Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work.
If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.
The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

