For Fun, For Culture, For Art: Sharing Dance with Schoolchildren in Ghana

By Emmaly Wiederholt “There are three big reasons why people dance: for fun, for culture, and for art. People dance for fun when they are with their friends and they hear a song they like. People dance for culture with their community or tribe. I bet you have some cultural […]

July 11, 2013  |  Read Article

A Foray into Dances for Camera

By Kat Cole Under an overcast sunrise, a stampede of people charge up a hill. The grass is wet, possibly from a nighttime shower, and the mud sucks and spits as each bare foot hurdles from step to step. With a steady sound of elbows, shoulders and toes hitting the […]

July 5, 2013  |  Read Article

Working as an Art Model: Modeling as a Dancer

By Isabel Rosenstock Like many people trying to make a career out of dancing professionally, I have to do other things to make money. I work as a live model for artists and sculptors because it provides me with a fair amount of flexibility in scheduling work and more importantly, […]

June 20, 2013  |  Read Article

A New Chapter in Motivation

By Emmaly Wiederholt How does one go from taking an occasional dance class to dedicating one’s life in pursuit of dance? When does the switch happen? When does a person go from enjoying movement classes and occasional performances to being utterly obsessed with dance? Because let’s make one thing clear: […]

June 13, 2013  |  Read Article

My Journey as a Teacher

By Alana Isiguen When I was 16 years old, I was pushed into a classroom of young girls and boys ready for a jazz dance class. My dance teacher, Rebecca Wiley, had asked me to cover for her at the last minute, and though I had never taught before, she […]

June 6, 2013  |  Read Article