Finding Her Dance Swag Later in Life

An Interview with Anouschka Pearlman BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Anouschka Pearlman is a musician and journalist based out of Berlin, Germany, who took up hip-hop/urban dance in her late 40s. Now 52, she studies dance almost every day. She shares her story of coming to dance at a later age, especially […]

March 9, 2017  |  Read Article

Art, Dart or Fart: Reprise!

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAGGIE STACK Five fair years ago, Stance on Dance was born, and one of its first posts was Art, Dart or Fart: An Appraisal of Dance through the Decades. To celebrate five furious, frivolous and facetious years of earnest interviews, enticing essays and ebullient jokes, […]

March 6, 2017  |  Read Article

Using Dance to Heal

An Interview with Marybeth Weinstock BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Marybeth Weinstock has a PhD in Clinical Psychology, a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, and has been practicing since the 1980s. She currently lives in Pacific Grove, California where she runs a private practice, though she has lived and worked on both […]

March 2, 2017  |  Read Article

Revealing Hip Hop Dance’s Potential

An Interview with Kim Sims-Battiste BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kim Sims-Battiste is the executive director of Culture Shock Oakland, a hip-hop dance organization dedicated to innovative performance, artist development and community enrichment. In this interview, Kim shares the power and potential hip hop has to foster community across many realms. ~~ […]

February 27, 2017  |  Read Article

Connecting Beyond Demographic

An Interview with Marissa Brown BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT New York based dancer and choreographer Marissa Brown shares her desire to connect through dance and move beyond demographic labels. ~~ Where do you most commonly derive inspiration for your work? From personal, social or political matters (or a mix)? A big […]

February 23, 2017  |  Read Article