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“While it’s incredibly uplifting to see these heroes of an old war find renewed purpose, it’s also filled me with a deep unease. It’s as if we’re able to celebrate the elderly among us as individuals, so long as they have the good fortune to stay healthy, the means to look after themselves, and the good taste to give us something to root for. We’ve not been so charitable to the seniors warehoused away , disproportionately stricken by COVID-19, and sometimes literally left to die.
“Our days have become a blur of deadlines and video conferences, dog walking, cooking and house cleaning, ever more house cleaning, interrupted by trips to the grocery store planned as though Loblaws were a beachhead in Normandy. We have begun to feel like some pre-industrial family workshop where everybody pitches in to create a bit of product and a lot of survival. It’s not unhappy, but it certainly doesn’t include spare time.” –To read a new book in spring 2020 is to open a time capsule.
Kain describes the production’s wardrobe as delicate and almost transparent with a couture quality. “It’s going to be exceedingly beautiful,” she says. Clothes – and specifically, costume – have naturally played a role in Kain’s career since she joined the ballet in 1969 as a dancer in the corps.
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