I Wanted More

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 JOY PRENDERGAST Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Salt Lake City 2005 I was 17, in […]

March 19, 2015  |  Read Article

Life as Dance and Dance as Life

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 WIEBKE SCHUSTER Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal in Cafe Mueller and Rite of Spring Sadler’s Wells, London 2008 “It’s […]

March 16, 2015  |  Read Article

Small Explosions

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 MADELYN BIVEN; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER Miriam Wolodarski’s Fall Work Mott Studio of ODC as part of the […]

March 12, 2015  |  Read Article

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