Interview with Ashley Bouder

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• LA

  @lauracowart3046 · 6 years ago

  Ashley Bouder is so beautiful! The fact she mentioned wanting to change her face is so insane to me... When she dances she exudes the most genuine, pure energy. She just radiates beauty! Thank you for the interview! ❤️

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• LI

  @LillyPassion · 3 years ago

  Ashley Bouder is one of the best ballerinas i've seen. Her energy is contagious. I feel her soul evey time she dances.

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• AN

  @angelcake123-e6l · 6 years ago

  This whole series is fascinating, I'm loving all of the episodes.

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• WE

  @wendychampness1901 · 1 year ago

  Watching in Jan 2025 and have seen that Ashley will do her last performance with NYCB dancing Firebird❤ Best wishes to her in her next venture ❣️

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• NI

  @nicyeets631 · 6 years ago

  I’m only 14 minutes in, but this might just be the best one yet! Thanks Megan and Ashley for this!

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• DD

  @dday9433 · 6 years ago

  I love watching Ms. Bouder's facial expressions when her face melts with love at something happening off camera ... it's so nice to see these "celebraties" out of their make up/professional armor... thank you for sharing.

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• CH

  @cherylkavanagh3387 · 6 years ago

  One of your most compelling interviews, Megan. So sad when it ended. I wanted it to keep going!!

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• DI

  @diddums86 · 6 months ago

  I still come back to these interviews. They are so fascinating and inspiring! Thank you, again, Megan. And all the best for the future! ❤

• CA

  @candace3000 · 6 years ago

  I love that Ashley Bouder is speaking out about diversity and wanting the ballet world to become diverse thank you ashley❤✊🏼

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• MA

  @maryjane4406 · 6 years ago

  I love these interviews!! This one is one of my favorites.  I remember being a student at CPYB at the summer intensive 10-15 years ago and Ashley Bouder was rehearsing at the warehouse.  Everyone that could, snuck in to watch and it was the most surreal and amazing experience! Hearing about her grit and determination and what she has overcome is incredible.  Thanks for doing these interviews!  Keep them coming :)

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• DI

  @dim9753 · 6 years ago

  It is so interesting to hear Ashley talk about caucasian likeness as a standard for non-white people. As an illustrator writing my thesis, I find myself reading about how colonialism introduced these aesthetic standards  about people, art, tradition, etc. hundreds of years ago, and even after independence, nations and cultures are still trying to live up to standards that were never created with them in mind. GREAT interview!!!

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• CH

  @charlotteh2641 · 6 years ago

  Wow, so impressed with Ashley Bouder! Fabulous conversation about feminism, gender and race in and outside of the ballet world. Really neat to see two principal dancers, in their 30s, both mothers, having this discussion.

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