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

The Accessibility of Being on Display

An Interview with Heidi Latsky and Jerron Herman BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Heidi Latsky is the artistic director of Heidi Latsky Dance, and Jerron Herman serves as dancer and development director. Heidi Latsky Dance is a two-time resident through the CUNY Dance Initiative, which offers available space through the CUNY university […]

February 28, 2019  |  Read Article

Conjuring Imagination Through Movement

An Interview with Maria Bauman-Morales BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Maria Bauman-Morales is a New York City based choreographer and the artistic director of MBDance, as well as a two-time resident through the CUNY Dance Initiative, which offers available space through the CUNY university system to NYC dance artists. MBDance centers the non-linear and linear […]

February 25, 2019  |  Read Article