Teaching Robots to Move, Let Alone Dance

An Interview with Amy LaViers, director of the RAD Lab Amy LaViers is the director of the Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The lab seeks to leverage embodied, choreographic practice in the development of expressive robotic systems and in the study of human […]

April 4, 2019  |  Read Article

A Romp through the Residue of Childhood

An Interview with Sarah Chien BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, with help from ALLYSSA TRUJILLO Sarah Chien is an improviser and choreographer in New York City who creates solo works that seek to better understand her identity in a holistic and multi-faceted way. Her upcoming performance, Songs Stuck in My Body, looks […]

March 28, 2019  |  Read Article

Leaning into Discomfort and Discovery

An Interview with Francesca Harper BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, with help from ALLYSSA TRUJILLO PHOTOGRAPHS BY NINA WURTZEL Francesca Harper is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City, and the director of the Francesca Harper Project. After dancing for Dance Theatre Harlem, the Frankfurt Company, and a handful of […]

March 25, 2019  |  Read Article

Bringing Stepping to the Stage

An Interview with C. Brian Williams, founder of Step Afrika! BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, PHOTOS BY JATI LINDSAY Step Afrika! is the first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Here, founder C. Brian Williams shares the history of the company and how he helped evolve stepping from a […]

March 21, 2019  |  Read Article

Of Displacement, Diaspora and Dance

An Interview with Nadhi Thekkek and Rupy C. Tut BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Nadhi Thekkek is the founder/artistic director of Nava Dance Theatre, and Rupy C. Tut is a painter and calligrapher. Together, they are working on a project, Broken Seeds Still Grow: Taking Root, that explores the Partition of India […]

March 18, 2019  |  Read Article