Sydney in a dramatic arabesque wearing a white swan tutu against a pink backdrop.

Sydney: I Am Enough

Sydney has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 11 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she got promoted to full company member with Avant Chamber Ballet, as well as explored her passion for teaching and choreography.

August 28, 2023 | Read Article

Muisi-kongo leads a class in a dance studio

From Ritual to Art: Preserving Congolese Dance

Muisi-kongo Malonga, artistic director of Fua Dia Congo in the Bay Area, reflects on what it means to preserve a living artistic tradition.

August 21, 2023 | Read Article

Stuart is in a studio wearing trousers and a pink shirt. He is midstep with arms up and head back.

Rethinking Mental Health Access in Dance

Stuart Waters, a dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in the UK, focuses on mental health and how building containers for mental health support is part of creating access in performance practices.

July 31, 2023 | Read Article

Three Black dancers make shapes against a black backdrop onstage.

Sistering and Dancing in Community

MK Abadoo, choreographer and director of MKArts in Richmond, VA, seeks to be in accountable relationship with the communities they interact and live in through anti-racist, gender expansive, and inclusive practices.

July 10, 2023 | Read Article

Wonyoung lays back and rolls on his side as if to roll onto his stomach.

The Relationship between Rights and Dance

Wonyoung Kim, a dancer, actor, writer, and lawyer in South Korea, explores his own bias toward the aesthetics of disability and how he likens choreography to law.

June 12, 2023 | Read Article