Writing the Dance

An Interview with Cheryl Pallant BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Cheryl Pallant is a dancer, writer and professor in Richmond, Virginia. She has published several books of poetry and nonfiction, as well as many articles. She discusses the convergence of dancing and writing in her life, and how one feeds the other. […]

October 26, 2017  |  Read Article

Where American and Tunisian Dance Meet

An Interview with Emily Schoen BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Emily Schoen is a dancer and choreographer in New York City, and the artistic director of Schoen Movement Company. This October, she orchestrated a residency in Tunis, Tunisia, teaching modern dance classes and setting a piece on members of both her own […]

October 23, 2017  |  Read Article

Between Cultures

An Interview with Ivonne Batanero BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ivonne Batanero is a dancer and choreographer in Miami, Florida. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Ivonne reflects on her experience going back to her native Peru to perform and teach as an American, and […]

October 16, 2017  |  Read Article

Building Cultural Bridges

An Interview with Michelle Manzanales BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Michelle Manzanales is a choreographer and dance educator in New York City. Before being named director of the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance in December 2016, she served as rehearsal director and artistic associate of the main company of Ballet Hispánico since 2010. As […]

October 12, 2017  |  Read Article

A Voice of Social Activism

An Interview with Cathy Davalos BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Cathy Davalos is a Chicana choreographer and professor of dance at Saint Mary’s College of California in the San Francisco Bay Area. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, she reflects on why her identity as […]

October 9, 2017  |  Read Article