Getting Good at Dance

By Emmaly Wiederholt Have you heard about Karen X. Cheng, who taught herself to dance in a year by video recording herself practicing dance each day which she then made into a time-lapse video that went viral? I hadn’t heard of her until recently when I was in the audience […]

December 9, 2013  |  Read Article

Everyone Should Dance

By Stephanie Salts In a farewell speech to the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance summer students and their parents, Summer Lee Rhatigan closed her thoughts and thanks with these abrupt few words, “And finally, I think everyone should dance.” It was funny because she wasn’t talking about people with coordination, […]

December 5, 2013  |  Read Article

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