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What does ballet mean to you?

caption: Amanda Morgan dances during company class on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle.
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Amanda Morgan dances during company class on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

Is it about a body type or racial identity or history? Or is it, at its core, just about dance? A trip into Black imagination, and a look at how a Pioneer Square artist community is hanging on.

Individual segments are available in our podcast stream or at www.kuow.org/record.

Theresa Ruth Howard

The push to make classical art forms more inclusive is far from new – but this year, more people seems to be listening. In the ballet world, dancer and educator Theresa Ruth Howard is among those leading the charge.

Natasha Marin, Black Imagination

Imagine a world where you are loved, safe, and valued. That is unfortunately not the world that many Black people live in today – but Seattle artist Natasha Marin is inviting folks to dream it into being. Her new book is called Black Imagination: Black Voices on a Black Future.

Good Art in Pioneer Square

An artist loft whose tenants are also all artists in an economic downturn. This is not the plot of RENT – it’s the reality of Jane Richlovsky, who owns the Good Art building in Pioneer Square.

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