Alexandra: The Hustle Is Real
For the past seven years, Alexandra has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year brought lessons learned through the NYC hustle.
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Expanding the Dance Community
Michaela Knox, a DanceAbility instructor who recently initiated an inclusive dance program in Maine, discusses her budding program and her longer-term goals.
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Erin: I Practice Patience
For the past seven years, Erin has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year, while dancing in San Francisco, she learned to practice patience and build…
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Felicitas: Messes, Tantrums, Discoveries and All
For the past seven years, Felicitas has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year, she choreographed her first piece and moved to Buenos Aires.
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Sydney: I’ll Never Settle
For the past seven years, Sydney has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year brought opportunities to perform in New York City and her first steps as a…
“An Expression of My Māori Culture”
Louise Potiki Bryant – a choreographer and dance artist in Aotearoa/New Zealand – discusses her work, “Onepū,” for Atamira Dance Company and how it draws on her feminine understanding of her Māori ancestry and mythos.
Expanding the Dance Community
Erin: I Practice Patience
Felicitas: Messes, Tantrums, Discoveries and All
Sydney: I’ll Never Settle
On Making Good Art and Holding Hands Respectfully
Peter DiMuro – artistic director of Public Displays of Motion and of The Dance Complex in Boston – shares how he utilizes his leadership roles to invite other voices into the conversation.
Ritual and Connection
Korean dance artist Dohee Lee in Oakland, CA discusses her approach to making ritual performance and how it is rooted in community, especially her most recent piece, “Mu,” which explores themes of connection.
Telling Our Truths
Nia & Ness – a Black, lesbian, dancer-poet performance art duo based in Brooklyn, New York – share their choreographic process and how their conversations and experience inform all their work.