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“Just finished the final episode in tears. WOW. Season one was also moving and fascinating, but Room of Mirrors is next level.
The simmering, beautiful, looming string music is so evocative from the start. I cannot stress enough how much of a MOOD this podcast creates when you listen. On top of getting chills or feeling wonder or dread from the stunning music, this podcast covers so much. The historical, the personal, the political, the body politic of it all — Erika didn’t miss. She looked at every angle of this elite ecosystem and brought us in fully.
The broad implications here — questions about greatness, achievement, elitism, authority, and how intergenerational culture infuses itself into young people — are for anyone and everyone to explore, regardless of interest in ballet. I have so many questions and realizations swirling in my head after this. There are also entire episodes devoted to race and queerness in ballet, with amazing interviews. I learned so much.
And at the same time, it’s touching and personal. I have no background in ballet, but my aunts and cousin were deep in it. This put so much into perspective about what I witnessed as a child around ‘being enough’ for ballet, and what that does to a girl from when she’s young, on through her entire life.
This was one of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to. It swept me up completely, taking me to pre-Bolshevik Russia, 1960’s Brooklyn, and right into the secret heart of elite ballet studios and dorms. Huge thanks to Snap Judgement for introducing it, because I wouldn’t have sought out a story about ballet on my own. But wow. Thank you for this work, Erika and team — it’s journalism, but clearly done by an artist.”
little'filly via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/25/23
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“As a woman who entered MCs in 1995 and lived in the convents in Harlem, the South Bronx and Gallup, New Mexico before leaving in 1996, I am absolutely thrilled to hear these stories being told. The Petrie documentary, working with the MCs in their Detroit soup kitchen and my young idealism drew...”Read full review »
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“Very Interesting stories and growing up catholic i was very interested to hear what the life was like. Very good listen I recommend to anyone and everyone !”
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United States of America ·
07/25/21
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