Who Gets to Have a Voice?

An Interview with Kathryn Roszak BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kathryn Roszak is a ballet choreographer based in the Bay Area. This past year, she spearheaded the inaugural women ballet choreographers residency through the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. She shared with me her perspective on the trials women in ballet face in […]

September 8, 2016  |  Read Article

On Being a Good Ballet Feminist

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL PRENDERGAST I consider myself to be a good feminist. By that I mean I live my life in a way that doesn’t depend on any one man for my wellbeing, I actively support and promote women who are making achievements in their individual fields, […]

September 5, 2016  |  Read Article

Musings on Place and Space

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Leslie Satin is a New York-based choreographer and teacher at New York University who hails from the post-modern and downtown dance scene. She’s also a former Santa Fean who has returned to Santa Fe every summer for over 15 years. This summer, she created a piece, “Things […]

September 1, 2016  |  Read Article

Transitioning from Company to Retirement

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Samantha Klanac Campanile is retiring from dance at the age of 33 after 15 years in Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. She reflects on what her career has meant to her, why she’s made the decision to retire, and how she’s grown over the years. ~~ Where were […]

August 29, 2016  |  Read Article

Revising the To-Do List

Editorial Note: Each August for the past four years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY LYDIA SAKOLSKY-BASQUILL; PHOTO BY NATE MCINTYRE For […]

August 25, 2016  |  Read Article