Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

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.”

Julia painting in her studio, surrounded by other paintings and props.

Each Page is a Stage

Maui-based artist and dancer Julia Allisson Cost details the process of painting her picture book, “The Girl and the Boat,” and how she experienced the process as similar to choreographing.

Bobby bends one knee and swings the other leg behind them, twisting to look backward. They are wearing black pants and a gray open jacket. The background is orange.

Street Dancer Bobby “Pocket” Horner Steps Back from Broadway

Bonnie Eissner profiles Bobby “Pocket” Horner, a street-dancer turned Broadway star who asks difficult and important questions about the nature of working on Broadway.

VERA! is pictured from the side onstage leaning back with open arms in a red dress with gold bangles. Their hair hangs behind them and a beard is drawn on their chin.

Queering Cultural Forms

Snowflake Calvert describes Queering Cultural Forms, a program of the Queering Dance Festival that provides a platform where traditional cultural dances are explored and enriched through a queer lens.

Felicitas squats down outside on the pavement. She leans to the side and covers her forehead and chin with her hands.

Felicitas: Vessels of Cellular Composition

Felicitas has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she continued pursuing her masters in Kinesiology & Human Performance, created a sensory awareness workshop with DMT Jennifer Bury, and started a new choreographic pursuit looking at memory and movement.