Rudolf The Ballet Dancer

LYRICS AND VIDEO BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY MAGGIE STACK; SONG AND MUSIC PERFORMED BY TARA KHOZEIN Merry Christmas! To the tune of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” we bring you “Rudolf the Ballet Dancer!” If video doesn’t load, click here to watch and giggle! You’ve heard legend of Balanchine, Misha […]

December 25, 2017  |  Read Article

A Growing Network of Integrated Dance

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Monika Požek, founder and director of MeetShareDance in Madrid, Spain. MeetShareDance is an annual festival that takes place in a different country each year, and that was created with the aim of supporting integrative dance as well as building an […]

December 21, 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