Moving Beyond the Present Moment: An Interview with Virginia Matthews

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Virginia’s dance was rhythmic, a short phrase with balancés and chaînés. She ran to the other side and began again, her face open and lifted. She transitioned into an adagio that rolled through her spine and extended out into space. In particular, I […]

October 14, 2013  |  Read Article

How Things Fell into Place: An Interview with Frank Shawl

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Sunlight streamed through the windows of the upstairs studio in Berkeley’s Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, the school Frank Shawl co-founded in 1958 with Victor Anderson. Whether onstage, in a classroom, or simply in conversation, Frank had an electric energy; he seemed at times to […]

October 10, 2013  |  Read Article

In It for the Long Run: A Series of Interviews and Photographs with Dancers over Fifty

By Emmaly Wiederholt; Photographs by Gregory Bartning Mrs. Lucy Hayden was an old woman whose body constantly trembled. She owned my first dance school, Hayden School of Ballet, until I was in my mid-teens when she sold it to one of the teachers. By the time I was a senior […]

October 7, 2013  |  Read Article

October’s DumBEST Move of the Month

Happy Autumn! October’s DumBEST move features Angela Mazziotta demonstrating the body scan. It’s the perfect move to bust out when Monster Mash comes on – make it a graveyard smash! Starring Angela Mazziotta

October 3, 2013  |  Read Article

The Bunion: How to Successfully Throw a Fundraiser

By Maggie Stack and Emmaly Wiederholt   Need to raise some dough for your dance company? Follow our advice and let the money roll in!  Step 1. Don’t call it a fundraiser. Go with a snazzy name! Choose between: -carnival -gala -fete -wingding   2. Everyone loves themed parties! Choose […]

September 30, 2013  |  Read Article