Dance Truth

Wow! Author proof of my book arrived today! What fun to hold a copy in my hands! June 15th publication date! ABC Ballet for YOU celebrates the beauty of diversity in body types, handicaps, races, religions and genders from the classroom to the stage as it follows a young dancer and her teacher as they review ballet terms with memorable rhyme.

Introducing Author/illustrator T K Ruth (also known as Ms. T.) and her Editor in Chief, Susie Cat stay tuned for preorders of her new book!

Not sure if this odd try or not but Just in case…Everyone, stay safe. Big day tomorrow. It’s official. Signed at 5:45pm. It was even on TV. Don’t forget that tomorrow marks the start of the new Facebook rule (also known as Meta), which allows them to use your photos. Don’t forget the deadline is today!!!
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Not sure if this odd try or not but Just in case…Everyone, stay safe. Big day tomorrow. It’s official. Signed at 5:45pm. It was even on TV. Don't forget that tomorrow marks the start of the new Facebook rule (also known as Meta), which allows them to use your photos. Don't forget the deadline is today!!!
According to the show 60 Minutes:
Just in case you missed it: a lawyer advised us to post this. The violation of privacy can be punished by law. NOTE: Facebook Meta is now a public entity. Every member must post a note like this. If you do not publish a statement at least once, it will be technically understood that you are allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile status updates.
I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION FOR FACEBOOK OR META TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA.
Hold your finger anywhere in this message and “copy” will appear. Click “copy. Then go to your page, create a new post, and place your finger anywhere in the empty field. “Paste” will appear, and click paste.

From my family to yours… Happy Easter

Yesterday as I sat with some of my fellow choreographers/costume designers to discuss this upcoming show (this group is 5-9 year olds), one girl spoke up… this is my favorite show EVER, the others quickly agreed. « we get to choreograph” “and design the costumes!” “ and dance SO many dances!”

Yes, my job is the best ever. creativity! As master teacher Nenette Charisse once said to me “when you teach you give them back themselves.”

The question is who’s holding who?

Today I sew a Gamzatti tutu before I coach a pr***en dancer in this variation. I am passing on the ballet lineage. I have never seen your acting, but thank you, Timothee for making so many of us all stop and think about the value of our art. I have taught and sewn and drawn dancers for over 50 years throughout the nation. One of my first dance class friends (we were 4), Hilarie Jenkins, went onto be costume mistress for ABT. We learned all the arts back then in NYC.
I became a child actress, switched to modern dance as a teen under the inspiration of Valerie Bettis, and then through her guidance found myself at NYU Tisch, where I met Valerie’s ballet teacher, Nenette Charisse. Nenette quite simply, changed my life and the lives of all of my students since. She made me understand and fall in love with ballet. She once said to me, “Talara, dont give me that modern or ballet dance, there’s only two types of dancing, good dancing and bad dancing.“
So it is with all art, Timothee…. I am sorry you have not the pleasure of being moved by great ballet dancing. For me, having watched Baryshnikov or Paloma in class is more than enough to be a lifelong fan. As I sew & teach & draw for the next generation I am aware than this lineage that travels thru me from the past 400 plus years, will travel forward as long as there are human bodies needing expression. Ballet, like all artforms, continues to grow & change. But there are only 2 types of art… good and bad.

Dancers in pastel… a memory from 10 years ago. inspired. “From all this training and strict discipline comes the greatest freedom. We start at the barre to gain our wings to fly later.”
Dance Is My Voice

What an opportunity ! What a performance! Parker symphony orchestra never disappoints, but last night was especially stellar. A performance of American women composers. I especially loved the Symphony #1 in E Minor by Florence Price, but Romance by Amy Beach with violin solist Katie Grosskopf just blew me away.