April 22, 2024 - John Lam, Octavio González, and Pedro Alonzo
About The Episode
According to the laws of physics, a body in motion stays in motion. And for John Lam, he’s been in motion for nearly his entire life. But soon the Boston Ballet principal dancer will be approximating something like rest with the announcement that he is exiting the stage. He joins us to talk about his career, the decision to retire after a 20-year tenure with Boston Ballet, and what’s next.
From there, we continue our national poetry month celebration with poet and Wellesley professor Octavio González. It seems writing found him at an early age, as a kid growing up in the Dominican Republic. We talk to him about working through his life experiences, including the raw, sensual ones, in his latest collection of poems titled “Limerence.”
Finally, independent curator Pedro Alonzo joins us for his monthly edition of AI: Actual Intelligence.
