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Episode 12: Breaking the line

Episode 12: Breaking the line

FromThe Stoop


Episode 12: Breaking the line

FromThe Stoop

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When a ballet teacher told co-host Leila Day that her back should be straight on the ground, no light shining through, and Leila couldn't make it happen, her dreams to be a ballet dancer disappeared. The world of classical ballet is extremely difficult to break into, and for those who do, there's a lot that comes with it, especially when you're "the only". This episode looks at breaking the line.

 

We talk about ballet, bodies, and skin tone with former ballerina Aesha Ashe, and dance educator and writer Theresa Ruth Howard.
Released:
Apr 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professionally-reported stories about what it means to be black and how we talk about blackness. Come hang out on The Stoop as we dialog about the diaspora.