Sidiki Conde: “Dance Is About Happiness”
"Happiness comes from the movement in dance, and everybody can move." West African dancer/drummer Sidiki Conde shares his story as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.
June 8, 2020 | Read Article
Some Thoughts on Allyship and Path Building
Thoughts on allyship and building paths – to studios, to social safety nets, and to justice – from Stance on Dance's editor Emmaly Wiederholt.
June 4, 2020 | Read Article
On the Ethics of Production
Monique Jenkinson, Joe Luttwak and Colm McNally, all artists in the Bay Area, discuss the topic of The Ethics Of Production: Thoughts on The Political Economy of Performance Materials, part of the series Tabled by Chlo & Co Dance.
June 1, 2020 | Read Article
Embracing the Diversity of Queer Expression
Colorado-based dance artist Allison Blakeney describes the impetus behind Excessive Realness, an annual queer-normative dance intensive geared toward LGBTQIA+ people.
May 25, 2020 | Read Article
Gestures of Erasure
Alice Blumenfeld questions if it is appropriate to apply Western terminologies toward cultural dance forms, like flamenco's soleá, and makes the case for a more culturally sensitive approach to comparing dance forms.
May 18, 2020 | Read Article