NEW YORK - At the beginning of the pandemic, one of Megan Fairchild's former dance teachers gave her some advice: Now would be a really great time to get pregnant.
Fairchild, a principal at New York City Ballet, was aghast. "I was like, that's a ridiculous idea and the last thing on my mind right now," she said. "This is going to last a couple of months, and I don't want to not be there when we get back."
But as days turned into weeks and months, she began to experience another emotion: anger. It was clear that her kind of live performance, dancing for thousands at Lincoln Centre, would not be resuming anytime soon.