Rethinking “I’m A Dancer”
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY JULIA COST For as long as I’ve danced (since I was five), I’ve wrestled with a feeling of invalidity when I tell people I’m a dancer. Now that I work fulltime as a writer, I feel even more so like I defend myself against being…
Read articleThe Way She Fits
Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY AND ARTWORK BY JULIA COST The way she fits. The perfection. Settled on my forearm, my hand supporting her thigh. Her face tucked under my chin. Her breath gentle on my neck. My cheek against her forehead. Her ear on my…
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Have a question, opinion or a stance on dance? Get in touch at Emmaly@StanceOnDance.com. Meet our director and editor: Emmaly Wiederholt is a dance artist and arts journalist based in Albuquerque, NM. She founded Stance on Dance in 2012. Emmaly earned her MA in Arts Journalism from the University of…
Read articleSeason: Summertime
By Julia Cost There is something about this season that gives me a many-month-long expansive feeling of craving in my chest. When I’m stuck indoors my attention is riveted out the window. When I’m outdoors I’m captivated by kids squealing with delight as their parents drop them off on the…
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Poem by Madelyn Biven; Painting by Julia Cost Cross lines of a highway makes romance bleed, our feet become moonlight crimson echo of the eros between sand and heat (something fine like crushed sun as if the sun could become gold dust). I became a dove and dove into your…
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