The Making of “An Intimate Dance”
An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Sanford Lewis BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Sanford Lewis is a Massachusetts based filmmaker whose upcoming film “an intimate dance” will premiere March 26 as part of The EveryBODYmoves Festival in Northampton, going on March 25-27. The film follows three characters – Albert, Eugene and Rythea – […]
March 14, 2016 | Read Article
On Belly Dance and Cultural Appropriation
Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her life pursuing belly dance in the Middle East. She has generously allowed Stance on Dance to reprint two of her essays. Enjoy! BY LUNA […]
March 10, 2016 | Read Article
The Belly Dancer’s Body
Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her life pursuing belly dance in the Middle East. She has generously allowed Stance on Dance to reprint two of her essays. Enjoy! BY LUNA […]
March 7, 2016 | Read Article
National Dance Institute of New Mexico: Making Dance a Reality
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT The National Dance Institute – New Mexico is an organization that goes into the public schools and teaches dance classes to kids. For students interested in continuing their dance education, they end up in the afterschool program led by Allegra Lillard. Allegra reflects on the most meaningful […]
March 3, 2016 | Read Article
The Leap Lives Again!
If you were a dance-obsessed child like I was, chances are you spent hours making your dolls dance to the best their static limbs could move. In honor of leap year, which happens once in a blue moon (actually less often!), I busted out the ol’ Barbie dolls in my parents’ garage […]
February 29, 2016 | Read Article