Notes, news, thoughts and reflections on dance and life.
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The Wisdom of the Mantis
Last Thursday, I went to Asheville Orthopedics to have my cast removed. A very kind nurse named Emily donned her gloves, plugged in the electric circular-blade saw, and went to work.
I hadn’t anticipated how unsettling this would be. It f...
Light Through The Darkness
When I was dancing, my colleagues and I would try to comfort each other— and ourselves— before particularly nerve-wracking performances with light-hearted reminders that ‘it’s only ballet!’ and that nothing bad would happen if a turn went w...
Baby Steps
I’ve just started Chapter 2 in the story of my ankle recovery. The surgical splint that protected my foot and ankle for the first two weeks post-op is off, replaced by a much sleeker, slightly lighter and a tad more stylish black fiberglass...
There’s No Podium
When I was a little girl, before ballet became the focus of my life, there were a few other things I dreamed of being: a nun (my family is not religious, let alone Catholic, but every year when The Sound of Music came on TV, I found myself...
Story Parlor
A few years ago, a new spot opened up in a West Asheville storefront called Story Parlor— a name that piqued my interest, because it evoked the civility of conversation, was enticingly vague, and suggested a typically Ashevillian artsy-ness...
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Author, teacher, retired dancer. Tea-drinking, Sunday NYT crossword devotee. Author of Being A Ballerina: The Power And Perfection Of A Dancing Life, and the forthcoming Infinite Steps: Thirty-Three Dancers and Their Lives in Ballet (UPF, March 2026)
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