Articles from the ‘Dancing Over 50 Project’ collection

The Gesture of Life: An Interview with Melissa St. Clair

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING In the soft light of her living room, it seemed as though Melissa was in the process of unloading and emptying, like a sea creature who has toured the oceans and returns to its depths to process the meaning of the endless tides. […]

November 24, 2014  |  Read Article

Ready for Anything: An Interview with Carla Mann

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING The room was bright and the leaves outside the windows were even brighter, but Carla outshone them all. She smiled in both face and body. Her dance was released, quick and meticulous, yet also with an underlying smoothness. The whole scene exuded light, […]

November 20, 2014  |  Read Article

To the Point: An Interview with Gregg Bielemeier

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Gregg spoke in a series of direct declarations. He could be summed up as seriously funny, or perhaps funnily serious; either way, he was quick to make his point. When he danced, something else surfaced entirely. The space began to swirl around him […]

November 17, 2014  |  Read Article

And Why Not: An Interview with Jamey Hampton

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY GREGORY BARTNING Jamey was an athletic bundle of energy. Crowned with his mop of curly brown-gray hair, he leaped, twisted, curved, balanced and tilted. He moved fast, but not without care or purpose. He emoted something both lost and found, held and released, inward and […]

November 13, 2014  |  Read Article

The Willingness to Keep Going: An Interview with Linda Austin

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Linda’s eyes shone with the faintest outline of tears by the end of her interview. As she moved into her dance, those tears morphed into a certain movement quality: soft, tender, sensitive and yet still practical and utilitarian. She had trekked the long […]

November 10, 2014  |  Read Article