things are being said to me, or even look at the bodies next to me of the dancers who are not black and say, do we look that different? i mean, i was told i was too muscular, i was too short, my breasts are too big. and to me, that s all code for your skin is too dark. your skin is too brown. but it is possible. this is an art form and it s subjective. and we re bec. .. you know, it s a creative environment where, you know, it s not about. to me, it s not about what the package is, it s how you make people feel. it s the interpretation. it s how you deliver the performance, the character. and that can be done in a variety of bodies, people, wherever they come from. i mean, the characters themselves aren t real. you know, that s a big part of it, too. i mean, of course, there needs to be an evolution i think of a lot of the stories that
or even look at the bodies next to me of the dancers who are not black and say, do we look that different? i mean, i was told i was too muscular, i was too short, my breasts are too big. and to me, that s all code for your skin is too dark. your skin is too brown. but it is possible. this is an art form and it s subjective. and we re bec. .. you know, it s a creative environment where, you know, it s not about. to me, it s not about what the package is, it s how you make people feel. it s the interpretation. it s how you deliver the performance, the character. and that can be done in a variety of bodies, people, wherever they come from. i mean, the characters themselves aren t real. you know, that s a big part of it, too. i mean, of course, there needs to be an evolution i think of a lot of the stories that we re telling in ballet that were created centuries ago that no
for your skin is too dark. your skin is too brown. but it is possible. this is an art form and it s subjective. and we re bec. .. you know, it s a creative environment where, you know, it s not about. to me, it s not about what the package is, it s how you make people feel. it s the interpretation. it s how you deliver the performance, the character. and that can be done in a variety of bodies, people, wherever they come from. i mean, the characters themselves aren t real. you know, that s a big part of it, too. i mean, of course, there needs to be an evolution i think of a lot of the stories that we re telling in ballet that were created centuries ago that no longer reflect society. they don t reflect what people experience today. a lot of them are really sexist, really racist. so it s something that we re conscious of more so in america
and we re bec. .. you know, it s a creative environment where, you know, it s not about. to me, it s not about what the package is, it s how you make people feel. it s the interpretation. it s how you deliver the performance, the character. and that can be done in a variety of bodies, people, wherever they come from. i mean, the characters themselves aren t real. you know, that s a big part of it, too. i mean, of course, there needs to be an evolution i think of a lot of the stories that we re telling in ballet that were created centuries ago that no longer reflect society. they don t reflect what people experience today. a lot of them are really sexist, really racist. so it s something that we re conscious of more so in america than we are in other countries. there are still ballets that are being performed in blackface in russia. you got into a bit of a spat.
reidout tonight with something along those same lines. and it is the truism that sometimes things are not as they seem. even when they involve hollywood stars and former presidents. for example, today in hollywood, actors and writers continue to walk the picket lines, still unable to reach an agreement with the studios and producers like netflix. a reminder that while our perception is that hollywood is this glamorous place where all the actors and writers are fabulously rich, for the vast majority of them, that isn t true at all. artifice is a big part of hollywood. making you believe things that aren t real. the same is often true in politics. the washington post reports this week that tommy tuberville, the alabama senator currently holding up all u.s. military promotions due to his opposition to abortion, including leaving the army and marines leaderless, and whose obstruction appears to have cost alabama the headquarters of space command