Articles from the ‘Viewpoints’ collection
Mary Verdi-Fletcher: “Blazing the Trail”
Mary Verdi-Fletcher, the founding artistic director of the Dancing Wheels Company & School in Cleveland, Ohio, shares her experience blazing the trail as one of disability dance artistry's pioneers.
June 13, 2022 | Read Article
Jung Soo “Krops” Lee: “Disability Isn’t Only What You See”
Jung Soo "Krops" Lee is a b-boy and DJ in Uijeongbu, South Korea and a member of the breakdance crews Fusion MC and ILL-Abilities. He shares his perspective on the lack of understanding about dancers with invisible disabilities.
June 6, 2022 | Read Article
Hai Cohen: “I Would Like to See Good Dance, Period”
Hai Cohen, co-manager with Tali Wertheim at Vertigo Power of Balance in Israel, discusses making improvisational and accessible dance spaces in Israel, as well as how he would like to see more good dance in general.
May 30, 2022 | Read Article
Isabel Cristina Jiménez: “Dance is Freedom”
Isabel Cristina Jiménez, a plastic artist and butoh dancer with Manusdea Antropología Escénica in Bogotá, Colombia, shares some of her favorite performances and how dance allows her to feel space and freedom.
May 23, 2022 | Read Article
Amplifying Latinx Dancemakers in the Southwest
Erin Donohue and Yvonne Montoya, co-organizers of Dance in the Desert, discuss how the event has been successful in building bridges and relationships across the Latinx dancemaker community in Arizona.
May 16, 2022 | Read Article