Dancing with No End in Sight

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING This past year that I’ve been in grad school, my dance practice has greatly shifted. I manage to take class at least once a week and stretch regularly, but sometimes I am reduced to sneaking into an empty room, putting on music, and […]

April 3, 2014  |  Read Article

Spring into Spring’s Dance Shows with Flask in Hand

BY RYAN KELLEY AND EMMALY WIEDERHOLT There are two things that Ryan loves in this life: good drinks and good dance. And like peanut butter and jelly, they’re best when combined. In other words, Ryan never sees a dance show without flask in hand, complimenting each show with a cocktail […]

March 31, 2014  |  Read Article

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