As I recently welcomed our largest undergraduate class in many years in the Maedgen Theatre, I asked them to look at one another, explaining that the young people sitting beside them will be the artists with whom they collaborate in the next four years to produce art (and, in many cases, also after they graduate). I reminded them that performance, especially theatre and dance, depends on trusting one another.
While balancing parenthood and a career is always difficult, professionals in the field of dance face some specific challenges due to inherent industry features.