Supporting a Spectrum of Movement Choices

An Interview with Rebecca Haseltine Rebecca Haseltine is a Body-Mind Centering practitioner and teacher in the Bay Area who developed Body Learning, a comprehensive practice of hands-on bodywork, movement therapy, and somatic education. Here, she shares more about the application of Body Learning, including with people with disabilities, and how […]

April 8, 2019  |  Read Article

Teaching Robots to Move, Let Alone Dance

An Interview with Amy LaViers, director of the RAD Lab Amy LaViers is the director of the Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The lab seeks to leverage embodied, choreographic practice in the development of expressive robotic systems and in the study of human […]

April 4, 2019  |  Read Article

Dance Applied to Real Life

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Margot Greenlee, a choreographer, theater director and artist educator based in Washington DC. Here, Margot discusses her involvement with Jacob’s Pillow’s Curriculum in Motion® and her own project, BodyWise Dance, which provides dance classes and workshops for individuals and […]

April 1, 2019  |  Read Article

A Romp through the Residue of Childhood

An Interview with Sarah Chien BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, with help from ALLYSSA TRUJILLO Sarah Chien is an improviser and choreographer in New York City who creates solo works that seek to better understand her identity in a holistic and multi-faceted way. Her upcoming performance, Songs Stuck in My Body, looks […]

March 28, 2019  |  Read Article

Leaning into Discomfort and Discovery

An Interview with Francesca Harper BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, with help from ALLYSSA TRUJILLO PHOTOGRAPHS BY NINA WURTZEL Francesca Harper is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City, and the director of the Francesca Harper Project. After dancing for Dance Theatre Harlem, the Frankfurt Company, and a handful of […]

March 25, 2019  |  Read Article