Articles from the ‘DanceCast’ collection
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.
September 19, 2024 | Read Article
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.
September 16, 2024 | Read Article
“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.
February 14, 2022 | Read Article
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.
February 10, 2022 | Read Article
How Dance is Taught
Dance educator Daniel Levi-Sanchez advocates for a teaching style that empowers students instead of isolates them. Since acquiring a disability, he has begun to revisit dance with a focus on dance teachers with disabilities.
February 7, 2022 | Read Article