"It’s a big story, and dancers are an integral part of the storytelling force. ... They’re not just coming in for their number or routine." - The New York Times
For instance: "If you describe a character running a discarded leather glove scented with lavender under her nose, the reader can feel the cool-then-warm of the leather against her upper lip, hear the faint creak of the leather, smell that lavender." - LitHub
The museum has 12,000 "human remains," many of enslaved people and Indigenous people, and it plans to take them all off display as urgent ethical - and legal - questions are changing museum policies worldwide. - The New York Times
Irina Kolpakova, who has worked with ABT for decades, "is a consummate coach, her skill evident in her rapid-fire suggestions delivered in an emphatic mix of Russian-English, her poses, her quick adjustment of a dancer’s chin or shoulders." - The New York Times
Dariush Mehrjui, 83, "one of the pioneers of Iranian cinema’s new wave movement, and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, 54, a screenwriter and costume designer, were found dead by their daughter." - The New York Times
Laurie rebelled against the studio system, volunteered for the McGovern candidacy - and came back to perform in Carrie and Children of a Lesser God. - Los Angeles Times
