Why I’m A ‘Dance-Class Dancer,’ Through and Through
Elyse Fahey, a dancer and studio owner in Albuquerque, NM, offers a counter perspective, describing why she is a ‘dance-class dancer,’ through and through.
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BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT When I went to grad school five years ago at USC for arts journalism, I had the opportunity to become involved with the applied theater arts program, which specifically focused on Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. In addition to taking several of…
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Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY EUGENE WILLIAMS; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT There were angels and dragons in the sunset Lightning bugs rose in waves over the beans and corn From the woods, the screech owl called telling us your journey was smooth Under the full moon…
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Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT You and I fit together in the dance like two unusual ingredients. We were both long but your wheelchair was strong enough to support our wayward limbs. You moved every which way, so many surfaces…
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Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY GWYN HENRY; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT I embrace the corner this juncture of walls a meeting place for spine and sheet rock. Demarcation. A map, a sign: this way will hold you true. As I go along the wall…
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