The Way She Fits

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY AND ARTWORK BY JULIA COST The way she fits. The perfection. Settled on my forearm, my hand supporting her thigh. Her face tucked under my chin. Her breath gentle on my neck. My cheek against her forehead. Her ear on my […]

April 9, 2015  |  Read Article

Surprise!

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY BY RACHELLE WOODS; ARTWORK BY VIDA VILJOEN try please only try   penetrate eyes patterns   support transformation unity   submit to a magic man   be full the sacred fool   follow impulse cultivate energy   allow no judgment liberate […]

April 6, 2015  |  Read Article

Sand Dance

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY AND ARTWORK BY HADLEY NUNES; PHOTO BY VINCENT RICAFORT Let’s see, where did I leave off? It was the hearing, well that and a whole host of issues. I found Merwin. He saved me. The poem I memorized is as follows: […]

April 2, 2015  |  Read Article

A Toast! To Dance!

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT A Toast! To our first pink slippers, worn out more than grown out. To our first taste of performance. To our first taste of obsession. To our first acceptance and first rejection.   A Toast! To dripping sweat turned dried sweat and to dripping tears turned dried […]

March 30, 2015  |  Read Article

Here it Comes, There it Goes

BY MALINDA LAVELLE I am plagued by the phrase “I don’t know.” In a world where any given piece of advice has a separate and equally valid piece of counter advice, I find the more questions I ask, the fewer answers I have and the more decisions I hesitate to […]

March 26, 2015  |  Read Article