Baltimore Blues
“Were there usual circumstances for a fourteen-year-old girl to visit the Maryland Penitentiary for Men? In Tess’s case, it all began when she decided to dance. Her determination was born of a desire not to be a dancer, merely to look like one: to be small, one of those tiny, curveless adolescents, all ribs, eyes, and pelvic bones. Tess realized most dancers began small and starved their bodies to keep them in perpetual preadolescence, but she thought she might be able to work backward.
After 12... weeks of classes, even though she still had a convex stomach, the teacher insisted Tess join her dance troupe, which performed throughout the community. Flattered, Tess jumped at the opportunity, assuming the instructor had glimpsed something not even Tess could see. She had—a pair of promising biceps. Tess was recruited to dance only one part, a Comet can in the instructor’s own modern-day version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. “It’s a big part,” the instructor promised. This was literally true.MoreLess
After 12... weeks of classes, even though she still had a convex stomach, the teacher insisted Tess join her dance troupe, which performed throughout the community. Flattered, Tess jumped at the opportunity, assuming the instructor had glimpsed something not even Tess could see. She had—a pair of promising biceps. Tess was recruited to dance only one part, a Comet can in the instructor’s own modern-day version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. “It’s a big part,” the instructor promised. This was literally true.MoreLess
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