A Dancer’s Winter

BY GWYN HENRY; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! Written to the Movement Artists’ Ensemble:   Quiet now our feet & deep our dance-less nod dreaming perhaps of movement dreaming perhaps of floor thirsting for mirrored light & yes quick silver notes that rise […]

April 4, 2016  |  Read Article

April Fools’ Day Theatrics

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT AND MAGGIE STACK It’s that day of the year when you can’t trust anyone! From the costume designer to the orchestra, everyone in the theater seems to have a bit of tomfoolery up their sleeves! ~~ You’ve been fooled! That seemingly benign audience member just set off the fire alarm during […]

April 1, 2016  |  Read Article

Where Dance and Physical Therapy Meet

Abbey Richards is a dancer and physical therapist. She shares how each pursuit has informed the other. ~~ Why did you decide to go into physical therapy? Was it based in your experience in dance? My experience with physical therapy (PT) started when I was 14. I developed tendinitis and […]

March 30, 2016  |  Read Article

Moving Through The Years

Dena Digangi, a senior who splits her time between New Mexico and Florida, has a PhD in Child Development / Creative Arts, specializing in Creative Movement. She reflects on the role movement and dance has played in her life and work. ~~ What was your initial exposure to movement? How […]

March 28, 2016  |  Read Article

Bridging Art and Disability

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ezzell Floraniña began The Rainbow Players – a group comprised of people with varying levels of disability labels – in 1999 in Western Massachusetts. Ezzell integrates Theater of the Oppressed, dance, music and visual art as a way for The Rainbow Players to find their creative voice. […]

March 24, 2016  |  Read Article