Writing about Movement Hello, and welcome to the first installment of the Kinetic Conversations Blog. If you are reading this, you might have heard our podcast,  Kinetic Conversations with the Fort Wayne Ballet , which we started in 2018. In it, we explore our ballet company’s performances and the history behind those works, and interview noted guests and members of the company.  My name is John Dawkins and I am the podcast’s producer and editor. That’s right, I’m not an expert in ballet or any form of dance; I am an audio engineer. Please don’t let that be an immediate deterrent to reading! Stick with me for a moment, because we’re trying something just a little different with this blog. You see, I want to write for the people who come to the ballet the way I did, four years ago – with no knowledge or preconceptions, no nose in the air, and with the honest intention to broaden my horizons.  All this said, I am not a stranger to the arts. I have been on the periphery of m...