Reshaping Dance in Crested Butte

An Interview with Sasha Chudacoff BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Sasha Chudacoff lives and works in Crested Butte, Colorado—a small rural mountain town of 2,000 locals at elevation 8,500 ft. Since relocating there six years ago, she has helped to grow two dance non-profits which cumulatively serve over 300 people. This interview […]

June 23, 2016  |  Read Article

Between Memory and Muscle

An Interview with Mary Trunk Mary Trunk is involved in Muscle Memory, an interactive video project examining age and dance. The premise of her project is a reunion of sorts with peers from her college dance department, now in their 50s. Where has dance taken them? What role has it […]

May 16, 2016  |  Read Article

Building Dance on the Latino Experience

An Interview with David Herrera BY LIZ BRENT David Herrera, artistic director and choreographer of the San Francisco-based David Herrera Performance Company, explores the implications of race and racism in his work. David Herrera; Photo by Connor Bruce ~~ What is the impetus behind your work? It goes back to […]

May 9, 2016  |  Read Article

Thin Intimacy

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY ESME KUNDANIS-GROW; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT Lean            in. {Breathe.} S                    c                        a                                   n.   Visit from a distance. Lock In.   disappear.   I want to take out my measuring tape and place it on your S  T  E  R  N  […]

April 28, 2016  |  Read Article

Dancing Over 50: One Last Push

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Three years ago, I started interviewing dancers over 50. My friend, Gregory Bartning, photographed them in movement, and together we embarked on what would evolve into a major project: 54 interviews with dancers ranging in age from 50 to 95, living along the […]

March 21, 2016  |  Read Article