Translating the Muse lecture

My friend Natasha and I presented a lecture at the 2017 MCC Creative Writing Forum, and it was recently posted on the MCC CW site. 

Our lecture was called Translating the Muse: The Collaboration Between Creative Movement and Creative Writing. Creative movement is a collaboration with the self and with others. By focusing more on the body and senses while writing, writers can develop a deeper understanding of their world and the narratives and images they are creating through the process of composition.

If you're interested in watching the lecture, you can see the full presentation here

this week, I figured out how to restructure and reorganize my schedule so I can be in the studio three times a week (this includes a shifting around of work, time, all of it). the need for this, for numerous reasons recently, is absolute. lately, it has felt difficult to explain what I mean about anything, or even to find value in words. and I suppose I mean the wreckage that can occur when attempting to communicate. and maybe not even communicate, really, maybe there is nothing to say. maybe it's just the need to be in a space where I can observe and act, in a small way, outside the force of everything else in the world.

serious face when taking on fifty-six counts

what I'm working on during this weekend of ice and snow storms: glissade right / jeté over /glissade left / jeté over / pas de chat x3 right / changement / glissade left / jeté over / glissade right / jeté over / pas de chat x3 left / changement / plié / tendu left /plie / pirouette left / circle / plié / tendu right / plié / pirouette right / circle /finish

I need to find music to match the beat; I was working with New Order's Temptation, but it may be too fast. 

a few month ago, I read Zelda Fitzgerald's Save Me the Waltz, and in a particularly physical passage about ballet, she explained that she had finally figured out how to move her body as if it were a bust on wheels. I'm no where near the full understanding (or ability) of how to implement that idea into my own form, but I'm beginning to understand how the lines of the body dictate the fluidity of movement, balance, and momentum.

a year in ballet:

One year ago today, I started taking individual lessons with my ballet teacher, which was only five months after I started ballet altogether. After that first lesson, my ballet teacher told me how important it is to visualize myself achieving those movements because the imagination develops muscle memory. And it wasn't until recently that I could see myself doing anything.

I could go on about how the presence of dance in all of its contexts (physically, spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, cognitively...) has dramatically altered the way I exist within my life and how, I think, dance has not just made me a better mom, but a better human, overall. But that's something I'm still working through. There is something very beautiful about the movement of ballet, how the moments while dancing are always right in front of you: the movement is where you are immediately going, and once you're there, once you're moving in that space, it's already behind you. There's already something else there, some other phantom you're about to become.

So to all of that, here's my first year and a half in ballet, in chronological images (befores, durings, and afters; practices and performances):

meditation no. 1 on the relationship between movement and rhythm:

My relationship to rhythm is brief and sloppy, and most if not all of it has been explored on dance floors at clubs and parties, where no one is ever really watching anyone else. At least not where rhythm is concerned. And though I have been seriously studying dance for almost a year now, I am still learning technique. I think I have an instinct for finding rhythm, but lack either the coordination or guts to explore it. I think rhythm feeds on sensuality, on fearlessness, on body control and an awareness of the body's organic energy. And this awareness then extends to the ability to control, to develop and pattern that completely singular energy to that body, that breath. 

This development seems to be found in the relationship between breath and body. This relationship is the catalyst for the movement of energy, which creates spirit. And that's a causal relationship I've never really considered before today. Is rhythm the friction between breath and body, and if we can mirror the breath to the body, can we reveal more of our spirits to ourselves?

Maybe meditation is not supposed to be still, and the act of centering is not an act of stillness. Maybe it's an internalized movement, where our skeletons, our muscles and organs find their placement, like scaffolding, and then the spirit can become completely suspended, touching nothing within the labyrinth of our bodies. As the body shifts around the spirit, it has an inherent knowledge of how the breath will build and go, what parts need what more than others. And the longer this shifting balance is maintained, the more the spirit is revealed. The more it has the opportunity to become a lantern, a heart, an eye.

high / low study of dance and movement

I tried to slowly read through Meredith Daneman's 580 page biography, but I ended up devouring the entire tome way too quickly, and now I'm in a tailspin. Knowing I only had 60 pages left before work this morning, I wore my ballet leotard under a sweater and skirt (because I have to hurry to a lesson immediately after work, and I want to finish the biography before my lesson because I like to talk to my instructor about books), but the more I read, the more it felt like I was being taken along on a death march. I tried to bounce around campus to put off the end somewhat, carry all these giant bags around to different sunny, glass rooms, to the library with the big windows. but I finally ended back round to this tiny dark space, to finish it all up, and read about Fonteyn's death, and that sad dancing bear story she wrote for her mother's birthday, so the Black Queen would have something to read to the grand kids. 

