Dancing the Weight of Life
Sungkuk Kang, a dancer, choreographer, and the director of OnMom Company in Seoul, discusses his piece "How to Fold" that he choreographed and performed for the 2022 Korea International Accessible Dance Festival.
February 27, 2023 | Read Article
Kelcie Laube: “It’s About the Relationship”
Oregon-based DanceAbility teacher and performer Kelcie Laube offers her perspective on how "having people who have a disability in a performance shouldn’t be a special thing. It should be a normal thing."
February 25, 2021 | Read Article
Jerron Herman: “A Political Understanding of Disability”
"If we increase the variety of participation, we will all be able to create in a way that feels sustainable." New York City-based Jeron Herman shares how more artists with disabilities are needed in more contexts so the field doesn't become a monolith.
February 4, 2021 | Read Article
Communicating More Than Movement: An Interview with Emery Blackwell
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Most of us have a narrow definition of what it means to have a disability; it’s a label often imposed from the outside in. Emery has cerebral palsy and, though he is commonly labeled “disabled,” I have never met a dancer with a […]
November 7, 2016 | Read Article