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6 Artists on Family-Planning While Navigating Their Careers

The demands of a dance career can make family planning especially difficult. Dancers’ bodies are literally their jobs; dance schedules and finances can be inconsistent. In the U.S., the recent wave of abortion bans and restrictions, and the possibility of more constraints on reproductive health services like birth control or in vitro fertilization, have further […]

News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in April 2021

Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from the last month. Comings & Goings Alexandra Damiani has been named artistic director of BJM-Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, succeeding Louis Robitaille in June. Sarah Sumbrum has been appointed artistic director of DANCECleveland. Felipe Oyarzun Moltedo has been named […]

What Makes Balanchine's Jewels So Timeless

A long time ago, I was a teenager, just hired as a member of the corps with New York City Ballet. I found myself standing in B-plus at the very back corner of the State Theater stage, clutching the hand of fellow teenage corps member Shawn Stevens. Though the expansive stage was filled with dozens […]

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