Untitled (children dancing in dance class) c. 1950

Editor: Here we have Jack Gould’s "Untitled (children dancing in dance class)," a photograph. It looks like a sweet, candid moment. What's your read on this? Curator: It feels like a memory, doesn't it? All those slightly mismatched outfits and serious little faces. It makes me think of my own disastrous ballet debut! Notice how Gould captures that awkward grace, the striving for perfection. Editor: So it’s not really about dance, but more about the struggle to achieve? Curator: Precisely! It’s about that universal feeling of trying, failing, and finding a weird sort of joy in the process. Editor: I love that. It's more poignant than I initially thought. Curator: Exactly! It resonates, in a way you understand later on, looking back at the image.