The Importance of Not Always Being Earnest

Editorial Note: Where are you in dance right now? I’ve posed this question to twelve high-school dancers the past two years. My intention is to ask them each year for as long as they respond, hopefully chronicling their growth through the practice of dance. One young dancer, Felicitas Fischer, responded late this year. […]

September 8, 2014 | Read Article

Working at Care

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT A few weeks ago, some new friends of mine wanted to get lattes and hummingbird cake for breakfast. Cake for breakfast? My intrinsic health-conscientious inner-dancer balked at the thought. I need avocado and an egg on organic whole grain toast with a side of grapefruit for breakfast. […]

September 4, 2014 | Read Article

Morsels of Wisdom on “Making it”

Have you “made it” as a dancer? “I know for sure that there is no such thing as ‘having made it,’ past tense, and resting now on a luxurious platform of achieved success. I don’t care if you’re freelancing, choreographing, enjoying a life-long contract with cushy benefits. Whatever your […]

August 28, 2014 | Read Article

In Good Company

Editorial Note: Last August, I asked eight dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Their responses were so poignant that I decided to make every August “making it” month and continue posing the question to various dance artists. Please join us this month […]

August 25, 2014 | Read Article

You Can’t Save Them All