Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

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

Art worth living for.

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 RANDEE PAUFVE SUNY Brockport, January 1985.  My first round of grad school. I went to either exorcise dance […]

February 19, 2015  |  Read Article

I value the bravery of vulnerability.

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 CHRISTY FUNSCH; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER Julie Mayo’s Softspace/as if it were night Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles, […]

February 16, 2015  |  Read Article

She was GOING for it.

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 CHARLES SLENDER-WHITE William Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, San Francisco Ballet 2010 I have been obsessed with […]

February 9, 2015  |  Read Article