Articles from the ‘Dancing Over 50 Project’ collection
On Making Good Art and Holding Hands Respectfully
Peter DiMuro - artistic director of Public Displays of Motion and of The Dance Complex in Boston - shares how he utilizes his leadership roles to invite other voices into the conversation.
July 29, 2019 | Read Article
Giving and Receiving: An Interview with Stella Matsuda
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Stella’s dance was a spiritual act; she gave herself wholly to her passion for the art form, and her viewer received a sort of spiritual communion from watching her. As simply as slipping into song, meditation or prayer, Stella slipped into movement. And, […]
July 5, 2018 | Read Article
Appreciating the Passing: An Interview with Don Hewitt
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Don embodied the dance teacher archetype. He arrived early and prepared; he had given thought to what he wanted to say; he bestowed what he had to say with a measure of surety and kindness. He made me want to dance for him. […]
July 2, 2018 | Read Article
How Can You Fake Dance? An Interview with Hae Kyung Lee
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING “I’ll just move slowly,” Hae said when we arrived for the interview. First, she danced small; then, there flowed a bit of momentum; and then she was swimming in movement. Soon, her self-consciousness had left the room, and in its wake was breathlessness […]
June 28, 2018 | Read Article
Living Up to the Hype
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT One year ago, my book, “Beauty is Experience: Dancing 50 and Beyond,” finally, after four years of hard work, patience, many lessons, and a few tears, came out! Hooray! The photographer with whom I collaborated – Gregory Bartning – and I printed a first edition of 500 […]
June 25, 2018 | Read Article