In 1981, when Fonteyn was 62, she danced Le Spectre de la Rose with a 43 year old Nureyev, his body already in accelerated decline (due to AIDS), and hers wrecked with cancer, one of her feet completely paralyzed. Daneman writes: "Her performance with him is a miracle of deception: even through the eyes of an ungovernable camera, she remains utterly in control of where she wants our eye to be-- not on her lax, decrepit feet, but on the still-taunt glory of her upper body, her speaking port de bras, and lovely face" (532).

The spirit is such a fascinating thing.

A few weeks ago, when we were practicing our routine for the performance, our instructor said that no matter how hard we work on our feet, it is of no mind to the audience, because they are only watching our faces and our port de bras. I've been thinking about that a lot lately, even though I've learned some interesting points about jumps this week. And yesterday, one of the women in my class sent me a video of our routine. From the beginning, my eyes were completely focused on one woman on the screen. Even in the simplest movements, she seems to fill the entire space, and as soon as she tapers off, the entire thing falls apart (which isn't saying much for me because though she and I share the front row, I'm the last to leave).

Anyway, including Margot Fonteyn, this is the study so far, everything I've invested in since mid-December, 185 parts long.

High / Low Study of Dance and Movement

1.     “7 Ways Dance Class is Different When You’re an Adult.” Rockettes Blog. MSG Sports & Entertainment, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

2.     A Chorus Line. Dir. Michael Bennett. Perf. Michael Douglas, Audrey Landers. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985. Film.

3.     Acocella, Joan. “Wild Thing: Rudolf Nureyev, onstage and off.” The New Yorker. Conde Nast.  8 Oct. 2007. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.

4.     "Adam Schnell discusses Beethoven, Ballet and the fulfillment dance brings." Ballet Nebraska. Ballet Nebraska, 12 Jan. 2016. Web. 16 Jan. 2016.

5.     Aloff, Mindy. Dance Anecdotes: Stories from the Worlds of Ballet, Broadway, the Ballroom, and Modern Dance. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.

6.     Amen, Melissa. “The Native American Ghost Dances.” The Dr. Quinn Times. The DQ Times, n.d. Web. 23 Dec. 2015.

7.     An American in Paris. Dir. Vincente Minnelli. Perf. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951. Film.

8.     Atwood, Margaret. “Dancing.” The Writer’s Almanac. American Public Media, 10 Nov. 2009. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.

9.     ---. “Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing.” poets.org. Academy of America Poets, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.

10.  Ballet 422. Dir. Jody Lee Lipes. Perf. Justin Peck. Magnolia Pictures, 2015. Film.

11.  Ballet Rocks. Dir. Jenna Lee. Perf. Fernanda Oliveira, Begona Cao-miranda. Jenna Lee on YouTube, 2011. Film.

12.  Barry, Doug. "Greta Gerwig on the Cultish Tendencies of Ballet Classes." Jezebel. Jezebel. 13 July 2013. Web. 22 Jan. 2016.

13.  ---. "More Bolshoi Ballet Drama: Star Dancer's Contract Will Not Be Renewed.” Jezebel. Jezebel. 9 June 2013. 22 Jan. 2016.

14.  Beris, Rebecca. “5 Things That Will Happen To Your Brain When You Dance.” Lifehack. Lifehack, n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2016.

15.  Bert Stern: The Original Mad Man. Dir. Shannah Laumeister. Perf. Bert Stern, Allegra Kent. First Run Features, 2012. Film.

