The Science of Subtlety: An Interview with Laurel and Gene Leverton

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Laurel closed her eyes and Gene pulled her close to him. They danced like a whisper, like an invocation, like a sumptuous sigh. With each step and swivel, time distilled, and in the silence after each song ended, the only bearable thing to […]

October 28, 2016  |  Read Article

The Body You Dance: An Interview with Alito Alessi

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Alito spoke and danced like wind. I sense the wind’s power in what I see moved by it; I feel its scope in its universal affect; I discover its dimension in its varying layers. To meet Alito is to understand the definition of […]

October 26, 2016  |  Read Article

Life’s Music in the Body: An Interview with Naomi Gedo Diouf and Zakariya Diouf

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING As her husband Zak began to bop rhythms a cappella, Naomi jumped in without a moment’s hesitation. Watching her dance, I got the sense it was as natural as standing in sunlight and, in fact, she seemed to shine. Her brightly colored dress […]

October 24, 2016  |  Read Article

Footprints in the Sand: An Interview with Jamie McHugh

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Without so much as a suggestion, Jamie stepped into the boughs of the tree adjacent to his house and started dancing with it. His dance wasn’t just placed in the environment; it was an obvious extension of it. The tree and Jamie held […]

October 21, 2016  |  Read Article

Balance is Not a Still Point: An Interview with Valerie Baadh Garrett

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING It was one of those serendipitous mornings in San Francisco when the fog half lifts over the Golden Gate Bridge, casting an effervescence on the surrounding beaches. Valerie dived into movement the way a wave dives into itself. The sand rode the pull […]

October 19, 2016  |  Read Article