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Stella Abrera on her favorite books and how reading informs dancing

Read an excerpt from Charles Yu’s ‘Interior Chinatown’

‘Interior Chinatown’ by Charles Yu is our April Ballerina Book Club pick

Victor Abreu. Photo by Erin Baiano. Courtesy Victor Abreu.

Reading Diary: Dancer Victor Abreu on ‘The Vanishing Half’ by Brit Bennett

Read an excerpt from Brit Bennett’s ‘The Vanishing Half’

‘The Vanishing Half’ by Brit Bennett is our March Ballerina Book Club pick

Portrait of Maggie O'Farrell (L): Murdo Macleod. Book cover (R): Penguin Random House.

Maggie O’Farrell on the tension between myth and reality in ‘Hamnet’

Read an excerpt from Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’

February 18, 2021

‘Hamnet’ by Maggie O’Farrell is our February Ballerina Book Club pick

February 04, 2021

Hope Boykin. Photo: Steve Vaccariello.

Choreographer Hope Boykin on her favorite books and breaking into dance

February 25, 2021

Reading Diary: My time in ‘Giovanni’s Room’

February 19, 2021

Ballerina Book Club Classic Pick: James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’

February 11, 2021