16.  Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Perf. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis. Twentieth Century Fox Films, 2010. Film.

17.  Boland, Kathryn. "Four Guidelines for Stretching—with Mind and Body." Dance Informa. Dance News International, 2 Dec. 2015. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.

18.  ---. "Keep Your Muscles Cozy this Winter." Dance Informa. Dance News International, LLC, 5 Jan. 2016. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.

19.  Brandt, Amy. “Am I Ready for Point?”

20.  ---. “Keenan Kampa On High Strung—and Why She Left the Mariinsky.” Pointe. Dance Media, 8 Apr. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

21.  Brown, Mark. “Matthew Bourne takes risk on ballet version of The Red Shoes.” The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 5 Apr. 2016. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.

22.  Buchanan, Cathy Marie. The Painted Girls. New York: Riverhead Books, 2013. Print.

23.  “Bulling Through.” Flesh and Bone. Writ. Moira Walley-Beckett. Dir. David Michod. Sarah Hay. Starz. Starz Inc., Meridian, 11 Nov. 2015. Television.

24.  Burke, Siobhan. “The Animal as Magnetic Muse: Frenetic Footwork, Embodying a Lion or Snake.” The New York Times. 4 Apr. 2016: C4. Print.

25.  ---. “Ballet Trilogy Inspired by a Work By Cage That Drew Jeers in ‘77.” The New York Times. 22 Apr. 2016: C13. Print.

26.  ---. “Illuminating Racial Identities.” The New York Times. 11 Jan. 2016: C4. Print.

27.  ---. “Peck Adapts Andersen, And Good Fights Evil Amid Fine Plumage.” The New York Times. 25 Apr. 2016: C5. Print.

28.  ---. “Poking Fun at Ballet Conventions With Silliness and Sophistication.” The New York Times. 18 Apr. 2016: C2. Print.

29.  Cappelle, Laura. “A New Bolshoi? Makhar Vaziev takes leadership at the ballet.” Dance Magazine. Dance Media, 29 Feb. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2016

30.  “Cathy Brings It On!” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler. Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 13 Sept. 2011. Television.

31.  Cathy Roe’s The Art of Petit Allegro Ballet. Dir. Cathy Roe. Perf. Jennifer Boren. Cathy Roe Dance on YouTube, 2007. Film.

32.  Charaipotra, Sona, and Dhonielle Clayton. Tiny Pretty Things. New York: Harper Teen, 2015. Print.

33.  “Cheerleader Blues.” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler. Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 27 July 2011. Television.

34.  "Claire Goodwillie Discusses Her Inspirations, Aspirations and Cleopatra." Ballet Nebraska. Ballet Nebraska, 20 Aug. 2015. Web. 30 Aug. 2015.

35.  Colbert, Brandy. Pointe. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2014. Print.

36.  Conaboy, Kelly. “If I Were A Ballerina.” The New Yorker. Conde Nast, 17 Mar. 2016. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

37.  Cooper, Michael. “Romanian Ballet Company Loses Leading Lights.” The New York Times. 13 Apr. 2016: C4. Print.

38.  Copeland, Misty. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina. New York: Touchstone, 2014. Print.

39.  “Costume designer Travis Halsey discusses ‘Peter and the Wolf’ inspirations” Ballet Nebraska. Ballet Nebraska, 25 Apr. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

40.  Crisp, Clement. “Homage to Galina Ulanova, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.” Financial Times. The Financial Times LTD, 20 May 2005. Web. 6 Dec. 2015.

41.  Daddy Long Legs—Leslie Caron—Hong Kong Cafe. Dir. Jean Negulesco. Perf. Leslie Caron. Eavanelio on YouTube, 2010. Film.

42.  Dance for Me. Dir. Katrine Philp. Perf. Egor Kondratkenko and Mie Lincke Funch. Starz Media, 2015. Film.

43.  Dance Theatre of Harlem. Dir. Virginia Johnson. Perf. Chyrstyn Fentroy, Stephanie Rae Williams, Da’von Doane. Orpheum Theater, Omaha. 25 Feb. 2016. Performance.

