PROFILE
BARRE NONE ONE OF ONLY A FEW FEMALE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS IN THE MALE-DOMINATED UPPER RANKS OF BALLET, A FORMER DANCER’S JOURNEY TO LEADING LADY BEGAN WITH WAITING PATIENTLY IN THE WINGS. BY STEPH KEAY
Celia Fushille, prima ballerina turned artistic director of San Francisco’s Smuin Contemporary Ballet. Photo credit: Chris Hardy.