Sloka bends over one leg, gesturing toward her flexed foot. She wears a green and red sari.

Intersections of Bharatanatyam and Neuroscience

Sloka Iyengar, a Bharatanatyam dancer and neuroscientist in New York City, is interested in questions about the intersection of Bharatanatyam and neuroscience, as well as practical applications of Bharatanatyam in creative aging.

July 8, 2024 | Read Article

Dancers wearing white move around the stage lifting long tube-like structures.

Impacting Many

Valerie Green, a dance artist in Queens, New York City, and the director of Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, shares how her choreography, teaching, and studio all come together to contribute to her mission of multicultural understanding through dance and community building.

July 1, 2024 | Read Article

A woman in a glass cube moves almost upside down. Around her, people walk up and down public stairs.

Different Ways of Organizing Bodies in Time and Space

German dance artist Fabian Chyle shares some of his long career as a dance/movement therapist, teacher, and choreographer, and how he views it all as different ways of organizing bodies in time and space.

June 24, 2024 | Read Article

Three smaller drawings all showing black figures dancing outside.

Appreciating and Experiencing Nature

New York-based interdisciplinary artist Rebecca Zeh showcases the exultancy of dancing outdoors through her mixed media visual art.

June 17, 2024 | Read Article

Two dancers in wheelchairs face off on a black stage. One is wearing a silver dress and headdress, the other is wearing black with face makeup.

Propelling Wheelchair Dance Forward

Helen Mason, artistic director of Propel Dance, a new all-wheelchair dance company in the UK, describes her goal to create more job opportunities for dancers who use wheelchairs.

June 10, 2024 | Read Article