Up and Away in Flagstaff

An Interview with Abby Chan of Dark Sky Aerial Dark Sky Aerial is an aerial dance theater company based in Flagstaff, Arizona, comprised of dancers, acrobats, actors, and artists working together to construct interactive worlds into which they invite their audience. Abby Chan, one of Dark Sky Aerial’s founders, discusses the […]

May 28, 2018  |  Read Article

Permeating Community with Professional-Level Dance

JOANIE GARCIA is one of the founders of Dark Sky Aerial, an aerial theater and performance art company in Flagstaff, Arizona. She describes her personal ambiguity toward the term “professional dancer,” and recognizes the more comprehensive role dance can play in a person’s life. Her responses are part of a […]

January 18, 2018  |  Read Article

Of Body and Mind: An Interview with Anandha Ray

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Anandha struck me as one of those people who practically bleeds passion. She moved like a serpent and spoke like a sage. Her awareness of her body and voice was like a fine-tuned instrument. In other words, every moment, every movement and every […]

November 27, 2017  |  Read Article

Letting Go to Make It

Editorial Note: Each August for the past four years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY ERIKA FARKVAM I frequently entertain the idea […]

August 18, 2016  |  Read Article