Protecting Youth in Dance Through Education
An Interview with Leslie Scott BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (YPAD) is a non-profit dedicated to building empowered dance communities and keeping youth…
A Call for Public Discussion
Dear Mr. Wegman, As the Senior Director of NYC’s home for cutting-edge performance and discourse, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, we urge you to initiate…
Promoting Boundaries and Pushing for Equality
An Interview with Kathleen Rea BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kathleen Rea is a dancer, improviser, choreographer and activist in Toronto, Canada. In 2000, she formed REAson d’etre…
Dancing Of, By and For the People
An Interview with Anne Bluethenthal BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Anne Bluethenthal is a dancer and choreographer in the Bay Area, and artistic director of ABD Productions and…
Bridging Art and Disability
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ezzell Floraniña began The Rainbow Players – a group comprised of people with varying levels of disability labels – in 1999 in Western…