The Willingness to Keep Going: An Interview with Linda Austin

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Linda’s eyes shone with the faintest outline of tears by the end of her interview. As she moved into her dance, those tears morphed into a certain movement quality: soft, tender, sensitive and yet still practical and utilitarian. She had trekked the long […]

November 10, 2014  |  Read Article

Beyond the Expected: An Interview with Mike Barber

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Mike showed up at the deserted train tracks with a bright turquoise miniature stage. As the sun came up over the distant bridge, Mike was lit from behind, casting his silhouette with one arm extended toward the tracks and another toward the trees. […]

November 6, 2014  |  Read Article

Because Time Must, Because We Must

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER Today, I sit on the edge of a lake. The water laps at the rocks below me, filling my ears with a slight rushing sound. There’s a funny pain in my heel. My hips and stomach pulse with slight […]

November 3, 2014  |  Read Article

What if Ballet splits her bunhead open…

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER What if Ballet splits her bunhead open And the only place left to turn is out? Swans eat bugs and swallows swarm the lake And the only thing left to swallow is an atrophied tendu. And plie and one two three four… Are […]

October 30, 2014  |  Read Article