Circling from 10,000 Feet

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY BY KATIE FLOREZ; ARTWORK BY VIDA VILJOEN Circling from 10,000 feet I unfurl the oily cable Into a measured swirl beneath me. Montreal on a snowy Tuesday afternoon.   I push back my knit beanie Too hot from dancing, sliding down […]

April 27, 2015  |  Read Article

Tiny Deaths

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ARTWORK BY VIDA VILJOEN In excavating remains of ancient cultures, archeologists never find any dance. Dying as it lives, dance doesn’t know how to sit around waiting to be found.   Tiny Death #1 We sit in the car, […]

April 20, 2015  |  Read Article

A Dance of Love… A Love of Dance

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY RACHEL MEYER; ARTWORK BY VIDA VILJOEN I’ll dance this dance of love this love I dance for you the audience is waiting, so I’ll share my story soon   The curtain begins to rise on a feature yet unknown anticipation grows […]

April 16, 2015  |  Read Article

The Perennial End

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY ANGELA MAZZIOTTA; ARTWORK BY VIDA VILJOEN I’d like to start from the beginning of the end. Beside me is a lemon tree. There are more lemons than I can pick, and I – the more deciduous one – feel responsible for all […]

April 13, 2015  |  Read Article

The Way She Fits

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY AND ARTWORK BY JULIA COST The way she fits. The perfection. Settled on my forearm, my hand supporting her thigh. Her face tucked under my chin. Her breath gentle on my neck. My cheek against her forehead. Her ear on my […]

April 9, 2015  |  Read Article