Articles from the ‘Reflections on “making it”’ collection

I Don’t Know How to Be a Dancer

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Earlier this month, I caught up with a friend who had recently produced a dance festival in Portland. I called to congratulate her and hear how it went, and to generally catch up. As our conversation lengthened, I found myself complaining to her that I feel like […]

August 24, 2017  |  Read Article

The Pursuit Is the Thing

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY COURTNEY MAZEIKA When I sat down to write out […]

August 21, 2017  |  Read Article

Making It Mine

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY ERIN MALLEY Part I. Once upon a time, I […]

August 17, 2017  |  Read Article

I Have Made It, So Now What?

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. Peiling Kao, photo by Orfeas Skutelis BY PEILING KAO In […]

August 14, 2017  |  Read Article

Doing The Twist

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY DAISY PHILLIPS The trouble with “making it,” in my […]

August 10, 2017  |  Read Article