All posts tagged "retired dancers"

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  Bowing and exiting for the last time: The social and emotional dynamics of retiring from the stage

  “Dancers die twice – once when they leave the stage,” Martha Graham famously said. Yet, a challenge to that sentiment recently came...

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  Christopher Ruud’s last bow: 21 years of fulfillment, pain and so much more

  Principal Dancer Christopher Ruud took his last bow with Ballet West, after 21 years with the company, on February 23, 2019. Speaking...