Articles from the ‘Viewpoints’ collection

A group of women wearing yellow shirts lift their arms above their heads and look up.

The Healing Power of Movement

Lucy Wallace, director of Dance To Be Free, facilitates dance in prisons to reduce anxiety and depression through the healing power of movement.

January 13, 2025  |  Read Article

A shirtless dancer reaches up to the light. Their hand is blurred in movement. The background is dark.

Fragility and Disability Discourse

Alessandro Schiattarella, an Italian dance artist based in Switzerland, shares his journey as a dancer with a disability, his choreographic processes, and his experience creating access and awareness through his work.

January 6, 2025  |  Read Article

Several children follow a dance class on a wood floor.

Where Dance and Literacy Meet

Talia Bailes, director of Ballet and Books, describes how her nonprofit works nationally to reduce the literacy gap through the hybrid storytelling of dance and reading.

December 16, 2024  |  Read Article

Erin and Doruk tango in a low lit room.

Argentine Tango in Flux

Michigan-based Argentine tango dancer/teacher Erin Malley shares the ways in which the Argentine tango world is in flux after the pandemic.

December 9, 2024  |  Read Article

Several dancers extend an arm in unison while dancing in long purple dresses outside the Iolani Palace.

Hula as Resistance

Vicky Holt Takamine, master hula teacher of Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima and the executive director of PAʻI Foundation, describes how she is working to preserve and perpetuate native Hawaiian arts and cultural traditions for future generations.

December 2, 2024  |  Read Article