Dance Costumes and Life Lessons

  BY LIZ BRENT This spring marks the anniversary of one of my longest-running costume jobs. As of April, I have worked for five years in a row with the ODC Dance Jam. From 2012 to 2017, I have costumed the teen company for the ODC School Youth and Teen […]

May 1, 2017  |  Read Article

From the Mom of Many Dancers

BY NAOMI PRENDERGAST I have always loved dance, ballet and musical theatre as well as theatre itself. I did a fair amount of folk dancing as a teen and even did some performances with a small local troupe. When my kids started their formal dance training, they had already been […]

July 20, 2015  |  Read Article

The Hives Attack

When your cross-dressing costume gives you hives… From Maggie Stack: KT Nelson gets pretty ambitious when it comes to choreographing her children’s production of The Velveteen Rabbit. When I started with ODC, I hopped right into the bunny-suit extravaganza. There was a lot of velvet, which I was not aware […]

October 16, 2014  |  Read Article

Costumes Gone Awry

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Meet Ann… as in Anna Pavolva. And then meet Vas… as in Vaslav Nijinsky. You may have heard of them. They were famous dancers in the early 20th century. In fact, they were so famous that they were made into paper dolls almost 100 years later. How’s […]

September 29, 2014  |  Read Article

Christopher Dunn’s Story

BY LIZ BRENT This interview is part of an ongoing series, Men Who Dance, which looks at the experiences of men in the field of dance. Christopher Dunn: I started dancing young, but I only did tap for the first 14 years of my life. My family was not supportive […]

May 15, 2014  |  Read Article