"I really like going to the ballet with like non-ballet people." - ALICE ROBB, On Pointe, Articles of Interest #ArticlesofInterest #AoI #NationalBalletDay #AliceRobb

"The Struggle to Save Ballet from Itself" Un article passionnant sur les mémoires d'une ancienne danseuse pré-pro jamais passée professionnelle, et qui relit les impératifs du milieu via un prisme féministe. (Direct sur ma wishlist)
https://newrepublic.com/article/171909/struggle-save-ballet-alice-robb-think-dear-review

#ballet #dance #AliceRobb

The Struggle to Save Ballet From Itself

A former dancer reckons with the rigors and ordeals of life in ballet.

The New Republic
In Ballet, Pain Really Is Beauty

"I wanted bunions, blisters, bleeding toenails, and I envied the girls who bruised more easily," Alice Robb writes in her book about being a child ballerina.

Jezebel