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

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