“Cuties” Controversy, Ballet's Queer Women, and Aesha Ash

<p><strong>Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:</strong></p><p>-The New York Times' "How to Birth a New American Theater": <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/theater/how-to-change-theater.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/theater/how-to-change-theater.html</a><br>-Pointe's article on queer women in ballet: <a href="https://www.pointemagazine.com/queer-women-in-ballet-2647537873.html">https://www.pointemagazine.com/queer-women-in-ballet-2647537873.html</a><br>-"Cuties" director Maïmouna Doucouré's op-ed for The Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cuties-director-maimouna-doucoure-why-i-made-the-film/2020/09/15/7e0ee406-f78b-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cuties-director-maimouna-doucoure-why-i-made-the-film/2020/09/15/7e0ee406-f78b-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html</a><br>-"Cuties" on Netflix: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81111198">https://www.netflix.com/title/81111198</a><br>-Aesha Ash's Swan Dreams Project website: <a href="https://www.theswandreamsproject.org/">https://www.theswandreamsproject.org/</a><br>-Swan Dreams Project on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theswandreamsproject/">https://www.instagram.com/theswandreamsproject/</a><br>-The School of American Ballet website: <a href="https://sab.org/">https://sab.org/</a></p>