Alice Sheppard: “I Want to Build a Network of Legacy”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO After taking her first dance class on a dare, Alice Sheppard resigned her academic professorship to pursue dance. As a member of AXIS Dance Company, she toured nationally and taught in the company’s outreach programs. Since becoming an independent artist, Alice has danced […]

May 16, 2019  |  Read Article

Choreography for An Arm and A Half

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN; PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM ISOM In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Julie Crothers, a freelance dancer and emerging choreographer in the Bay Area. After dancing with AXIS Dance Company for three years, Julie began exploring her own choreographic voice. She describes the impetus of her piece […]

October 15, 2018  |  Read Article

Expanding the Integrated Dance Community

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Dwayne Scheuneman of REVolutions Dance in Tampa, Florida, whose background in wheelchair sports led him to co-founding Tampa’s first integrated dance company. Dwayne discusses his passion for education and the difficulty starting classes for children with disabilities from scratch, his […]

August 9, 2018  |  Read Article

Maylis Arrabit’s Story

Maylis Arrabit is a French performer and choreographer who dances (mostly) from her wheelchair. She shares her personal journey finding dance, her decision to pursue it professionally, and her hopes for spreading integrative dance throughout France and beyond. Laura Mazeaud and Maylis Arrabit, Photo by Manuel Guyon ~~ My name […]

March 19, 2018  |  Read Article

Dancing through Death

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Liv Schaffer, a young dance artist living in the Bay Area. Liv lost both of her parents to cancer, and set out to process her experience of loss through dance. Her ongoing project, Deadication, incorporates dance and video, most […]

June 22, 2017  |  Read Article