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Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they’re still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don’t think that’s true of adults as much.

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Working improvisationally in my studio with dancers, it’s completely different. We don’t have any starting point; we don’t have an end point. We don’t have anything we are trying to show or do. The picture evolves from nowhere.

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I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that will be interesting, intriguing, eventually suspenseful. But what I find is that after I do that, then there are themes that emerge, which teachers can then use to provoke discussion and debate.

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May 6, 2024

I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that will be interesting, intriguing, eventually suspenseful. But what I find is that after I do that, then there are themes that emerge, which teachers can then use to provoke discussion and debate.

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May 6, 2024

Working improvisationally in my studio with dancers, it’s completely different. We don’t have any starting point; we don’t have an end point. We don’t have anything we are trying to show or do. The picture evolves from nowhere.

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