Changing the Community Perspective

Tebandeke Joseph, an African contemporary dance artist based in Uganda, shares how he aims to change the community perspective on disability through street performances and through the schools, as well as through building an accessible center and library.

January 27, 2022  |  Read Article

Namibia’s Ambassador of Dance

Nikhita Winkler, founder of Nikhita Winkler Dance Theatre in Windhoek, Namibia, shares how she has applied her training in Europe and the US to develop and amplify the dance scene in her home country.

January 27, 2020  |  Read Article

Rethinking Disability through Enabling Theatre

An Interview with Susan Quick BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Susan Quick was first a dancer and later an actress before sustaining a head injury that changed her life. The native of Hebden Bridge, England built upon Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed to create Enabling Theatre, a way of using theater […]

November 2, 2017  |  Read Article

Part of the Protest: An Interview with Susan Banyas

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Up and away on her waterfront stage, Susan didn’t hesitate. She didn’t need to warm up. She didn’t need direction. She didn’t need an audience. She just needed her body and her internal inspiration, and away she flew, into the sliver of wild […]

September 7, 2017  |  Read Article

Bringing African Dance into the Larger Conversation

An Interview with Rujeko Dumbutshena BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Originally from Zimbabwe, Rujeko Dumbutshena is a contemporary African dance artist currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her artistic statement describes herself as: “representing the roots of my people while embracing the vibrant evolution of our culture.” In this interview, she discusses […]

February 20, 2017  |  Read Article