Why did it affect me so deeply?

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 EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Eiko and Koma’s Night Tide Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2012 It was […]

February 2, 2015  |  Read Article

YOLO in the New Year

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER I have an admission to make: I love the slogan YOLO. I don’t care if it sprung out of a rap song and became a kitschy mantra for millennials; I adopt it whole-heartedly. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, YOLO […]

January 1, 2015  |  Read Article

Unraveling Rolfing

BY ALINE WACHSMUTH Self-care is usually prescribed to relax, calm down and escape the hard work we endure (or impose upon ourselves) on a daily basis. A lot of the time, we utilize other people or practitioners to do this healing for us. We schedule to get a massage and […]

December 29, 2014  |  Read Article

An Artistic Quandary

BY JAMIE RAY WRIGHT As a black man, I have been heartbroken and upset over the recent events in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island. It is one of a whole line of incidents that have become all too familiar to people of color in the United States. My most vivid […]

December 18, 2014  |  Read Article

Thinking about Aging

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Every morning, I wake up and do a series of stretches. I started the habit in high school and have managed to maintain it for over ten years. I’m 28 now. Sometimes I really don’t feel like stretching. Luckily, or unluckily, I have a little nag on […]

December 1, 2014  |  Read Article