44.  Daneman, Meredith. Margot Fonteyn. New York: Viking Penguin, 2004. Print.

45.  Denby, Davif. “Fancy Footwork: Black Swan and Love and Other Drugs.” The New Yorker. Conde Nast. 6 Dec. 2010. Web. 7 Jan. 2016.

46.  Devaney, Beulah. “The Illegal, Underground Ballerinas of Iran.” Broadly. Vice Media LLC, 11 Jan. 2016. Web. 15 Jan. 2016.

47.  Diana, Julia. “On Balance: How to Nail Long Balances. Dance Spirit. Dance Media. 15 Nov. 2011. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.

48.  Diaz, Eric. “Gothic Cabarets from 19^th Century Paris were Spooky Fabulous.” Nerdist. Chris Hardwick, 2 Oct. 2015. Web. 16 Jan. 2016.

49.  Di Orio, Laura. “Overcoming Obstacles; Finding Fulfillment: Part I.” Dance Informa. Dance News International. 21 Jan. 2016. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.

50.  Duncan, Isadora. My Life. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1927. Print.

51.  “Dying to Dance.” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler. Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 17 Aug. 2011. Television.

52.  Eaves, Elisabeth. Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping. Emeryville: Seal Press, 2004. Print.

53.  Eichenbaum, Rose. The Dancer Within: Intimate Conversations with Great Dancers. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2008. Print.

54.  “Ephrat Asherie.” Dance Magazine. Dance Media, 25 Jan. 2016. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.

55.  “Erika Overturff weaves nostalgia and frontier spirit into new ballet ‘Go West!’” Ballet Nebraska. Ballet Nebraska, 31 Mar. 2016. Web. 6 Mar. 2016.

56.  First Position. Dir. Bess Kargman. Perf. Michaela DePrince, Miko Fogarty. First Position Films, 2012. Film.

57.  Flack, Sophie. Bunheads. New York: Poppy, 2011. Print.

58.  Florida, Richard. "How the Arts Add to Urban Economy." City Lab. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 24 Dec. 2014. Web. 5 Jan. 2016.

59.  Foster, Hannah. “Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Sensory-Friendly Peter Pan.” Pointe. Dance Media, 1 Feb. 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.

60.  ---. “The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre to Step Down.” Pointe. Dance Media, 8 Feb. 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.

61.   ---. “#TBT: The Red Shoes Then and Now.” Pointe. Dance Media, 7 Apr. 2016. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.

62.  Francis, Rain. "15 Reasons We Love... Basket." Dance Informa. Dance Informa, 5 Jan. 2016. Web. 27 Jan. 2016.

63.  “From Ballerinas to Show Girls.” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler.  Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 7 Sept. 2011. Television.

64.  Fuhrer, Margaret. “Ashley Bouder Is Six Months Pregnant, Still Fouettéing Like a TOTAL BOSS.” Dance Spirit. Dance Media, 10 Feb. 2016. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.

65.  ---. “Friday Video Break Time: Be Mesmerized by Justin Peck’s New Ballet.” Dance Spirit. Dance Media, 25 Mar. 2016. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

66.  Galchen, Rivka. “An Unlikely Ballerina: The Rise of Misty Copeland.” The New Yorker. Conde Nast. 22 Sept. 2014. Web. 7 Jan. 2016.

67.  "Gelsey Kirkland: Speaking from the Heart." Dance Magazine. Ed. Jennifer Stahl. Dance Media LLC, 25 July 2007. Web. 6 Dec. 2015.

68.  Gharnit, Yasmeen. "How Celebrity Trainer Tracy Anderson Keeps Her Clients in Shape." Nylon. Nylon Media, 22 Jan. 2015. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.

69.  Goleman Ph.D., Daniel, and Joel Gurin. "What is Mind/Body Medicine?" Mind Body Medicine: How to Use Your Mind for Better Health. Ed. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., and Joel Gurin. Yonkers: Consumer Reports Books, 1993. 3-18. Print.

70.  Gore, Sidney. “Michaela DePrince is a Role Model for Girls On & Off Stage. Nylon. Nylon Media, 5 Feb. 2016. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.

