Erin: A Full-Time Artist

Erin Yen has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 14 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she became a full-time artist, directing her company Dragons Dance, as well as performing and teaching throughout the Bay Area.

August 17, 2026  |  Read Article

Hitchhiking to Ecstasy

Ecstatic dance facilitator Rashida Alisha Hagakore and scholar Kathryn Dickason delve into the history of Hawai’i-based dancer Bodhitara Diane Searles and her imprint on ecstatic dance.

June 15, 2026  |  Read Article

Shedding: Choose Your Own Adventure

Kai Hazelwood, a transdisciplinary artist and educator based in Amsterdam, guides readers on a choose-their-own adventure into the realm of fragility and shedding.

June 1, 2026  |  Read Article

Dancing Deep Time: Embodying the Great Dance

Georgia-based visual artist and dancer Ruth Schowalter shares how a life experiencing “the great dance” has prepared her to illustrate Cynthia Winton-Henry’s poem and book, "The Great Dance."

May 25, 2026  |  Read Article

It’s Never Too Late

New York City-based dance artist and scholar Raven Malouf-Renning reflects on their journey back to school for an MA in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts at the age of 49.

May 4, 2026  |  Read Article