This Ballet Dancer Was Assaulted By An Instructor – And Now She Makes Ballets About Assault

Lissa Curtis’ instructor assaulted her on a plane and in Romania – but the FBI can only prosecute the plane portion. Now, she “advocates on behalf of survivors through her ballet, even as that very art triggers her severe PTSD and pushes her to her mental and emotional limits. ‘I feel as though I live with a ticking time bomb inside my chest,’ Curtis says.”