On a dark city street, a woman in black stands before several dancers wearing hoop skirts with LED lights.

Aiming to Achieve Absurd Beauty

Lyndel Quick, director of Blink Dance Theatre in Newton, Victoria, Australia, shares how the company is a vehicle for her creative practice, from live dance theatre performances, community workshops, text-based works, and dance films.

July 15, 2024 | Read Article

Ralph dances in a studio with one dancer wearing pink. He lunges with one arm extended, and she kneels ont he floor with one arm extended. Two other dancers watch.

Dance as a Medium to Access Different Communities

Associate Professor Ralph Buck, Head of Dance Studies at the University of Auckland, explains his community-oriented pedagogical approach that challenges dance’s role in the world.

January 16, 2023 | Read Article

Marc Brew: “I Claim It: I Am A Disabled Man”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO Marc Brew has worked for more than 20 years as a director, choreographer, dancer, and teacher with the Australian Ballet, PACT Ballet, Infinity Dance Theater, Candoco Dance Company, and AXIS Dance Company. Marc was associate director of Scottish Dance Theatre and Ballet Cymru, […]

May 23, 2019 | Read Article

Disabled Bodies, Disabled Ways of Thinking

An Interview with Hanna Cormick BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY SHELLY HIGGS Hanna Cormick is an Australian performer who worked in Australia, Europe and Asia for 15 years as a physical theater actress, dancer and circus performer before becoming afflicted with a series of severe genetic disorders. She recently premiered […]

May 17, 2018 | Read Article

Dance After Birth

BY MELANIE BECKTEL Ever since I was a small child, I have used dance as a medium to communicate, often just with myself. The moment I stepped into the studio for the very first time I felt a sense of home, a place where my curiosity about movement and music […]

October 12, 2015 | Read Article