71.  Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York: Doubleday, 1991. Print.

72.  Grossbart Ph.D., Ted A. "The Skin: Matters of the Flesh." Mind Body Medicine: How to Use Your Mind for Better Health. Ed. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., and Joel Gurin. Yonkers: Consumer Reports Books, 1993. 145-160. Print. 

73.  Guest, Rick. “What Lies Beneath.” Rick Guest Books. Big Cartel, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.

74.  Hamilton, Jennifer. “The Dance Revolution in the World of Jane Austen.” The Jane Austen Society of North American: Nebraska Region. W. Dale Clarke Library, Omaha. 12 Dec. 2015. Lecture.

75.  Hammond, Sandra Noll. Ballet: Beyond the Basics. Palo Alto: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1982. xi-52. Print.

76.  Harper’s Bazaar. “Misty Copeland channels Degas's ballerinas for the March issue of BAZAAR, photographed by NYC Dance Project.” Harper’s Bazaar. Facebook, 10 Feb. 2016. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.  

77.  Harss, Marina. "The Power Plays at the Bolshoi, on Film." The New Yorker. Conde Nast, 21 Dec. 2015. Web. 5 Jan. 2016.

78.  Heller, Steven. “Bert Stern’s Beautiful Photography and Less-Beautiful Personal Life, on Screen.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, 11 Apr. 2013. Web. 9 Jan. 2016.

79.  Herod, Kena. “Gene Kelly, My Sore Eyes Look to You: An Expatriate American Considers an American Dancer and Icon.” Maisonneuve. Ed. Daniel Viola. Maisonneuve, 18 Jan. 2005. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.

80.  Howrey, Meg. The Cranes Dance. New York: Vintage Books, 2012. Print.

81.  Independent Lens. “’A Ballerina’s Tale’: The Rise of Misty Copeland.” The Atlantic Video. The Atlantic Monthly Group, 4 Feb. 2016. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.

82.  “It All Ends Here.” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler. Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 28 Sept. 2011. Television.

83.  James Bay - Forever - Renee Kester x Tim Milgram. Dir. Tim Milgram. Perf. Renee Kester. Tim Milgram on YouTube, 2016. Film.

84.  Kavanagh, Julie. “A Dancer’s Demons.” Intelligent Life Magazine. The Economist Newspaper, Sept. /Oct. 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.

85.  Kent, Allegra. The Dancers’ Body Book. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1984. Print.

86.  ---. Once a Dancer… New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. Print.

87.  ---. “To Toss or Not to Toss: Allegra Kent Remembers a Hairdo Disaster Onstage.” Dance Magazine. Ed. Jennifer Stahl. Dance Media LLC, 1 Mar. 2011. Web. 6 Dec. 2015.

88.  Kiecolt-Glaser Ph.D., Janice K., and Ronald Glaser Ph.D. "Mind and Immunity." Mind Body Medicine: How to Use Your Mind for Better Health. Ed. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., and Joel Gurin. Yonkers: Consumer Reports Books, 1993. 39-61. Print.

89.  King, David. “Notes on Body Types…” A Ballet Education. A Ballet Education. 1 May 2016. Web. 2 May 2016.

90.  ---.  “Notes on the Style of Attitude Derriere.” A Ballet Education. A Ballet Education. 28 Mar. 2016. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.

91.  ---. “What is the Ideal Ballet Body?” A Ballet Education. A Ballet Education. 1 Feb. 2016. Web. 1 May 2016.

92.  Koegel, Jill. "An Omaha dietitian’s No. 1 rule for better willpower, fewer cravings." Livewell Nebraska. Blue Cross Blue Shield Nebraska, Omaha World-Herald, 27 Jan. 2016. Web 27 Jan. 2016.

93.  Kourlas, Gia. “Delivering a Valentine Most Bittersweet.” The New York Times. 15 Feb. 2016: C3. Print.

94.  ---. “Duet of Darkness and Depth.” The New York Times. 15 Jan. 2016: C16. Print.

95.  ---. “Festival Returns Dancers to the Spotlight.” The New York Times. 12 Feb. 2016: C2. Print.

