Sidiki Conde: “Dance Is About Happiness”
“Happiness comes from the movement in dance, and everybody can move.” West African dancer/drummer Sidiki Conde shares his story as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.
Some Thoughts on Allyship and Path Building
Thoughts on allyship and building paths – to studios, to social safety nets, and to justice – from Stance on Dance’s editor Emmaly Wiederholt.
On the Ethics of Production
Monique Jenkinson, Joe Luttwak and Colm McNally, all artists in the Bay Area, discuss the topic of The Ethics Of Production: Thoughts on The Political Economy of Performance Materials, part of the series Tabled by Chlo & Co Dance.
Embracing the Diversity of Queer Expression
Colorado-based dance artist Allison Blakeney describes the impetus behind Excessive Realness, an annual queer-normative dance intensive geared toward LGBTQIA+ people.
Gestures of Erasure
Alice Blumenfeld questions if it is appropriate to apply Western terminologies toward cultural dance forms, like flamenco’s soleá, and makes the case for a more culturally sensitive approach to comparing dance forms.