Alexandra stands and smiles in a billowing dress in front of a fireplace covered in flowers.

Alexandra: Removed from Dance

Alexandra has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year marks her final year responding to the prompt, as her life has moved away from dance and in other directions.

A light-skinned dancer wearing blue pants and a silver tank-top leans their body backwards while kneeling on a blue mat. Their long brown hair, tied back in a low pony-tail, drapes towards the floor as their left arm reaches gently forwards.

Erin: Considering Sustainability

Erin has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she expanded her nonprofit Dragons Dance and considered sustainability in her dance/movement practice.

Sydnie does a deep lunge in a purple jumpsuit on grass.

Celebrating PURPLE

Sydnie L. Mosley, director of Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, a dance-theater collective based in New York City, shares how her recent work “PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells” celebrates and builds upon the work of Black feminists.

The words "ageless dancers" with a man wearing black with arms extended outwards against a black backdrop.

Capturing Agelessness

Betti Franceschi, an octogenarian and the author of the recently published book, “Ageless Dancers,” depicts in photographs 40 iconic dancers from the disciplines of ballet, modern, contemporary, tap, and musical theater.

On a dark city street, a woman in black stands before several dancers wearing hoop skirts with LED lights.

Aiming to Achieve Absurd Beauty

Lyndel Quick, director of Blink Dance Theatre in Newton, Victoria, Australia, shares how the company is a vehicle for her creative practice, from live dance theatre performances, community workshops, text-based works, and dance films.