Articles from the ‘DanceCast’ collection

Jasmiina guides six dancers in a studio. There are four standing dancers and two wheelchair dancers. They make various poses.

The Value of Studying Dance

Jasmiina Sipilä is the leading teacher in the dance department of Vocational College Live in Helsinki, Finland, where they offer the only professional dance degree for dancers with special needs in the country.

A large group of people standing and using wheelchairs pose and smile at the camera.

Inclusive Dance Education in Ireland

Rhona Coughlan and Kaylie Streit describe Inclusive Dance Cork, a professional dance training program in Cork, Ireland, for people with and without disabilities who want to engage with contemporary inclusive dance.

Silva looks into the camera and smiles with her lips closed. The background is blurry.

Seeking Barrier-Free Dance Education

Silva Laukkanen discusses how the disability dance field is behind in terms of education, and how Art Spark Texas’ research project is assessing what existing opportunities are out there and what more needs to be done.

Emily reaches in front of them, standing in a field against a blue sky.

“I Have Terrible Anxiety but I Love Being Onstage”

Emily Heath, a dance student at Bennington College, reflects on their ongoing experience of anxiety and how showing up with anxiety in dance spaces is an ongoing negotiation.

Four people sit onstage, one with a cane. The lighting is red, and a silvery set piece seems to swirl behind them.

Exploring How Performance is Experienced

Jess Curtis, an award-winning choreographer, performer, and scholar based in San Francisco and Berlin, shares how his career took a turn when he accepted a job in an interdisciplinary nouveau cirque company in France, and how he later established himself in Berlin while still running his company Jess Curtis/Gravity in the Bay Area.