96.  ---. “Thunderous Beats, Swirly Shapes.” The New York Times. 22 Jan. 2016: C4. Print.

97.  Kirkland, Gelsey. Dancing on My Grave. New York: Double Day and Company, Inc. 1986. Print.

98.  Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher. “Opal Petty, 86, Patient Held 51 Years Involuntarily in Texas, Dies.” The New York Times. Ed. Dean Baquet. The New York Times Company, 17 Mar. 2005. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.

99.  Loeffler-Gladstone, Nicole. “Maddie’s Ziegler’s New Capezio Video.” Dance Spirit. Dance Media, 9 Feb. 2016. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.

100.                  “Love on the Dance Floor.” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler. Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 31 Aug. 2011. Television.

101.                  Lucky Thirteen: A Dance Video. Dir. Bunny Kinney. Perf. Maddie Ziegler and Chloe Sevigny. i-D on YouTube, 2015. Film.

102.                  Macaulay, Alastair. “A Miami Troupe Raises the Bar in New York.” The New York Times. 18 Apr. 2016: C1. Print.

103.                  ---. “A Troupe At Home Outside Its Turf.” The New York Times. 15 Apr. 2016: C4. Print.

104.                  ---. “Beckoning to the Swans of 1895.” The New York Times. 8 Feb. 2016: C1. Print.

105.                  ---. “From Sugarplum Fairy To New Stage Magic.” The New York Times. 19 Feb. 2016: C5. Print.

106.                  ---. “In a Ritualistic Hive, Two Queens and Their Handmaidens.” The New York Times. 11 Jan. 2016: C6. Print.

107.                  ---. “Movement With Extraordinary Juxtapositions and Oppositions.” The New York Times. 25 Apr. 2016: C5. Print.

108.                  ---. “Serious Absurdity, in Step With Lively Pop Melodies.” The New York Times. 12 Feb. 2016: C3. Print.

109.                  ---. “Suspicions of Infidelity, In Jumps and Gestures.” The New York Times. 22 Jan. 2016: C1. Print.

110.                  Macur, Juliet. “For the World’s Top Gymnast, a Body in Motion is a Mind at Rest.” The New York Times. Ed. Dean Baquet. The New York Times Company, 12 Feb. 2016. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

111.                  “Margot Fonteyn Dances Sleeping Beauty.” Dir. Frederick Ashton. Perf. Margot Fonteyn. VAI Music on YouTube, 2007. Film.

112.                  “Margot Fonteyn / Rudolf Nureyev: Giselle (PAS DE DEUX FROM ACT II).” Dir. Frederick Ashton. Perf. Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev. ICA Classics on YouTube, 1962. Film.

113.                  Mascia, Kristen. “Pressures on Pointe: Confessions of an Elite Ballerina.” Elle. Hearst Communications. 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2016.

114.                  Maxted, Anna. "Take Up Ballet as an Adult." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited, 12 Apr. 2014. Web. 22 Jan. 2016.

115.                  McCann, Colum. Dancer. New York: Picador, 2003. Print.

116.                  McKinley, Jesse. “Fierstein as Tevye: Sounds Crazy, No?” The New York Times. Ed. Dean Baquet. The New York Times Company, 2 Jan. 2005. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.

117.                  Miden, Eliza Gaynor. The Ballet Companion: A Dancer’s Guide to the Techniques, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet. New York: Fireside, 2005. Print.

118.                  Miller, Linda G. Classical Ballet Terms and Definitions. Fairfax: George Mason University, 2011. PDF File.

119.                  Moments of Grace: Wendy Whelan. Dir. Tom Thurman. Perf. Wendy Whelan. Public Broadcasting Service, 2013. Film.

120.                  “Montage: Firebird Dance Performance with Margot Fonteyn.” Getty Images. Getty Images, n.d. Film. 26 Apr. 2016.

121.                  New York City Ballet. “Does good prevail over evil? Is art eternal? The Most Incredible Thing.” New York City Ballet. Facebook, 6 Feb. 2016. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.

