Dating a Dancer

Jake Padilla is a musician currently living in Durango, CO. He has worked for a decade as a teacher and performer for various theater productions, bands and in solo performances. His girlfriend, Malinda LaVelle, is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and the artistic director of Project Thrust. This is the world […]

July 30, 2015 | Read Article

It’s in the Blood

BY CATHY INTEMANN It must be in the DNA! How else can I explain Emmaly’s passion for dance? My parents loved to dance and as a young couple they square danced in Panama and Denver until the family grew to five children and their responsibilities increased. I still have a […]

July 27, 2015 | Read Article

From the Mom of Many Dancers

BY NAOMI PRENDERGAST I have always loved dance, ballet and musical theatre as well as theatre itself. I did a fair amount of folk dancing as a teen and even did some performances with a small local troupe. When my kids started their formal dance training, they had already been […]

July 20, 2015 | Read Article

Finding Her Beauty

Each summer for the past three years, I have asked a group of young dancers where they are with dance. I leave the question open-ended in order for them to answer however it resonates personally. My goal is to create a yearly check-in by which to chart how these young women […]

July 16, 2015 | Read Article

Gaining Experience