Here it Comes, There it Goes

BY MALINDA LAVELLE I am plagued by the phrase “I don’t know.” In a world where any given piece of advice has a separate and equally valid piece of counter advice, I find the more questions I ask, the fewer answers I have and the more decisions I hesitate to […]

March 26, 2015  |  Read Article

The Bunion: Classic Dancer Hairdos

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAGGIE STACK If you’ve been around the dance world, you may have started to notice the same hairstyles once or twice… or hundreds of times. The next time you scrounge together your paltry savings to get an overpriced haircut, don’t go trying something new. Stick […]

March 23, 2015  |  Read Article

I Wanted More

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY JOY PRENDERGAST Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Salt Lake City 2005 I was 17, in […]

March 19, 2015  |  Read Article

Life as Dance and Dance as Life

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY WIEBKE SCHUSTER Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal in Cafe Mueller and Rite of Spring Sadler’s Wells, London 2008 “It’s […]

March 16, 2015  |  Read Article

Small Explosions

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY MADELYN BIVEN; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER Miriam Wolodarski’s Fall Work Mott Studio of ODC as part of the […]

March 12, 2015  |  Read Article