By Gavin Larsen My inspiration for The Rib-Cracking Episode, a chapter in Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life, came from my friend and fellow dance writer, Martha Ullman West. Martha and I had an ongoing email conversation as I was working on my book in which I shared with her
By Kyeren Regehr An artistic director has the power to lift a dancer to company stardom, or to house her in the wings. Interview with the Creator offers a composite of several artistic directors and choreographers who I worked with in Australia in the 1990s. It explores the way their position of power, and their
By Mahsa Hojjati Iranian diaspora children are frequently asked: “Where is better: Iran or Khārej (Outside)?” A question as difficult to answer as: “Who do you love more: Māmān or Bābā?” The benefits of living Outside cannot bridge the distance from family, friends, and the best food on the planet. Of course restrictions are suffocating