Finding Independence: An Interview with ODC Dance Jam’s Mia J. Chong

BY CAUVERI SURESH The ODC Dance Jam is a 13-member teen dance company based in San Francisco. Directed by ODC School Director Kimi Okada, Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson, and Rehearsal Master Dexandro Montalvo, the Dance Jam works with Bay Area choreographers to create and perform new pieces. The young men […]

March 27, 2014  |  Read Article

The Bunion: They’re Stealing our Jobs!

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT AND MAGGIE STACK We have a new economic crisis on our hands! Teenagers can’t find work! Why? Dancers are stealing teenagers’ low-wage jobs to subsidize their no-wage dance jobs. And with teenagers out of work they’re turning to alcohol and drugs and not going to college and […]

March 24, 2014  |  Read Article

Dancing for More than the Self

An Interview with Sacred Dancer Stella Matsuda BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT I recently found myself at a singing retreat with my aunt, and one of the participants was Stella Matsuda, a dancer who runs a sacred dance company. Since, in the handful of times I have attended religious services I have […]

March 20, 2014  |  Read Article

Measure the Music: Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite

BY JAKE PADILLA For the past two months, Stance on Dance has been focusing on ballet with perspectives from various dance artists and the occasional Bunion knocking famous ballets. To close all this ballet hullabaloo, let’s rock out to Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird. Starting at measure 206 from the finale of the Firebird […]

March 13, 2014  |  Read Article

Dancing with the Fullness of Myself

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Like so many little girls, I wanted to be a ballet dancer. This desire did not fade as I approached adulthood, but grew in intensity. College was mandatory, and let’s face it, I wasn’t strong enough technically to get into a ballet company or trainee program, or […]

March 10, 2014  |  Read Article