Rethinking Dance Education

An Interview with Terry Goetz BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Terry Goetz is the director of the Creative Dance Center in Seattle. She took over from Anne Green Gilbert, who developed BrainDance and a brain-based approach to dance education. Terry shares how she came to value and support this approach, as well […]

August 16, 2018  |  Read Article

Using Butoh to Connect and Create

An Interview with Ledoh BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ledoh is a Burmese Bay Area butoh artist who builds performance through culture, science and multimedia. Here, he discusses his own process, as well as how butoh is an ever evolving and reactionary form. ~~ How did you come to practice butoh? I […]

August 13, 2018  |  Read Article

Expanding the Integrated Dance Community

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Dwayne Scheuneman of REVolutions Dance in Tampa, Florida, whose background in wheelchair sports led him to co-founding Tampa’s first integrated dance company. Dwayne discusses his passion for education and the difficulty starting classes for children with disabilities from scratch, his […]

August 9, 2018  |  Read Article

Confronting White Supremacy

An Interview with Sarah Ashkin and Brittany Delany Sarah Ashkin and Brittany Delany are using their choreographic platform, GROUND SERIES, to present task, a confrontation of white supremacy through dance performance. They discuss the impetus and importance of the work. task premieres August 17th and 18th at Highways Performance Space in […]

August 6, 2018  |  Read Article

A Serious Platform for Women

An Interview with Grace Nicol BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Grace Nicol is a London-based dance artist and choreographer who in 2017 launched Woman SRSLY, a platform for female identifying and socialized female artists. The interdisciplinary performances include dance, theater, music, live art, film and cabaret. Grace shares the impetus, goals and […]

August 2, 2018  |  Read Article