Moving Through The Years

Dena Digangi, a senior who splits her time between New Mexico and Florida, has a PhD in Child Development / Creative Arts, specializing in Creative Movement. She reflects on the role movement and dance has played in her life and work. ~~ What was your initial exposure to movement? How […]

March 28, 2016  |  Read Article

Bridging Art and Disability

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ezzell Floraniña began The Rainbow Players – a group comprised of people with varying levels of disability labels – in 1999 in Western Massachusetts. Ezzell integrates Theater of the Oppressed, dance, music and visual art as a way for The Rainbow Players to find their creative voice. […]

March 24, 2016  |  Read Article

Dancing Over 50: One Last Push

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Three years ago, I started interviewing dancers over 50. My friend, Gregory Bartning, photographed them in movement, and together we embarked on what would evolve into a major project: 54 interviews with dancers ranging in age from 50 to 95, living along the […]

March 21, 2016  |  Read Article

Beyond Translation

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY JULIA COST Janet Lemon Williams is a dancer, academic, movement therapist and teacher in Guelph, Canada. Chatting with her was like traversing a landscape. She had opinions on just about everything; we talked for a good hour. Below are some snippets from our conversation. ~~ […]

March 17, 2016  |  Read Article

The Making of “An Intimate Dance”

An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Sanford Lewis BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Sanford Lewis is a Massachusetts based filmmaker whose upcoming film “an intimate dance” will premiere March 26 as part of The EveryBODYmoves Festival in Northampton, going on March 25-27. The film follows three characters – Albert, Eugene and Rythea – […]

March 14, 2016  |  Read Article