Building a studio: The tale of 975 Howard Studio

By Derek Harris             When my partner Meegan and I first began to contemplate starting our own dance space, a famous quote from an old baseball movie kept coming to mind.  “If you build it, they will come.”  Well, building a baseball diamond in the middle of a corn field […]

July 12, 2012  |  Read Article

Dance’s Real Crisis

By Emmaly Wiederholt Lately I’ve been hearing a lot on the economics of dance. Lightsey Darst’s article series “The Poorest Art: Dance and Money” and Brittany Beyer’s article “A Dancer’s Retort” in the Huffington Post both popped up on my computer screen recently. At Dance/USA’s annual conference I sat through […]

July 9, 2012  |  Read Article

Trains

Paintings and poetry by Julia Cost   I like to stand on train platforms very close to the edge and feel the rush of the cars charging past me When they are finally gone I feel like I am going to fall over I like to stand hands-free in speeding […]

July 5, 2012  |  Read Article

Measure the Music: “Let it Snow!” by Lena Horne

By Jake Padilla, with help from fellow dance enthusiast Stevie Weller       The 46th measure: Let’s light this blog up like Christmas on the Fourth of July!!   July’s fog is like the calming state of the first snow in Colorado… at night. There is so much detail and subtlety, […]

July 2, 2012  |  Read Article

What’s in July’s Flask?

Jake and Ryan love watching dance. They can’t get enough. Every month they plan their calendar around their favorite upcoming shows. But in order to ease the tension and get into the mood, they also bring a cocktail catered to that specific performance. So what’s in July’s flask? Daria Kaufman- […]

June 28, 2012  |  Read Article