Limitless in a Limited World: An Interview with Kathryn Roszak

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Kathryn’s staunch opinions and forthright realism about the schema of women in the dance world were strong and well-founded. She spoke with authority. But when she danced, what began to surface was a beautiful contradiction: she sharply questioned dance, and yet continued to […]

November 30, 2017  |  Read Article

Ballez: Redefining Ballet

An Interview with Katy Pyle BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Katy Pyle is the founder, director and choreographer of Ballez, a dance company in New York City that celebrates lesbian, queer and transgender communities and histories through ballet classes, as well as by reimagining classical ballets through an LGBTQ lens. Katy discusses […]

November 6, 2017  |  Read Article

Keeping Ballet Relevant through Words

The Ballet Bag was founded in 2009 by two ballet enthusiasts, Linda and Emilia, who were both living in the United Kingdom at the time. Their goal has been to demonstrate that ballet is not stuffy, old-fashioned or inaccessible by creating relevant, fresh and topical coverage. Linda and Emilia share […]

April 1, 2017  |  Read Article

Contemporary Ballet Past, Present and Future

An Interview with Robert Sher-Machherndl BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Robert Sher-Machherndl is a former principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, and choreographer and artistic director of Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in Boulder, CO. He shares his thoughts on what exactly contemporary ballet entails, and the past, […]

December 15, 2016  |  Read Article

Keep The Status Quo!

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; DRAWINGS BY MAGGIE STACK For the past month, I’ve interviewed several female choreographers and artistic directors of ballet companies across the country on the topic of female leadership. Their responses spanned the gamut and were insightful and provocative. However, I’ve come to the conclusion that we have […]

October 6, 2016  |  Read Article