Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

A dancer sits on the floor of a gray room with his chin on a chair. Another dancer lies on the floor. There are several mannequins made of plastic in the space.

Making The Field Work

Charlie Slender-White, Artistic Director of FACT/SF in San Francisco, centers the dancer in all his work, driving multiple programs called Fieldwork that help the San Francisco dance scene thrive.

May 9, 2025  |  Read Article

A line of dancers stand one in front of another with arms gently extended to their sides in front of a civil rights monument.

Connecting Dance and City Planning

Brittany Delany, co-founder of GROUND SERIES, a dance and social justice collective, connects dance and city planning through site-specific performance illuminating civil rights monuments in Riverside, CA.

April 21, 2025  |  Read Article

Erin and Doruk tango in a low lit room.

Argentine Tango in Flux

Michigan-based Argentine tango dancer/teacher Erin Malley shares the ways in which the Argentine tango world is in flux after the pandemic.

December 9, 2024  |  Read Article

Two dancers outside on grass lift one arm and lean into the other side.

Beyond What People See

Portland-based dance artist Jessie Nowak reflects on the agony of artmaking as she worked on creating the sci-fi dance film "Emerging."

November 18, 2024  |  Read Article