Reimagining the Idea of the Body

Bosnian/Swedish/American choreographer/performance artist mersiha messiha reimagines the idea of the body to address larger social issues in the globalized world.

January 20, 2020  |  Read Article

Telling Our Truths

Nia & Ness - a Black, lesbian, dancer-poet performance art duo based in Brooklyn, New York - share their choreographic process and how their conversations and experience inform all their work.

July 22, 2019  |  Read Article

Knitting Stories Through Dance

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY ANDRE YEW Trina Mannino is a dancer, choreographer and writer in Brooklyn who recently embarked on the project Ghost Women: A Dance and Knitting Installation, a 30-minute outdoor performance featuring a multigenerational cast of knitters and dancers. Sparked by conversations about aging and the duality of feeling […]

September 13, 2018  |  Read Article

Addressing Parkinson’s through Dance

AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID LEVENTHAL Born from the idea that people with Parkinson’s can benefit from the specific techniques and methods used by dancers to guide their own bodies and minds, Dance for PD® strives to increase coordination, balance, flexibility and strength through music and movement for people with Parkinson’s […]

June 26, 2017  |  Read Article

Stephanie Salts: Dance Felt Important Again

BY STEPHANIE SALTS Across the street from where I used to work was the business headquarters of Johnson & Johnson. The building had a big beautiful lawn with leafy trees and flowers. I would watch the maintenance workers out the window as I did barre. Every day, they would mow […]

January 11, 2016  |  Read Article