SPEAK: Robert Moses

On arriving in San Francisco in 1985 and on my way to audition for ODC (Oberlin Dance Collective) I saw an addict noodling with a needle in his arm on […]

Teacher, Priestess, Dancer: Paying Tribute To Blanche Brown

“I’VE TRIED TO RETIRE FOUR TIMES,” says Blanche Brown with an infectious laugh, “And I always come back. I just have to dance. I have to listen to those drums.” […]

Speak: Money Changes Everything: Dance and Demos in Contemporary Capitalism

SARAH ANNE AUSTIN’S by now notorious March article in Dance/ USA’s e-Journal compared dance in higher education to a pyramid scheme. The harsh economic reality faced by contemporary dancers is […]

SUSTAINING THE LINEAGE: Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche shares the multi-faceted training of a Kumu Hula

              THE 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) represented many things to many people in its time, but one of the most notable outcomes of the festival was that […]

ANNA HALPRIN: Redefining Dance at 95

ANNA HALPRIN is, quite simply, amazing. In July she’ll turn 95, but she is still actively teaching, experimenting, creating, performing, and changing people’s lives through her approach to dance. “I have an enduring love for […]

SHE, WHO CAN SEE, Finding balance with choreographer Alleluia Panis

A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN is shaken awake by her troubled dreams. She rushes to work, but the dream haunts her: a chill on her spine, a cold feeling on her […]

FINDING FREEDOM IN BEAT AND SONG: A Conversation with Gabriela Shiroma of De Rompe y Raja

Gabriela Shiroma stood before her students with a stern but dedicated expression. Her gaze panned from left to right, as the dancers moved together to the beat of the music. […]

Connecting at the Dancewoods Festival

This article originally appeared in Stance on Dance. As a dancer, my physical reality strongly influences who I am, how I move and think. Knowing this about myself, I make […]

Welcome

Welcome “La la la la la la, La la la la la la, My cherie amour, lovely as a summer’s day ….” There are times that listening to music is […]

Score Muscles

Choreographer Christy Funsch is delivering a new home practice called the 100 Days Score: a collection of 100 prompts to spark daily creative investigations. AMONG DANCEMAKERS of a certain ilk, […]