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maybe the third foremost lesbian ballet choreographer, dance criticism enthusiast, calligrustrator
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the world sucks, here’s a queer pas de deux I’m choreographing
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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
June 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
‘Tis the season in New York City when buildings and subways turn on fans and pretend that moving sticky damp air around is the same as turning on the AC
May 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
‘Tis the season in New York City when buildings and subways turn on fans and pretend that moving sticky damp air around is the same as turning on the AC
After four months and a whole tube of cadmium orange, I’m ALMOST done with my first oil painting!
April 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
After four months and a whole tube of cadmium orange, I’m ALMOST done with my first oil painting!
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I’m grateful for this opportunity to interview another Hard of Hearing dancer. Disability is rarely talked about in the ballet field, & navigating it gets very lonely. But in the words of Fiona, “it’s not something to be ashamed of at all. It’s just something about you—that’s the way you are.” 🦻🩰
Diablo Ballet's Fiona Hutchens Shares Her Experience as a Hard of Hearing Dancer - Pointe Magazine
Fiona Hutchens was diagnosed with bilateral progressive hearing loss in seventh grade, but that hasn't stopped her from pursing a ballet career.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I’m grateful for this opportunity to interview another Hard of Hearing dancer. Disability is rarely talked about in the ballet field, & navigating it gets very lonely. But in the words of Fiona, “it’s not something to be ashamed of at all. It’s just something about you—that’s the way you are.” 🦻🩰
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“female female partnering just doesn’t work”
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
April 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“female female partnering just doesn’t work”
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
“female female partnering just doesn’t work”
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
April 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“female female partnering just doesn’t work”
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
oh okay so you’re boring????
photos by Raquel Beauchamp, choreo by me
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All this administration does is put every single nonprofit and institution into a trolley problem of either sacrificing trans people or hurting everyone else by eliminating federal funding.
It won't end with us. They'll do this with every minority until it's only white men who are left.
It won't end with us. They'll do this with every minority until it's only white men who are left.
February 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
All this administration does is put every single nonprofit and institution into a trolley problem of either sacrificing trans people or hurting everyone else by eliminating federal funding.
It won't end with us. They'll do this with every minority until it's only white men who are left.
It won't end with us. They'll do this with every minority until it's only white men who are left.
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#queertheballet American Ballet Theatre dancers Kyra Coco and Ingrid Thoms in Petalwing for The Joyce Theater #ballet
February 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#queertheballet American Ballet Theatre dancers Kyra Coco and Ingrid Thoms in Petalwing for The Joyce Theater #ballet
the world sucks, here’s a queer pas de deux I’m choreographing
February 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
the world sucks, here’s a queer pas de deux I’m choreographing
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
I’m really sad about the TikTok ban. There’s not a lot of places that ballet dancers can have opinions and think critically and candidly about our field.
For a brief time, TikTok offered that to me, and it made me feel way less alone.
For a brief time, TikTok offered that to me, and it made me feel way less alone.
January 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’m really sad about the TikTok ban. There’s not a lot of places that ballet dancers can have opinions and think critically and candidly about our field.
For a brief time, TikTok offered that to me, and it made me feel way less alone.
For a brief time, TikTok offered that to me, and it made me feel way less alone.
I’m hard of hearing and I am going to a bar to watch the Traitors and I texted my friend that I realized the bar might not have captions on and she’s asking them to turn them on for me and I cannot tell you how much stress that takes off me
being an ally is not very hard!
being an ally is not very hard!
January 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m hard of hearing and I am going to a bar to watch the Traitors and I texted my friend that I realized the bar might not have captions on and she’s asking them to turn them on for me and I cannot tell you how much stress that takes off me
being an ally is not very hard!
being an ally is not very hard!
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Just taught an entire class about how good criticism is beholden not to specific artists or businesses but the wider genre of the art itself, which is deserving of sustained attention, consideration and judgement. There's a lot of bad criticism, but fandom just doesn't (and shouldn't!) do that.
January 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just taught an entire class about how good criticism is beholden not to specific artists or businesses but the wider genre of the art itself, which is deserving of sustained attention, consideration and judgement. There's a lot of bad criticism, but fandom just doesn't (and shouldn't!) do that.
people love to hate women! like it’s deeper than that too but man people really really love to hate women!
December 21, 2024 at 11:40 PM
people love to hate women! like it’s deeper than that too but man people really really love to hate women!
For the love of dance, can people write dance criticism of Alvin Ailey without comparing every piece to Revelations? I know this phenomenon happens with NYCB and Balanchine works too, but it just feels so gross. It happens like every time Revelations is on the bill but also sometimes when it’s not!
December 21, 2024 at 5:07 PM
For the love of dance, can people write dance criticism of Alvin Ailey without comparing every piece to Revelations? I know this phenomenon happens with NYCB and Balanchine works too, but it just feels so gross. It happens like every time Revelations is on the bill but also sometimes when it’s not!
The nutcracker is truly a CRAZY ballet like imagine if I told you we were going to see a ballet where the two principals don’t come in until the very end and the whole first act has tons of children and no classical ballet
December 20, 2024 at 1:38 AM
The nutcracker is truly a CRAZY ballet like imagine if I told you we were going to see a ballet where the two principals don’t come in until the very end and the whole first act has tons of children and no classical ballet
Can someone point me to a classical Sugarplum fairy variation with stellar musicality? Like where you feel the music come alive?
So many videos feel so disconnected from the music, sometimes choreographically but often literally the MP3 file is off
So many videos feel so disconnected from the music, sometimes choreographically but often literally the MP3 file is off
December 19, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Can someone point me to a classical Sugarplum fairy variation with stellar musicality? Like where you feel the music come alive?
So many videos feel so disconnected from the music, sometimes choreographically but often literally the MP3 file is off
So many videos feel so disconnected from the music, sometimes choreographically but often literally the MP3 file is off
just wrote for the first time in multiple years and texted my fiancé to tell her, and I think I must be a writer again bc I had the most writerly text edit of all time
December 4, 2024 at 12:31 AM
just wrote for the first time in multiple years and texted my fiancé to tell her, and I think I must be a writer again bc I had the most writerly text edit of all time
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As usual, Republicans do not object to "language policing," they object to terminology that represents greater societal acceptance of marginalized groups.
November 18, 2024 at 8:32 PM
As usual, Republicans do not object to "language policing," they object to terminology that represents greater societal acceptance of marginalized groups.
I’m a gay ballet choreographer, ballet dancer, and dance criticism enthusiast doing what I can to make the ballet field a more ethical and inclusive place. I make gay ballets!
I built a strong network on twitter of dance enthusiasts and kinda miss it. Any of yall here?
I built a strong network on twitter of dance enthusiasts and kinda miss it. Any of yall here?
November 15, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I’m a gay ballet choreographer, ballet dancer, and dance criticism enthusiast doing what I can to make the ballet field a more ethical and inclusive place. I make gay ballets!
I built a strong network on twitter of dance enthusiasts and kinda miss it. Any of yall here?
I built a strong network on twitter of dance enthusiasts and kinda miss it. Any of yall here?
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Actually, having given it due consideration, it turns out that I do quite like echo chambers after all.
November 12, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Actually, having given it due consideration, it turns out that I do quite like echo chambers after all.