Barre Talk: Conversations to humanize and connect us through COVID and beyond

Wendy Whelan, Misty Copeland, Camille A. Brown, Travis Wall. Dance celebrities certainly are a “thing”. Their grace and virtuosity builds an other-worldly mystique around them. At the same time, all sorts of dancers try to put out a mystique of themselves and their technical capabilities on social media, rather than showing their authentic selves. Master teaching artist Maria Konrad isn’t so much interested in the mystery behind famous dance artists as she is in their true huma