Screendance: The Newest Genre

An Interview with John Watson BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT John Watson is a photographer, videographer and arts promoter based in Eugene, OR who cofounded the Northwest Screendance Exposition in 2015 to encourage the making and viewership of dances created especially for the camera. He discusses the expo as well as the […]

December 28, 2017  |  Read Article

Carrying Butoh into the 21st Century

An Interview with Vangeline Vangeline is the director of The Vangeline Theater – an all-female Butoh troupe – and the founder of the New York Butoh Institute. She discusses the lineage, gender politics and changing landscape of Butoh, as well as the stereotypes and misconceptions that haunt the art form. […]

December 18, 2017  |  Read Article

Remembering Adam Darius

BY KAZIMIR KOLESNIK I first met Adam Darius when I was an 18-year old directionless youth, harbouring vague leanings towards art and theatre. As with many other students whom he has taught in a long and acclaimed worldwide career as a mime artist, dancer, teacher and author, he inspired me […]

December 14, 2017  |  Read Article

Dancing Of, By and For the People

An Interview with Anne Bluethenthal BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Anne Bluethenthal is a dancer and choreographer in the Bay Area, and artistic director of ABD Productions and the Skywatchers Program, which brings residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District into partnership with professional artists to create multi-disciplinary, site-specific performance installations that amplify […]

December 11, 2017  |  Read Article

Dancing Deaf

An Interview with Antoine Hunter BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Antoine Hunter is an African American Deaf dance artist based in the Bay Area. The founder and artistic director of Urban Jazz Dance, he has performed throughout the Bay Area and internationally. In 2013, he initiated the Bay Area International Deaf Dance […]

December 7, 2017  |  Read Article