A small woman, Britain Werkheiser, dances the part of a boy in the first cast. York created All American to honor her father, whose relationship with her brother was part of her inspiration. My brother went through a long and difficult custody battle that he lost. I think he and my father got a lot closer through that experience. It was a huge event in their lives.
Image is more about the different colors within one person.
Set to a difficult score by Gustav Mahler, the dance is a gut-wrencher that requires the ballerina to keep the audience's interest for 30 minutes as she slithers around three poles in a blond wig. Marilyn's just the medium. I'm not one that likes to go out and do real technical ballets. Hopefully I can psych the audience into the story. She's a little quirky and mad, like a lot of artists.