Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

A line of dancers stand one in front of another with arms gently extended to their sides in front of a civil rights monument.

Connecting Dance and City Planning

Brittany Delany, co-founder of GROUND SERIES, a dance and social justice collective, connects dance and city planning through site-specific performance illuminating civil rights monuments in Riverside, CA.

April 21, 2025  |  Read Article

Erin and Doruk tango in a low lit room.

Argentine Tango in Flux

Michigan-based Argentine tango dancer/teacher Erin Malley shares the ways in which the Argentine tango world is in flux after the pandemic.

December 9, 2024  |  Read Article

Two dancers outside on grass lift one arm and lean into the other side.

Beyond What People See

Portland-based dance artist Jessie Nowak reflects on the agony of artmaking as she worked on creating the sci-fi dance film "Emerging."

November 18, 2024  |  Read Article

Julia painting in her studio, surrounded by other paintings and props.

Each Page is a Stage

Maui-based artist and dancer Julia Allisson Cost details the process of painting her picture book, "The Girl and the Boat," and how she experienced the process as similar to choreographing.

November 4, 2024  |  Read Article