“My Story is Not Over”
Jimmy Burgess shares his long road of “making it” in dance, from a scholarship to attend Alvin Ailey, to becoming sick with diabetes and being in a coma, to partial leg amputation, to walking and dancing again.
The Seeds Behind “Making It”
Flamenco dance artist and Oberlin College dance professor Alice Blumenfeld reflects on how “making it” in dance is akin to planting seeds in a garden.
The Strange Pull of What You Love
BY KARA DAVIS Editorial Note: Each August for the past six years, Stance on Dance has asked dance artists at different points in their careers what…
A Trip Worth Taking
Editorial Note: Each August for the past six years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join…
Shaping, Making, and Personal Cultivation
BY SARAH DIONNE WOODS-LADUE Editorial Note: Each August for the past six years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it”…