By Gavin Larsen My inspiration for The Rib-Cracking Episode, a chapter in Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life, came from my friend and fellow dance writer, Martha Ullman West. Martha and I had an ongoing email conversation as I was working on my book in which I shared with her
By Martha Ullman West My goal was to write a short biography of Janet Reed, to be titled Pioneer on Pointe, a project I planned to complete in a year. I ended up writing a 400-page book about her and Todd Bolender, Reed’s partner in many endeavours, and their considerable contributions to the establishment of