122.                  Nichols, Catherine. "Misadventures at Adult Beginner Drop-In Ballet." Jezebel. Jezebel, 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 22 Jan. 2016.

123.                  Ostwald, Peter. Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1991. Print.

124.                  Pelletier Ph.D., Kenneth. "Between Mind and Body: Stress, Emotions, and Health." Mind Body Medicine: How to Use Your Mind for Better Health. Ed. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., and Joel Gurin. Yonkers: Consumer Reports Books, 1993. 19-38. Print. 

125.                  Pierpont, Julia. Among the Ten Thousand Things. New York: Random House, 2015. Print. 

126.                  Pogrebin, Robin. “Artist’s Vision for Ballet.” The New York Times. 15 Jan. 2016: C26. Print.

127.                  Pointe | 2016 | The National Ballet of Canada. Dir. Paul McNulty. Perf. Jenna Savella. The National Ballet of Canada on YouTube, 2016. Film.

128.                  Popova, Maria. “Martha Graham on the Life-Force of Creativity and the Divine Dissatisfaction of Being an Artist. Brain Pickings. Brain Pickings, 2 Oct. 2015. Web. 20 Jan. 2016.

129.                  Price, Brenna R. and Terry F. Pettijohn II. “The Effect of Ballet Dance Attire on Body and Self-Perceptions of Female Dancers.” Social Behavior and Personality 34(8) (2006): 991-998. Print.

130.                  Queen— Bohemian Rhapsody Reinterpreted— English National Ballet. Dir. Dael Poulter. Perf. Erina Takahashi and James Forbat. Official Queen Channel on YouTube, 2015. Film. 

131.                  Radio and Juliet: Like Spinning Plates. Dir. Edward Clug. Perf. Denis and Anastasia Matvienko. madjonnyfool on YouTube, 2010. Film. 

132.                  Radyuk. Veronica. "Watch this Dance Troupe’s take on Beyonce’s ‘Formation’." Nylon. Nylon Media, 22 Jan. 2015. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.

133.                  Remnick, David. "Danse Macabre: A Scandal at the Bolshoi Ballet.” The New Yorker. Conde Nast, 11 Feb. 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.

134.                  Revolutionary Changes in Regency Dance. Old Dominion Regency Dancers. Dir. Jubilee Miller. The Jane Austen Society of North American: Nebraska Region. W. Dale Clarke Library, Omaha. 12 Dec. 2015. Performance.

135.                  Robin, William. “Americana To Abstract, And Back Once More.” The New York Times. 13 Apr. 2016: C1. Print.

136.                  Rodulfo, Kristina. “How an Elite Ballerina Eats and Exercises American Ballet Theatre​'s Isabella Boylston shares her daily diet and exercise regimen.” Elle. Hearst Communications. 20 Apr. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2016. ​

137.                  Schabas, Martha. Various Positions. New York: Frances Foster Books, 2011. Print.

138.                  Schmid, Gretchen. “Crazy Moments in Pointe Shoe History.” Dance Spirit. Dance Media. 13 Apr. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

139.                  Scholten, Jenny. Day Stripper. Norwich: New Victoria Publishers Inc., 2000. Print.

140.                  Seidman, Carrie. “Review: A Program worth Waiting for.” Ticket Sarasota. Herald-Tribune Media Group, 30 Jan. 2016. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.

141.                  Sergei Polunin, “Take Me to Church” by Hozier, Directed by David LaChapelle. Dir. David LaChapelle. Perf. Sergei Polunin. David LaChapelle Studio on YouTube, 9 Feb. 2015. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.

142.                  “She’s a Fighter.” Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller, Mackenzie Ziegler. Hearst Corporation and Walt Disney Company. Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, 24 Aug. 2011. Television.

143.                  Shipstead, Maggie. Astonish Me. New York: Vintage Books, 2014. Print.

144.                  Siebert, Brian. “A ‘Lear’ With Hops, Posturing, And Spins.” The New York Times. 19 Feb. 2016: C5. Print.

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146.                  ---. “Couplings and Uncouplings in Echoes of Nature.” The New York Times. 8 Feb. 2016: C6. Print.

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