Anna Halprin Turns 95

An Interview with Rosario Sammartino BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT This coming July 12, 2015, Anna Halprin celebrates her 95th birthday. Few people have left such an indelible mark on both the dance world and the world at large as Anna. In order commemorate her incredible 95 years, I interviewed Rosario Sammartino, a […]

June 15, 2015  |  Read Article

Alito Alessi: Beyond “Us” versus “Them”

An Interview with Alito Alessi, Part Two BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Alito Alessi is the artistic director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. He is internationally known as a pioneering teacher and choreographer in the fields of contact improvisation, dance and disability. This is part two of a two-part interview, […]

June 8, 2015  |  Read Article

DanceAbility: Beyond Islands of Isolation

An Interview with Alito Alessi, Part One BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Alito Alessi is the artistic director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. He is internationally known as a pioneering teacher and choreographer in the fields of contact improvisation, dance and disability. This is part one of a two-part interview, […]

June 4, 2015  |  Read Article

All Bodies are Dancers

An Interview with Jane Hawley BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Jane Hawley is a professor of dance at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She developed the Movement Fundamentals curriculum. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with high level dance artists working in places not well known […]

May 25, 2015  |  Read Article

Vincent Lacoste’s Countryside Retreat

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Vincent Lacoste lives and works in the countryside of France in a studio performance place called Le Relais. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with high level dance artists working in places not well known for dance. Vincent Lacoste, Photo by Léo […]

May 21, 2015  |  Read Article