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

All Bodies are Dancers

An Interview with Jane Hawley BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Jane Hawley is a professor of dance at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She developed the Movement Fundamentals curriculum. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with high level dance artists working in places not well known […]

May 25, 2015  |  Read Article

Vincent Lacoste’s Countryside Retreat

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Vincent Lacoste lives and works in the countryside of France in a studio performance place called Le Relais. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with high level dance artists working in places not well known for dance. Vincent Lacoste, Photo by Léo […]

May 21, 2015  |  Read Article