BOSTON – Massachusetts state Sen. Ryan Fattman is rarely far from a basketball, and if he is, you can bet his mind is never far from the gym.
Earlier this month, the 31-year-old Republican from central Massachusetts gripped a miniature rubber version of a basketball in his hands, reared back his arms and launched a small shot at the miniature hoop that's mounted to the wall inside his office on Beacon Hill.
Dancers are used to practicing in studios, but there was something particularly fitting when members of the Cirio Collective began to improvise in a church-turned-dance studio. For the Cirio Collective, a studio is like a sanctuary and artistic expression is sacred.
