A Journey into the Axis Syllabus

BY EMILY JONES Injury has become overly accepted in the world of dance. I know very few dancers, perhaps none, who haven’t been plagued by injury of some kind. I frequently hear stories of dancers who give up dancing because of injury. I am not one to push through pain, […]

November 23, 2015  |  Read Article

A New Understanding of Challenges

BY SHANNON LEYPOLDT I felt I would never be taken seriously as a dancer until it was the only thing I did. I freelanced in San Francisco for three years. I was hungry for experience and accepted every opportunity that came my way. However, after a few years it became […]

November 19, 2015  |  Read Article

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