Don't Act, Just DanceAt some point in their career, nearly all the dancers who worked with George Balanchine were told dont act, dear; just dance. The dancers understood this as a warning against melodramatic over interpretation and an assurance that they had all the tools they needed to do justice to the stepsbut its implication that to dance is already to act in a manner both complete and sufficient resonates beyond stage and studio. Drawing on fresh archival material,