The Spring/Summer 2026 Print Issue!

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT

One of the things I love about dance is the breadth and depth of possibility. Dance can look like anything and be practiced by anyone, and that openness creates the conditions for endless expression. When I started Stance on Dance in 2012, the goal was primarily to illuminate the incredible artists around me. Fourteen years later, I have covered more than one thousand dance artists around the US and internationally, and I’ve found that no two artists express themselves in the same way.

The Spring/Summer 2026 print issue of Stance on Dance continues to illuminate the endless expression of dance. London-based Igbo-American artist, writer, and dramaturg Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu searches for vestiges of women in Igbo masquerade. New York City-based dancer and choreographer Adriana Pierce describes how the isolation she experienced in her queer identity led her to found Queer the Ballet. New York City-based dance artist and scholar Raven Malouf-Renning reflects on their journey back to school for an MA in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts at the age of 49. Las Abuelitas de Oro, a group of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who perform ballet folklórico in San Antonio, Texas, demonstrate the value of cultural and intergenerational exchange. Georgia-based visual artist and dancer Ruth Schowalter shares how a life experiencing “the great dance” has prepared her to illustrate Cynthia Winton-Henry’s poem and future book, The Great Dance. Kai Hazelwood, a transdisciplinary artist and educator based in Amsterdam, guides readers on a choose-their-own adventure into the realm of fragility and shedding. Courtney King contemplates the mercurial nature of legacy with Rachael Dichter, a dance artist in the Bay Area and partner of the late choreographer Jess Curtis. Rashida Alisha Hagakore and Kathryn Dickason delve into the history of Hawai’i-based dancer Bodhitara Diane Searles and her imprint on ecstatic dance. San Francisco-based choreographer and arts curator Joe Landini considers the state of contemporary concert dance and how the arts scene has changed during his two decades running arts spaces.

Let’s not forget the visual artists who make the issue beautiful. Albuquerque-artist Dagmar Shaw is guided by color, texture, and emotion. She lends her gorgeous renderings of dancers to this issue. And Maggie Stack, a dance artist based in Reno, Nevada, brings a little levity to Stance on Dance in the form of the comic, The Bunion. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Maggie was an important part of Stance on Dance via The Bunion back in Stance on Dance’s early years. I am elated to have her back!

I hope the myriad forms of expression in this issue inspire you to go out, create, and revel in the many truths that dance can share and be.

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Cover art by Dagmar Shaw

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