Poster image New York late 1970’s, image supplied Jane Desmond.
“As dancers and dance scholars we have the ability to articulate how embodied senses of self in the world and how specific embodied practices come to have social meaning, and how those presumed meanings circulate in public discourse, influencing public policy and political claims, with long term and complex results.”
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Image courtesy of Harper Watters
“I try to make the ballet world a lot more colourful, diverse and a lot more inclusive.”
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“I am a huge feminist, so there was something about the strength of the females going on pointe, that really interested me, I like that there was strength beyond the beauty.”
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'Brasilia' collaboration with Matthew Bird (2015) Photo credit Vitor Schietti
“New York was my mentor”
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“Sounds like a Hallmark Card, but focus on what your gift is, what your talent is, what you are. Know that if someone’s offered you a job it is because they have seen something individual in you and try and cherish that. […] Don’t try and be someone else. […] There is nothing more exciting than seeing a dancer who is completely individual. They don’t need to be perfect, but to have that flame inside.”
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