We don't want to see something that you did 30 years ago. We want to see something current, and to watch your work improve.

We talk to people and try to explain that we don't do crafts.

We've had 26 or 27 members at times.

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.

I think body-image issues are not just a dancer thing. I think we're much more in tune and aware because the body is our instrument and art, and we stare at ourselves in a mirror all day, but I feel like it's something that every woman experiences and every girl experiences.

That something that I fought so hard for throughout the beginning of my career is I didn't want to pancake my skin a lighter color to fit into the... ballet. I wanted to be myself. I didn't want to have to wear makeup that made my nose look thinner.