Anna Halprin Turns 95

An Interview with Rosario Sammartino BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT This coming July 12, 2015, Anna Halprin celebrates her 95th birthday. Few people have left such an indelible mark on both the dance world and the world at large as Anna. In order commemorate her incredible 95 years, I interviewed Rosario Sammartino, a […]

June 15, 2015  |  Read Article

How Can Making Dance be a Feminist Act?

Hello, we are Courtney King and Melissa Lewis. In the last year, we have been molding and developing a dance collective called hers and hers — her (Courtney), plus her (Melissa), plus the shared her. As young, fresh-cut artists, we feel very new. Though we claim the title of co-founders cautiously, […]

June 11, 2015  |  Read Article

Alito Alessi: Beyond “Us” versus “Them”

An Interview with Alito Alessi, Part Two BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Alito Alessi is the artistic director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. He is internationally known as a pioneering teacher and choreographer in the fields of contact improvisation, dance and disability. This is part two of a two-part interview, […]

June 8, 2015  |  Read Article

DanceAbility: Beyond Islands of Isolation

An Interview with Alito Alessi, Part One BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Alito Alessi is the artistic director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. He is internationally known as a pioneering teacher and choreographer in the fields of contact improvisation, dance and disability. This is part one of a two-part interview, […]

June 4, 2015  |  Read Article

Why I Dance

Julia Roth helped produce Why I Dance, a pole dance film about women who come together to reclaim their bodies and themselves.  BY JULIA ROTH It’s an understatement to say Why I Dance changed my life. It cracked open parts of me I had kept locked up, in fear of overflowing. I bottled […]

June 1, 2015  |  Read Article