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

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