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
Man Up and Show your National Pride
BY MAGGIE STACK AND EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Did you know June is Immigrant Heritage Month? In honor of the many cultures dancers come from, we’re taking you on a journey around the globe. And guess what? It’s time for some annual DANCE BELT inspiration. We’ve combined the two for a little jingoist […]
May 28, 2015 | Read Article