A Serious Platform for Women

An Interview with Grace Nicol BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Grace Nicol is a London-based dance artist and choreographer who in 2017 launched Woman SRSLY, a platform for female identifying and socialized female artists. The interdisciplinary performances include dance, theater, music, live art, film and cabaret. Grace shares the impetus, goals and […]

August 2, 2018  |  Read Article

Why Choose?

An Interview with Non-Binary Choreographer Syniva Whitney Syniva Whitney is an experimental choreographer and interdisciplinary performance artist. They make work inspired by their non-binary transgender and black multiracial identity. Embodiment practices, dance improvisation and sculptural choreographic techniques are a part of their method. Gender Tender is the name Syniva gave to their […]

July 30, 2018  |  Read Article

Dancing on Sands

An Interview with Donne Lewis BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, PHOTOS BY APRIL FREEMAN Donne Lewis is a tap dancer and foot percussionist in Albuquerque, NM. About six years ago, she discovered tapping on sand in a workshop. Since then, she has devoted herself to studying and developing the art of dancing […]

July 12, 2018  |  Read Article

Giving and Receiving: An Interview with Stella Matsuda

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Stella’s dance was a spiritual act; she gave herself wholly to her passion for the art form, and her viewer received a sort of spiritual communion from watching her. As simply as slipping into song, meditation or prayer, Stella slipped into movement. And, […]

July 5, 2018  |  Read Article

Appreciating the Passing: An Interview with Don Hewitt

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Don embodied the dance teacher archetype. He arrived early and prepared; he had given thought to what he wanted to say; he bestowed what he had to say with a measure of surety and kindness. He made me want to dance for him. […]

July 2, 2018  |  Read Article