Dance in Community

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN Morgan Teel choreographs in the larger world beyond the studio; her stage is Austin, TX, the city she calls home. In this episode of DanceCast, Morgan shares her process building her newest work at the local skate park, her experience building community through site specific dance, […]

May 4, 2017  |  Read Article

Dance Costumes and Life Lessons

  BY LIZ BRENT This spring marks the anniversary of one of my longest-running costume jobs. As of April, I have worked for five years in a row with the ODC Dance Jam. From 2012 to 2017, I have costumed the teen company for the ODC School Youth and Teen […]

May 1, 2017  |  Read Article

Piñata Solo

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY LIZ BOUBION; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT In the beginning, I am a beet red baby born in a heat wave in the LA basin. Candy melts inside a pinata moon hanging in the backyard Four sweaty brothers with grass-stained knees line […]

April 27, 2017  |  Read Article

I Want to Give You the Lines

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY SEBASTIAN GRUBB; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT I want to give you the lines from my palms, give you the twisting circuitry of my heart, the music of valves with blood rushing through, the flutter of eyelashes brushing skin;   give you […]

April 24, 2017  |  Read Article

The Man from Cleveland is Leaving

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY RACHELLE WOODS; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT 10 years in this land with no Bros no Black humor no one watching your back   this is not a scramble at the market with a boom box back up band or an all […]

April 22, 2017  |  Read Article