Frenzied Woman By Longreads Feature Cinelle Barnes considers how the chaos and discipline of dance kept the disparate parts of her being stitched together.
Confessions of a Lapsed Catholic Dancer By Kate Branca Feature Kate Branca considers the body as an instrument of faith.
Dancing Backup: Puerto Ricans in the American Muchedumbre By Carina del Valle Schorske Feature Carina del Valle Schorske traces a lineage of Puerto Rican backup dancers in American entertainment from Rita Moreno to JLo.
Duet for a Small Porpoise’s Extinction By Kimi Eisele Feature Kimi Eisele contemplates coherence, the near extinction of the vaquita, and the expensive bycatch of being human.
Maybe Beauty Doesn’t Have to Mean Pain By Michelle Weber Highlight Little girls flock to ballet classes, but the art isn’t kind to their bodies, autonomy, or sense of self. What has to change?
Dance Me to the End of Love By Abigail Rasminsky Feature Abigail Rasminsky dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. Then she got hurt.
Mary Tyler Moore on the Joys of Dancing By Mike Dang Highlight In her 2009 memoir, Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes, Moore wrote about how dance gave her strength and stability.
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