Hello. My Name is Katie, and I’m Addicted to Ballroom

BY KATIE HARRISON; PHOTOS BY GARY FLASHNER It’s incredible to look back at the past three years and see how much ballroom dancing has changed me. It didn’t take long for ballroom to take over my life. If you would have told me in 2011 that I would spend thousands […]

November 5, 2015  |  Read Article

Maybe I Should Dance

BY UTTARA VALLURI On a damp July evening back in 1994, I walked hand in hand with my grandmother who, if my memory serves me correctly, had told me we were going to get ice cream. I hadn’t turned five yet but was already spending my mornings before pre-school throwing […]

October 29, 2015  |  Read Article

From One Pursuit to the Next

BY MARIA WALLINE I can’t identify one specific event that caused me to stop dancing. Over the years, a series of factors came to a head leading me to take the focus of my life in a different direction.  I started dancing, specifically ballet, when I was three. As a […]

October 26, 2015  |  Read Article

Away

BY WIEBKE SCHUSTER I’ve only ever tried to run away from home once. I can’t remember what caused the upset that bubbled up in my stomach, but this eruption was so big, it took control over my little limbs. I packed my cardboard suitcase and stuffed it full with my […]

October 22, 2015  |  Read Article

Finding Theatre through Dance

BY JESSICA ARMOUR Pigeon toed. At seven years old my mom decided the best cure for my turned-in feet was ballet. What started as one night a week eventually consumed my life. For as long as I can remember I was enrolled in every form of dance. Every free moment […]

October 15, 2015  |  Read Article