The Bunion: A Dancer’s Thanksgiving Day Prayer

By Emmaly Wiederholt, Maggie Stack, and Cathy Intemann Oh Lord, This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for many things. I’m thankful for the audience – at least someone’s watching me. I’m thankful for tights – they keep my blubber in. I’m thankful for sweat stains – they show I’m working harder than […]

November 28, 2013  |  Read Article

A Way of Life: An Interview with Anna Halprin

By Emmaly Wiederholt; Photographs by Gregory Bartning Anna’s Mountain Home Studio is on a terrace below her house, accessible by a steep set of wooden stairs. As I reached the top of the steps, I came upon Anna standing in the sunlight. I explained I had come to interview her, […]

November 25, 2013  |  Read Article

Stitching a Complex Tapestry: An Interview with Nina Haft

By Emmaly Wiederholt; Photographs by Gregory Bartning Nina suggested we meet in Mountain View Cemetery, a beautiful spot between Oakland and Piedmont that sweeps over tombstones and crypts to an epic view of the San Francisco Bay from the top of the hill. Her location choice in many ways felt […]

November 21, 2013  |  Read Article

Measure the Music: Jackson 5’s “Who’s Loving You?”

By Jake Padilla Measure 3   This song is written and originally performed by Smokey Robinson. After listening to the Jackson 5 cover of this song however, it makes the original seem superfluous in a way. Many cover songs have this affect in my opinion. And many do not. I […]

November 18, 2013  |  Read Article

Becoming Well-Rounded: An Interview with Cathleen McCarthy

By Emmaly Wiederholt; Photographs by Gregory Bartning When Cathleen first began to dance there was no music playing. She danced the short phrase she had prepared for the photo shoot a couple of times, and then asked for music. I put on some Bach and immediately the difference in her […]

November 14, 2013  |  Read Article