It may seem odd to write about female sexuality for our issue on all things taboo, yet female sexuality remains taboo on many levels. For one thing, many women still blush when discussing their body […][…]
Childhood is a magical time. Everything is new and full of surprises. Discovering the body and its ability to move is one of those surprises, and a revelation that continues to unfold as children grow […][…]
Martha Graham used to say that a dancer’s body does not lie. And indeed this is so, particularly as a dancer ages. In fact, aging as a dancer usually means the end of your dancing […][…]
Little girls often dream of becoming ballerinas after seeing their first ballet. I certainly did, to the great joy of my mother, who also had danced in her youth and happily passed on her toe […][…]
Yes, the Monroe Doctrine: Marilyn, the icon of femininity, the early feminist and woman all of us know, whom many wanted to be, some shunned, and others sexualized and objectified. Marilyn is the woman that […][…]
I have just returned from one of my yearly pilgrimages to Italy, where I had occasion to dwell with the guardian spirit of art, for it was all around me, turn whichever way I might. […][…]
Today, thirteen years into the 21st century, and well into the third millennium, we could generally agree that as men and women we know what we want, both in and out of bed. But this was […][…]
The Czech choreographer, Jiří Kylián, made an international splash with his full piece ballet “Sinfonietta,” choreographed to the music of his compatriot, Leoš Janáček. It was performed at the Spoleto festival in Charleston, North Carolina […][…]
As a psychoanalyst and a dancer I am keenly aware of the connection between mind and body, between thoughts and feeling states, and the way that each influences the other. Intense emotions like fear, anxiety, […][…]
Yes! Men are alive and well in the world of dance. And they are here to stay. Finally. Gone are the notions that dance is just for girls, or for “girlie” boys. In are the […][…]
