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

Kinetech Arts Plays with Dance and Technology

An Interview with Daiane Lopes da Silva and Weidong Yang of Kinetech Arts BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Daiane Lopes da Silva and Weidong Yang founded Kinetech Arts in 2013 to create performances that combine dance and science with the newest interactive technology. Based in San Francisco, the couple also hosts the annual […]

March 14, 2019  |  Read Article

Indigeneity and Identity

An Interview with Dakota Camacho BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Dakota Camacho is a multi-disciplinary artist from Låguas yan Gåni, the ancestral homeland of Matao/CHamoru people (Dominating culture calls this archipelago the Mariånas Islands). Dakota works in spaces of Indigenous performance, musical composition, community engagement, and education. Guiya (they) is also a co-founder […]

March 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Creating Hula in Response to Climate Change

An Interview with Patrick Makuakāne BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Patrick Makuakāne is the director of Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, a Bay Area-based dance company that blends traditional and contemporary forms of Hawaiian dance. He is presenting a new work that addresses climate change at Dance Mission Theater’s upcoming D.I.R.T. […]

March 7, 2019  |  Read Article

Urban Bush Women Continues to Innovate

An Interview with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Chanon Judson BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Photos by Christopher Roesing from Hair & Other Stories Urban Bush Women’s Founder/Visioning Partner Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Associate Artistic Director Chanon Judson share the company’s involvement with the CUNY Dance Initiative, which offers available space […]

March 4, 2019  |  Read Article