If Dance Could Change the World

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY VIDA VILJOEN Duh My first week of grad school, I found myself in an elective called LACE Theory, a four-hour class comprised of only five students in which we fervently discussed the use of art as an agent for social change. LACE is an acronym […]

February 1, 2016  |  Read Article

Stephanie Salts: Dance Felt Important Again

BY STEPHANIE SALTS Across the street from where I used to work was the business headquarters of Johnson & Johnson. The building had a big beautiful lawn with leafy trees and flowers. I would watch the maintenance workers out the window as I did barre. Every day, they would mow […]

January 11, 2016  |  Read Article

Jamie Benson Attempts to Make Sense of Himself

As part of this month’s series on dancers who facilitate their own dance practice outside of a major institution, New York based Jamie Benson attempts to make sense of his dance practice, how he keeps the wheels turning, and the “why” that drives it all. ~~ How often and in […]

January 7, 2016  |  Read Article

Marissa Brown: More Freedom

As part of this month’s series on dancers who facilitate their own dance practice outside a major institution, New York City based Marissa Brown shares the ups and downs of creating solos on herself. ~~ What does your current dance practice look like? Right now I mainly take class, usually […]

January 4, 2016  |  Read Article

Rethinking “I’m A Dancer”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY JULIA COST For as long as I’ve danced (since I was five), I’ve wrestled with a feeling of invalidity when I tell people I’m a dancer. Now that I work fulltime as a writer, I feel even more so like I defend myself against being […]

December 31, 2015  |  Read Article