Ballet as a Political Football and Size-Inclusive Dancewear

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-108Subscribe to The Dance Edit Extra: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dance-edit-extra/id1579075769Links referenced in/relevant to episode 108:-"The Lion King"'s tribute to Sharron Lynn: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbLeVkrsTK8/-Ja' Malik's Dance Magazine essay "My Life as an Invisible Black Choreographer": https://www.dancemagazine.com/ja-malik-choreographer/-The Chmerkovskiy family's charitable organization for Ukraine relief, Baranova27: https://www.instagram.com/baranova27/-Mikhail Baryshnikov's comments on the war in "The Guardian": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/20/mikhail-baryshnikov-do-not-punish-russian-artists-and-athletes-for-war-in-ukraine-Alexei Ratmansky's response to those ideas: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbbXrlHKjTs/-"The Guardian" feature on the history of ballet as a diplomatic tool: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/17/dancers-and-dissidents-how-ballet-became-a-political-football-between-east-and-west-"Pointe" story on size-inclusive dancewear: https://pointemagazine.com/size-inclusive-dancewear/