing.
Katharine Dunham, Anna Pavlova, Maria Tallchief, and Alicia Alonso were the four female dancers I had books about in elementary school, and I must have read each of those books … Continue reading
Dance, ballerina! Or whoever, really.
Going to dance performances can be hard for me. I’m not as sad as I used to be that I had to give up dancing, because I’m 37 years old … Continue reading
Stardance!
I think you all know by now that I spent a lot of my life training to be a professional dancer, and that that did not pan out. This isn’t … Continue reading