Elevating Stories and Spaces

Dance artists Sarah Crowell and Lauren Cox share their involvement in the upcoming production of "SPACES: Oakland" and how they seek to elevate the people of Oakland and their stories through movement, ritual, and community.

July 5, 2021 | Read Article

Kadar Khristan in his wheelchair sideways

Dance as Integration

Kadar Khristan, a dancer/performer and the vice president of DanceAbility Finland, reflects on the therapeutic and social benefits of dance, and how performing boosted his confidence as both a person with a disability and as an immigrant.

July 1, 2021 | Read Article

Cultivating A Better Dance Training Environment

Kenny Borchard, co-director of Joffrey Texas, shares how he is working to create an inclusive space for students of color and students who are gender nonconforming.

June 28, 2021 | Read Article

“We Can Invent Anything”

Tali Wertheim and Hai Cohen, artistic directors of Vertigo Power of Balance, an Israeli based inclusive dance company, share their story and how they have worked to spread contact improvisation and inclusive dance.

June 24, 2021 | Read Article

Georgie Goater sitting on a stage with beads hanging

Retracing Her Steps

Georgie Goater, a dance artist and pedagogue based in Helsinki, Finland, retraces her roots and what led her to improvisation and integrated dance.

June 21, 2021 | Read Article