“If I Am Growing, I Am Succeeding”

Michaela Knox, director of Spark Dance Program in Maine, reflects on how she has developed healthier ways to evaluate success in teaching and performance.

October 18, 2021  |  Read Article

Innovating Kathak Dance

Kathak dancer/choreographer Charlotte Moraga and sarod musician Alam Khan discuss their upcoming work "Mantram" and how they are innovating within the kathak tradition.

October 11, 2021  |  Read Article

My Ancestor’s Wildest Dream

Vanessa Cruz, a dance artist based in Southern California, relates how she has faced relentless ableism in her pursuit of a dance degree and other opportunities, and how "making it" as a dancer with a disability is particularly challenging.

October 4, 2021  |  Read Article

Always Making and Being Made

Brittany Delany, a dance artist in Los Angeles, shares the many ways her life intersects with the performing arts, and how she views her work as always making and being made.

September 27, 2021  |  Read Article

Expanding Who Dances En Pointe

Roberto Vega Ortiz and Theresa Knudson of Ballet22, a ballet company in the Bay Area that seeks to break gender normative traditions, talk about how they hope to change representation in the ballet field by presenting mxn en pointe.

September 20, 2021  |  Read Article