Part of the Protest: An Interview with Susan Banyas

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Up and away on her waterfront stage, Susan didn’t hesitate. She didn’t need to warm up. She didn’t need direction. She didn’t need an audience. She just needed her body and her internal inspiration, and away she flew, into the sliver of wild […]

September 7, 2017  |  Read Article

Beyond Labels: Butoh Mexican Ritual

An Interview with Diego Pinon BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Diego Pinon is a Mexican Butoh artist and the founder of Butoh Mexican Ritual. He delves into the essence of ritual, diving beyond specific cultures to discover the common threads uniting human physicality and experience. Here, Diego describes his past and process, […]

July 31, 2017  |  Read Article

Company d: Building Skills Beyond Dance

An Interview with Darlene Winters BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Company d of Memphis, Tennessee, is a nationally recognized dance company comprised of young adults with Down syndrome. Under the direction of Darlene Winters, Company d is committed to inspiring and empowering individuals with Down syndrome through dance. Darlene shares how the […]

July 27, 2017  |  Read Article

Curating the Craft of Choreography

An Interview with Christy Bolingbroke BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT In 2013, with funding from the Knight Foundation, DANCEClevand began a series of stakeholder meetings in order to establish a new National Center for Choreography, to be located at the University of Akron in Ohio. Today, that center has come to fruition, […]

July 24, 2017  |  Read Article

Finding Freedom in Palestine through Dance

An Interview with Shyrine Ziadeh BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Shyrine Ziadeh is the founder and director of the Ramallah Ballet Center, a ballet school in Ramallah, Palestine. Her story of how she built a ballet school from scratch is a powerful reminder of how dance can impact a community. ~~ Tell […]

July 3, 2017  |  Read Article