Archives Trust Your Muscle Vanessa Blakeslee·November 29, 2012Vanessa Blakeslee on writing novels vs. short stories, and writing as a form of cross-training.
Archives The Circle, or, How We Teach Art Through One Another Vanessa Blakeslee·September 27, 2012by Vanessa Blakeslee... The masters take their lead, but in The Circle, there truly is no hallowed point...
Archives Spiritual Waters Vanessa Blakeslee·August 2, 2012Vanessa Blakeslee on writing, dance, and spirituality...
Archives Dance, Writing & John Gardner’s “Fictional Dream” Vanessa Blakeslee·May 10, 2012Vanessa Blakeslee muses on sustaining the fictional dream and keeping your ankle turned in.
Archives The Mistake Vanessa Blakeslee·April 5, 2012What would you do if there was a glaring typo in your masterpiece? Fret, drink, both?
Archives Behind the Scenes Vanessa Blakeslee·February 23, 2012It reminds me of the ways people used to react when I announced that I wanted to be a writer as a teenager. “Oh, so you want to teach English?” was the standard reply, or something similar about working for a newspaper, becoming a journalist.
Archives So You Want to Be a Professional Artist? Vanessa Blakeslee·January 31, 2012ver the past two weeks, I’ve begun my first season as a member of the Gypsy Sa’har troupe...
Archives Doorway of Dreams Vanessa Blakeslee·January 17, 2012s a young reader I had a bookmark which read, Dare to dream the impossible against a glittery...
Archives Audition Season Vanessa Blakeslee·November 22, 2011everal weeks have passed since this October’s production of An Evening Unveiled, the twice-yearly show presented by my...
Archives The Audience vs.The Self Vanessa Blakeslee·October 25, 2011t’s mid-October, and the dance studio buzzes with pre-show jabber: of sections that still challenge us in our...