{"id":20,"date":"2025-12-11T18:42:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nfb.wrc.mybluehost.me\/website_db6496eb\/community-engagement-practices\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:25:15","slug":"community-engagement-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troublemaker.nyc\/es\/community-engagement-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Doors to Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nfb.wrc.mybluehost.me\/website_db6496eb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lusa-logo-June-18-2020-1-1.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Doors to Ballet<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_344_5fa2b6aa-9512-4cd0-b599-ae843dd63e24&#038;uf=https%3A%2F%2Flatinousa.feeds.futuromedia.org%2F\" style=\"min-width: 300px;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading20_6fc025-73 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_6fc025-73\"><br>Steven remembers how much movement marked the stark difference between the two worlds in his life: his home life in the Bronx and his life as a professional ballet dancer. \u201cIt is really interesting to me to watch the way somebody from the South Bronx moves compared to the way somebody from Park Avenue moves,\u201d Steven says. \u201cAnd it has been really interesting in my life to try to change the way I mix in and out of different cultures.\u201d<br>Steven got his start in ballet at just seven years old as part of an outreach program run by the New York Theater Ballet. 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