A light-skinned dancer wearing blue pants and a silver tank-top leans their body backwards while kneeling on a blue mat. Their long brown hair, tied back in a low pony-tail, drapes towards the floor as their left arm reaches gently forwards.

Erin: Considering Sustainability

Erin has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she expanded her nonprofit Dragons Dance and considered sustainability in her dance/movement practice.

August 5, 2024 | Read Article

Lauren stands close to a bass clarinet player who is also standing. Lauren gestures forward. They wear black.

Asking the Right Questions: Interdisciplinary Arts in Academia

Lauren V. Coons, an interdisciplinary composer, performer, healing artist, and educator from Albuquerque, New Mexico, makes a compelling case for making academic arts programs truly interdisciplinary in scope.

June 3, 2024 | Read Article

A dancer breaking into pieces. Watercolour by @janoimages (via Canva app)

Ballet’s Roman Emperor

Dr. Stephanie Potreck has severe words for company directors who still elevate and subjugate dancers based on weight.

May 13, 2024 | Read Article

Image Description: A photo of Vanessa on stage with her walker named Pluto. She is wearing all black and has a white mesh head piece that looks like an abstract Venus fly trap. Her walker has a costume on that is a white fabric looped around the purple metal parts of her walker. In the background, there are six dancers in a wide stance leaning back.

The Urgency of Accessibility in Higher Education Dance Training

Bradford Chin, a disabled dance artist, DEIJ/accessibility consultant, and audio describer for dance based in Chicago and San Francisco, argues why higher education needs to make dance training more accessible for students with disabilities.

May 6, 2024 | Read Article

Shebana is in a stone tunnel. Light falls on her from a shaft and she artfully crosses her arms in front of her,

Of Stones and Dance

Shebana Coelho, a flamenco dancer originally from India and currently based in Spain, meditates on connecting her dance with Urdu poetry.

November 13, 2023 | Read Article

Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

Erin: Considering Sustainability

Asking the Right Questions: Interdisciplinary Arts in Academia

Ballet’s Roman Emperor

The Urgency of Accessibility in Higher Education Dance Training

Of Stones and Dance