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Published and informal musings from the desk of Hannah Foster.

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Elixir of Life: Chartreuse

My second foray into color history in Londnr was a botanical one. 130 ingredients. Yellow and green varieties. Medicinal properties,…

botanical, chartreuse, color, colour, elixir, liquer

Doll House: Jeweled 19th Century Record-Setter Gets a New Home

“‘Unfortunately a lot of museums look down on dolls as being a collectible, not a work of art,’ Mr. Holbrook…

dolls, fashion, museums, photography

A Tale of Two Romeos

My latest for Pointe–read it here! Photo: Peter Walker and Harrison Coll. Photos by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB via Pointe magazine.

Ballet, Dance, romeo, shakespeare, Theater

Rhymes with Doomsday, Deals with Periods: New Yorkers Celebrate Judy Blume’s 80th Birthday

Every year, Symphony Space holds Bloomsday on June 16th, celebrating the life and work of James Joyce on the date…

adolescence, booknews, Books, judyblume, Literature, reading

From Home-State Stardom to ABT’s Corps, Betsy McBride Finds Grace in Every Role

My first cover story for Pointe magazine, featuring the lovely Betsy McBride of American Ballet Theatre! Read it here. Just a snippet: “Dark-haired…

abt, Ballet, Dance

War & Alchemy: The Story of Prussian Blue

I’m happy to announce that I have a new column in Londnr magazine, the “Colour Column.” My first article of…

Art, blue, color, paint, painting, postage, prussian blue

Holiday Ballets Get Immersive

Click here for the article I wrote pre-New Year for Pointe. I interviewed the artistic directors of Colorado-based Wonderbound and L.A.’s…

Ballet, holidays, immersive, nutcracker, Theater

From Ballerina to CEO: How Muriel Maffre Started “A Second Life”

Click here for my interview with Muriel Maffre, new CEO of LINES Ballet, on Dancemagazine.com. Photo by Steven Gregory, courtesy…

Part Play, Part Film, Partly Perfumed

Check out my first byline in The New York Times! It was also in today’s (Friday Nov. 24) Arts I…

film, paris, perfume, Theater
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The nonprofit dance organization I manage programs for has a new blog.

Dance, dance entropy, green space, valerie green

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