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“But what those years brought — which were the Black Lives Matter movement, which was the George Floyd situation — the ballet fit that same idea,” Garland said, “in fact, in an almost premonition kind of way. It, quite frankly, is quite moving in that regard.” “I appreciate my work which leans into the Black history, Black diaspora direction, and [Forsythe’s] work, which leans into contemporary deconstruction. But you know, there’s those little girls out there that want to put on that tutu, too. So I’d like to make that happen as well.”
Garland also feels DTH company founder Arthur Mitchell tapped him early in his career as a dancer to one day take over the company. Garland was then asked to take on the dual role of resident choreographer and director of the school.
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