Being Seen as A Dancer
Karen Daly, a dancer in Eugene, OR with DanceAbility International, shares the story of her entrance into dance in her 40s and some highlights from her career working with DanceAbility.
Dancing the Veteran Experience
An Iraq War veteran, the director of EXIT12 Dance Company and an MFA candidate at Trinity Laban, Roman Baca describes why and how he tells veterans’ stories choreographically.
There’s No Such Thing As “We Can’t Do Something”
Dance artist Karenne Koo of Tucson, AZ, discusses her involvement with the Mettler-based dance community and the breadth of her outreach work.
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.
A Philosophy of Inclusion
Olivia O’Hare and Veronica DeWitt, colleagues at Body Shift in Austin, TX, share their entry points into improvisational dance and DanceAbility in particular, as well as discuss the strengths of DanceAbility and its philosophy of inclusion.