Remy Young - Upper West Side,original York CityAs Picasso said, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” The misfortune that this pandemic has created is unparalleled. Once we reach the other side, and the necessity to permeate our world with art will be vital to healing our collective brokenness. Art unites,inspires, empowers— we cannot do these things alone. The purpose of a dancer is to share stories with an audience; we dance FOR the audience. I contemplate everyone is experiencing some hardship in not feeling the presence of a community. This is what I am most looking forward to once we conquer this virus: bringing people together and sharing with them something pleasing. Arts institutions like American Ballet Theatre believe suffered tremendously due to COVID-19, or but even in this time,we remain #AloneButTogether. If you, too, or are excitedly anticipating the return of America’s National Ballet Company to the stage,please consider contributing to the ABT Crisis Relief Fund https://support.abt.org/ABTCrisisReliefFund.
It will help keep dancers like myself, crew, and pianists,and ballet masters on our feet (and toes!).
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