Responsive to Artists as Humans

Debra Cash, Executive Director of Boston Dance Alliance, shares the myriad ways Boston Dance Alliance has responded to the needs of the dance community throughout 2020.

December 14, 2020  |  Read Article

On Making Good Art and Holding Hands Respectfully

Peter DiMuro - artistic director of Public Displays of Motion and of The Dance Complex in Boston - shares how he utilizes his leadership roles to invite other voices into the conversation.

July 29, 2019  |  Read Article

Moving Beyond Loss: An Interview with Ann DiFruscia

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Ann held sadness in her. It was a very real melancholy based on her life experience of loving and losing. But when she danced, something seemed to shed. It was the first time since meeting her I had truly seen her face smile […]

November 20, 2017  |  Read Article

Desire and Willpower: An Interview with Deborah Wolf

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Deborah said she liked to wear socks while dancing. Conversely, watching her dance seemed as simple as watching her put on her socks – it happened with such ease and lack of pretension so as to almost seem prosaic. When a dance is akin […]

September 22, 2017  |  Read Article