Articles from the ‘Creative Responses’ collection

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 us in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY RACHEL I. BERMAN this is not the piece this is […]

August 27, 2018  |  Read Article

The Summer of Your Passing

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 […]

April 26, 2018  |  Read Article

Dancing with Eugene

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 […]

April 23, 2018  |  Read Article

My Stage

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POEM AND ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT My stage: Red rug Inlaid with gold Protective symbols of “Stay” and “Play”   My audience: Dear Divine.   I am the night The night is I:   Limbs Ground Reach Gather Strength Release Worry Trace […]

April 19, 2018  |  Read Article

Forget Your Perfect Offering

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY RACHELLE WOODS; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT leaves are my colors rain sweetened dirt my longing   my bones know gravity  ash languages my mouth has forgotten   I might say mourning dove say owl drowning in thick air   practice imperfect […]

April 16, 2018  |  Read Article