Last week, the studios at American Ballet Theatre, in New York, were an island of quiet and peace, far from the news. Most of the dancers were still away, enjoying the third week of their post-"Nutcracker" hiatus. (The company employs the dancers thirty-six weeks per year; the rest of the time, they fend for themselves.) Most of the studios were still empty, but in one room the quiet, repetitive labor of fine-tuning …
SOURCE: The New Yorker at 02:30PM on January 14, 2015