Another Soapbox on Dance, Success and Expression

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPH BY GREGORY BARTNING Uh oh. I feel a soapbox coming on! Bear with me. Yes, this is going to be about the Dancing Over 50 Project and, yes, I am going to get a little impassioned and over the top. Tomorrow I am attending the Yerba […]

November 4, 2016  |  Read Article

A Wisdom that Needs to be Expressed

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING In a 14-day whirlwind filled with little sleep and lots of caffeine, I travelled with photographer Gregory Bartning from Los Angeles up the coast to Seattle, interviewing 25 dancers and hosting five public events to finish and promote our Dancing Over 50 Project, […]

September 14, 2015  |  Read Article

The Willingness to Keep Going: An Interview with Linda Austin

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Linda’s eyes shone with the faintest outline of tears by the end of her interview. As she moved into her dance, those tears morphed into a certain movement quality: soft, tender, sensitive and yet still practical and utilitarian. She had trekked the long […]

November 10, 2014  |  Read Article