Viable Rural Alternatives for Dance

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT When I was living in San Francisco and Los Angeles, how many times did I hear friends wax philosophic about someday living in nature on a nebulous farm or cabin, or go camping and Instagram the lake and trees, or just complain about traffic? I’ll tell you: […]

May 23, 2016  |  Read Article

Why it’s Important to Have an Opinion on Dance

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY MAGGIE STACK I hadn’t been in a movie theater for several years until recently. Some friends of mine asked if I wanted to go see My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 at a hip new theater in town. I went because, well, it was Friday […]

May 2, 2016  |  Read Article

On Belly Dance and Cultural Appropriation

Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her life pursuing belly dance in the Middle East. She has generously allowed Stance on Dance to reprint two of her essays. Enjoy! BY LUNA […]

March 10, 2016  |  Read Article

The Belly Dancer’s Body

Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her life pursuing belly dance in the Middle East. She has generously allowed Stance on Dance to reprint two of her essays. Enjoy! BY LUNA […]

March 7, 2016  |  Read Article

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