Feeling Hopeful

By Shane Scopatz I dance every day. I get paid to do so. I can support myself on that pay. I enjoy the work and I learn from the work.  A community of talented artists surrounds me. My employment with the company I dance for potentially ends next August. I […]

August 15, 2013  |  Read Article

The Magical Land of Making It

By Andrea Thompson The idea of “making it” as a dancer is unique to each of us. If I had a book of Mad-Libs in which “making it” were the first two words of every prompt, I could tell a different (true) story from my life on each page. There […]

August 12, 2013  |  Read Article

Making something out of nothing

By Elana Jacobs Anaïs Nin: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” I use this quote as a reminder that the life I live and the work I do is a process of continuous unfolding.  […]

August 8, 2013  |  Read Article

That’s when I know I’ve made it

By Stephanie Salts As a child I was never sure how big I could go. I knew I had hopes of being on TV and becoming famous. I had a lot of people feeding my dreams and filling my head with big ideas. It wasn’t until I was 15 that […]

August 5, 2013  |  Read Article

Have I made it yet?

By Emmaly Wiederholt I moved to Los Angeles this past week, and the move marks a big change in my dance life. I’ll be pursuing arts journalism as a graduate student at the University of Southern California, and while I’ll be continuing to dance as much as I can, the […]

August 1, 2013  |  Read Article