Why Do Dancers—Usually So Conscientious About Their Bodies—Get Drawn to Drugs?

Simone Messmer was 19 the first time she used cocaine. She was at another company’s gala when someone pulled out a bag of the white powder. There, at the coat check counter, party guests took turns snorting the drug. “I was hesitant, but at the time I was willing to try anything once,” she says. […]