Navigating a Competitive Field
An Interview with Jamie A. Johnson BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Jamie Johnson is a Utah-based ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer who has danced, taught and presented work…
Revolutionaries Rather Than Victims
BY KRISTEN DEMAREE Kristin Demaree is a ballet teacher and choreographer based in Boulder, CO. She began Ballet Jam workshops with the aim of supporting women…
Assessing Opportunities
An Interview with Amy Seiwert BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Amy Seiwert is the artistic director and choreographer of Imagery, a contemporary ballet company based in California’s Bay…
Who Gets to Have a Voice?
An Interview with Kathryn Roszak BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kathryn Roszak is a ballet choreographer based in the Bay Area. This past year, she spearheaded the inaugural…
On Being a Good Ballet Feminist
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL PRENDERGAST I consider myself to be a good feminist. By that I mean I live my life in a way…