FROM THE GREEN ROOM: Dance/USA's e-Journal: Despite the daunting landscape for independent and freelance dance professionals, we’re seeing encouraging trends in how some dance companies regard the family lives of their employees. Lourdes Lopez’s passion in encouraging the dancers of Miami City Ballet to pursue career and family is inspired by her personal experience as a dancer and mother. But Ballet Austin, currently with three mothers and a father on its roster, has a male artistic director with no children of his own. For artistic director Steven Mills and executive director Cookie Ruiz, supporting their dancers in parenthood is a valued aspect of their organizational culture.
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