Changing the Face of Dance around the Female Body

An interview with Krissy Keefer BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT In 1984, Krissy Keefer and Nina Fichter founded Dance Brigade to create and perform dance-theater that addresses the complex problems of contemporary American women. Prior, Krissy co-founded the Wallflower Order in 1975 as the nation’s first feminist dance company. I had the […]

February 8, 2016  |  Read Article

Miriam Wolodarski: What is Value?

Bay Area based Miriam Wolodarski tackles the “who,” “what,” “when” and “where” of her dance practice and, perhaps more importantly, the “how” and “why.” ~~ What does your current dance practice look like? I perform in one to three things a year that are not my own work, and I […]

January 14, 2016  |  Read Article

When Dance and Theater Meet

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT I recently had the opportunity to sit down with choreographers Eric Kupers and Randee Paufve of Dandelion Dancetheater and Paufve|Dance, and director John Flax and collaborator Kent Kirkpatrick of Theater Grottesco. They are currently in the midst of combining their respective ensembles (and disciplines) into a dance-theater […]

December 14, 2015  |  Read Article

A Labor of Love: The Dancing Over 50 Project

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING It’s Labor Day, and thus I want to share with you my recent labor: the Dancing Over 50 Project, a collaboration I have had the honor of working on over the past two years with photographer Gregory Bartning. We have just completed a […]

September 7, 2015  |  Read Article

A Life Full of Making Dance Happen

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 7, 2014  |  Read Article