Rukhmani dances with open arms in front of musicians. She wears a white flowing dress.

Building A Future for Kathak Dance

Rukhmani Mehta, cofounder and co-artistic director of Leela Dance Collective in Los Angeles, describes how she instigated The Leela Foundation to promote the viability of kathak dance and Hindustani music in the US.

January 15, 2024  |  Read Article

An illustration of a red dnacer doing a handstand.

Infused with the Otherworldly

Liz Brent-Maldonado's illustrations for the fall/winter print publication of Stance on Dance feature magical realism and the everyday infused with otherworldly or surreal elements.

December 28, 2023  |  Read Article

Irlanda does a backbend on a pole. She is wearing a black bikini and gold Pleaser heels, and the background is blue.

Empowered by Pole Arts

Julianna Massa profiles her pole dance teacher Irlanda, a dancer, choreographer, stripper, scholar, archivist, and the co-owner of Black Widow Pole Arts in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on her perspective of her own artistry as a dancer and the future of pole dance as a field.

December 18, 2023  |  Read Article