On the Intersections of Dance, Theater, and Disability

Nadia Adame, a dancer and actor based in Vancouver, Canada, describes her experience pursuing dance and theater as a person with a disability, and how both fields are slowly shifting toward better inclusion.

August 16, 2021  |  Read Article

Alexandra: Pivoting Toward More Than Dance

For the past nine years, Alexandra has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year brought a big career change and a reckoning with her identity as a dancer.

August 9, 2021  |  Read Article

Erin: Space is A Privilege

For the past nine years, Erin has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year brought a renewed appreciation of space to move and of the lifelong journey that is dance.

August 2, 2021  |  Read Article

Felicitas: Movement as a Healing Practice

For the past nine years, Felicitas has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year she focused inward and healed her grief through dance in her studio apartment, as well as moved back to the Bay Area to pursue opportunities.

July 26, 2021  |  Read Article

Sydney: Checking the Boxes

For the past nine years, Sydney has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year she focused on finding a place to live, a place to dance, and a source of income, as well as landed a job at Avant Chamber Ballet in her hometown of Dallas.

July 19, 2021  |  Read Article