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A peek into the process with Sara Mearns as she works on a new ballet about mental health.
“I have been very open about my mental health, but this is like another layer,” says Sara Mearns about creating the ballet “Don’t Go Home,” commissioned as part of her curatorial debut at New York City Center’s Artists at the Center program. “Stage Animal” goes inside the process as the dancer works with choreographer Guillaume Côté, actor-writer Jonathon Young and dancer Gilbert Bolden III.
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Stage Animal: Preview
Preview: Season 2025 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
“I have been very open about my mental health, but this is like another layer,” says Sara Mearns about creating the ballet “Don’t Go Home,” commissioned as part of her curatorial debut at New York City Center’s Artists at the Center program. “Stage Animal” goes inside the process as the dancer works with choreographer Guillaume Côté, actor-writer Jonathon Young and dancer Gilbert Bolden III.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Director] Sara?
- [Sara] Yes?
- We're counting on you.
- I know I have been very open about my mental health, but this is like another layer.
Work.
Home.
There's a piece missing.
I knew it was gonna be a huge undertaking, talking on stage, and dancing, and acting.
But, I just knew that I had to like jump off the cliff and be like, "Okay.
I can do this."
- [Director] Okay.
Let's start.
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