Sally’s Maypole-dancing teacher shares her name with a slightly more famous dancer, Suzanne Farrell. Farrell, born Roberta Sue Ficker, attended the School of American Ballet at a young age. In 1963, she was dancing to Stravinsky ballets, known for her “special personal lyricism and spontaneity.”  Generally enjoyed for her emotional honesty onstage and mysteriousness off, she seems a good parallel for the over-invested but earnest young teacher.

• footnote - by Natasha Simons

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