Articles from the ‘Interviews’ collection
Democratizing Dance
Pioneer Winter, choreographer and artistic director of Pioneer Winter Collective, an intergenerational, queer, and physically integrated company based in Miami, Florida, shares his belief that dance should not be exclusionary.
August 8, 2022 | Read Article
Butoh and Neuroscience
Colombian neuroscientist Dr. Luis Roberto Amador López, theoretical physicist Dr. José Jairo Giraldo Gallo, and butoh choreographer Brenda Polo research the effects butoh has on the brain and emotions in their project "Black Hole."
July 5, 2022 | Read Article
Mary Verdi-Fletcher: “Blazing the Trail”
Mary Verdi-Fletcher, the founding artistic director of the Dancing Wheels Company & School in Cleveland, Ohio, shares her experience blazing the trail as one of disability dance artistry's pioneers.
June 13, 2022 | Read Article
Jung Soo “Krops” Lee: “Disability Isn’t Only What You See”
Jung Soo "Krops" Lee is a b-boy and DJ in Uijeongbu, South Korea and a member of the breakdance crews Fusion MC and ILL-Abilities. He shares his perspective on the lack of understanding about dancers with invisible disabilities.
June 6, 2022 | Read Article
Hai Cohen: “I Would Like to See Good Dance, Period”
Hai Cohen, co-manager with Tali Wertheim at Vertigo Power of Balance in Israel, discusses making improvisational and accessible dance spaces in Israel, as well as how he would like to see more good dance in general.
May 30, 2022 | Read Article