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Between Two Languages, and Two Histories, I Chose to Make Stories
“Think about ‘Home’ in both the physical and metaphorical sense that it carries to you, and in three lines, use only the words you had chosen to write an instant poem.” I wrote this on the whiteboard while repeating it aloud. I had repeated this prompt several times, with short breaths, broken words, and my […]
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“Making It” Through Collaborative Mentorship: My Experience with the NYC Teaching Artist Mentorship Program
“Making it” in the entertainment industry is extremely competitive; “making it” as a dancer even more so, and in New York City, it is a category of its own. New York City ranks among the most competitive cities in the world, and navigating opportunities in the city that never sleeps as an independent performing artist […]