Learning about Place

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY NINA HAFT Liat Dror/Nir Ben Gal Company’s Anta Oumri Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 1998 […]

March 9, 2015  |  Read Article

An Affirmation of Spirit

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY ERIC KUPERS; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER Contraband’s Mira, Cycle III It was the early-mid-nineties. I had just moved […]

March 5, 2015  |  Read Article

Thus Began My Love Affair

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY CAROLYN STUART Karen Nelson and Alito Alessi Echo Theater, Portland, OR 1984. 36 years old, two children. 24 […]

March 2, 2015  |  Read Article

Finding Real Joy

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY FAITH PRENDERGAST; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER In May 2014, I participated in a workshop with a wonderful man […]

February 26, 2015  |  Read Article

When Performance Shatters Me

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY CHRISTIAN BURNS Standing in a lightless arena-sized room (the blackness representing everything I don’t know) holding a flashlight […]

February 23, 2015  |  Read Article