A Dancer’s Diary: On Trying-But-Not-Trying
An AltDaily piece written by company dancer Beth Blachman I’m ten, in a black leotard and pink tights, with a wispy bun, in a dance studio on Olney Road. I’m trying to raise my leg a little higher in arabesque. “Stop trying so hard,” my teacher says. I’m thirteen, and I just want to figure […]