ODC’s Next Move

[caption id="attachment_7771" align="alignright" width="300"] Faculty Nicole Klaymoon’s Embodiment ...


Becoming Stronger than the Struggle

In recent passing conversations with fellow dancers, teachers, choreographers and performers there ...


Finding Creative Action in the Teaching World

Teaching artists can no longer afford to wait for administrator buy-in or to be offered a seat at ...


Welcome, May 2014

Well-placed words of encouragement brighten any day. The timing in which a teacher releases nuggets ...


Advocacy: Anywhere and Anytime

Advocacy has long been one of those big, broad words whose definition I knew in theory, but ...


Dancing Lessons: How Engaging Dance Audiences Is Educating the Field

[caption id="attachment_7497" align="alignleft" width="300"] VPL field trip to Mass MOCA, ...


It Happens In the Studio: Talking Trends and Technique with Five Artists Who Teach

Over my 20+ years of teaching, I’ve seen different trends and styles come and go. I’ve watched ...


In Conversation with Dance Monks’ Rodrigo Esteva and Mirah Moriarty: Examining Natural Environments Through Interdisciplinary Performance

Water is essential. It sustains; it cleanses; it feeds; it restores. It makes all life possible. In ...


Nothing to Prove: Talking with Tania of La Tania Baile Flamenco

I arrived early for my interview with Flamenco dancer and choreographer Tania of La Tania Baile ...