Do We Ever Make It?

Editorial Note: Last August, I asked eight dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Their responses were so poignant that I decided to make every August “making it” month and continue posing the question to various dance artists. Please join us this month […]

August 14, 2014  |  Read Article

Ten Courses of Fish with Yandisa Mtsotso

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT It was a bright sunny winter day in the Western Cape. Eight of us drove an hour north of Cape Town to a little restaurant called Die Strandloper. “Restaurant” might not be the correct term: concrete tables on the sandy beach surrounded several fire pits. Utensils and […]

June 30, 2014  |  Read Article

When Baryshnikov Comes to Town…

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ever since I was little, Mikhail Baryshnikov has served as a backdrop for my dance obsession. Remember the 1977 Nutcracker movie with Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland? I remember watching it on PBS as a kid, fascinated by the close-up of Baryshnikov’s leaps. Show-off… Then I discovered White […]

May 5, 2014  |  Read Article

There’s Nothing More Manly than Dancing

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT AND RYAN KELLEY Let’s be honest: there is no one manlier than a male dancer. The muscles, the form, the power; we can all admit that a good male dancer is the very essence of machismo. That’s why we bring you MAN MONTH here on Stance on […]

May 1, 2014  |  Read Article

Forging a Path: An Interview with Laurence Blake

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Laurence went into a quirky sort of dance, full of quick poses and gestures. There was something boyish about him, like he was trying on the movements. And then he got comfortable and a little groovy. And then he couldn’t help himself. ~~ How long […]

April 10, 2014  |  Read Article