'Beauty must suffer': the artist lifting the barre on ballet
Karon Davis's sculptures chart the emotional and physical effects of pushing one's body beyond its limits " and asks what it takes to be Black in a white Eurocentric industry It begins with barre. The young girl's left hand grips the bar, her right hand in first position, her tutu adorably upright, while she inquisitively, and somewhat nervously, looks at her reflection in the mirror. It's a process every dancer star…
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