Allegra Kent [own] parents. She borrowed a neighbor's working papers and took a job at twelve. By fourteen, she was teaching ballroom dancing at night in someone's private home, mostly to Japanese men". Born in Santa Monica, Kent studied with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci before joining the School of American Ballet. She discovered music and dance at the age of 7 and enjoyed both, but she was 11 before she took her first ballet lesson. She had completely flat feet as a little girl and consulted a doctor, who prescribed wedges in her shoes to give her arches. She then began
Indira Allegra Film Festival, International Black Women’s Film Festival, BBC, and SFJAZZ Poetry Festival. She has also published written work in several journals and anthologies, including "Foglifter Magazine", "Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California", "Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices", and "Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature". Indira Allegra Indira Allegra is an American artist and writer based in Oakland, California. Her work, which includes installation, sculpture, poetry, and performance art, explores tensions as they manifest internally and in response to political and emotional triggers. Indira Allegra was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved in