Our headline roundup includes a plethora of season announcements and the release of Dance Data Project's Gender Equity Index. Alice Robb's book "Don't Think, Dear" and the new season of the podcast "The Turning" have spurred conversations about how ballet training shapes women’s psyches.
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Links referenced in/relevant to episode 149:
-Dance Data Project's Gender Equity Index: dancedataproject.com/gender-equity-index
-American Dance Festival's season announcement: americandancefestival.org/2023/03/01/2023-season
-Recent ballet company season announcements:
independent.co.uk/independentpremium/culture/tamara-rojo-english-national-ballet-carmen-giselle-london-coliseum-b2292191.html
balletherald.com/national-ballet-of-canada-2023-2024-season
balletherald.com/joffrey-ballet-2023-2024-season
balletherald.com/colorado-ballet-2023-2024-season
-Pointe magazine interview with Alice Robb about "Don't Think, Dear": pointemagazine.com/alice-robb-chats-about-her-new-book-dont-think-dear-on-loving-and-leaving-ballet
-NPR story on "The Turning": wnyc.org/story/turning-room-mirrors
-More articles about, inspired by, or excerpted from "Don't Think, Dear":
elle.com/life-love/a43102096/adults-rediscovering-ballet
vogue.com/article/ballet-essay-excerpt-dont-think-dear
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/03/ballet-exercise-fitness-mind-body-connection/673249
thenation.com/article/society/ballet-alice-robb-ellen-oconnell-whittet