Why I Dance

Julia Roth helped produce Why I Dance, a pole dance film about women who come together to reclaim their bodies and themselves.  BY JULIA ROTH It’s an understatement to say Why I Dance changed my life. It cracked open parts of me I had kept locked up, in fear of overflowing. I bottled […]

June 1, 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

Building Dance on Maui

An Interview with Hallie Hunt Armato BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT 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. Where do you live and work? I live and work on the island of Maui, Hawaii. […]

May 18, 2015  |  Read Article

Steve Paxton in the Hills of Northern Vermont

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Steve Paxton is perhaps most famous for his work developing contact improvisation. 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. Steve Paxton, Photo by Jordi Bover ~~ Where do you live […]

May 14, 2015  |  Read Article