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1 hour ago, BalanchineFan said:

Very sensible. 
I remember the interviews when Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan were announced and there was talk of changing the “backstage” culture at NYCB to be more open and supportive of their dancers and of diversity. Recognizing excellence is part and parcel of that. 

I’ve never heard India Bradley say who her mother is. I’ve read that the mother danced with Ailey (after being in Ailey 2 in her teens) and that the mother stayed 8or 10 years. She’s from NYC but they lived in Detroit when India was born. 

 

Her mother is Judy Milner! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqqlx0TsLtd/

5 hours ago, BalanchineFan said:

Taylor Stanley, who originated the role, would turn, drop to the floor and lie back with his hands behind his head in one smooth, sigh-inducing moment.

 

 

hey deserve that respect from all of us.

23 hours ago, cubanmiamiboy said:

I'm in orchestra right third row, and have been able to study this Sonmambula up close. I know I will get grilled by saying this, but Taylor Stanley was absolutely misscasted as The Poet. Here's the thing...what does The Poet has to do but looking dashing and prance around like a matinee idol...? Right. Absolutely NOTHING.  Stanley might be a great dancer, but dancing he's not doing here....and I'm sorry,  but pretty...pretty he's not.  I have seen pictures of Franklin on this, and there's definitely a Rudolph Valentino aesthetics going on, which Stanley didn't convey AT ALL.

Why then....????

Taylor Stanley uses they/them pronouns. And I think they are very pretty.

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