A group of dancers huddle and walk together in the foreground. They are brightly colored. The rest of the photo is black and white with a band playing on the stage in the background.

How to See in the Dark (a.k.a. Ecosystems, Cycles, Insecurity)

Dance artists Anne Bartlett and Jessica Perino reflect on the cycles of artmaking through their company 20MOONS in Durango, CO.

May 12, 2025 | Read Article

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

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

Dancing In/ Inside of/ With/ Around/ Through a Fragmented World

London-based dance teacher Donna Schoenherr advocates for better aging in dance opportunities through her work at Ballet4Life and the nonprofit Move into Wellbeing®.

November 25, 2024 | Read Article

Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

How to See in the Dark (a.k.a. Ecosystems, Cycles, Insecurity)

Making The Field Work

Connecting Dance and City Planning

Argentine Tango in Flux

Dancing In/ Inside of/ With/ Around/ Through a Fragmented World