Am I A Professional?

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT Am I a professional dancer? The question reads like something out of those “advice for dancers” columns I read in Dance Magazine as a teenager. “Dear all-knowing dance guru: I’ve studied dance in many forms for several years and I perform regularly, sometimes for […]

January 11, 2018  |  Read Article

Movement Activism

An Interview with Diana Thielen Diana Thielen, based in Berlin, Germany, is a dancer/performer, teacher of the Axis Syllabus, dedicated feminist, and student of education and gender studies. In addition to teaching and performing, she runs the blog movementactivism.com, where she writes about her intersectional inquiry and fascination with the […]

January 8, 2018  |  Read Article

A Life in Movement

An Interview with Fanchon Shur Fanchon Shur, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a movement artist, movement scientist, movement therapist, poet and orator. She founded and has directed Growth in Motion since 1978, and the Fanchon Shur Ceremonial Dance Theater since 1974. She has been a private movement therapist since 1983. […]

January 4, 2018  |  Read Article

2018 Dance Horoscopes

2018 is finally here! Will it be a year full of exciting new performance opportunities, or will aches and pains bother you incessantly? Will funding flow your way, or will your arch nemesis dance studio get all the attention? What can you do to lean fate your way? We’ve carefully […]

January 1, 2018  |  Read Article

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