Holding the Complexity of Hybridity

Megan Lowe, choreographer and director of Megan Lowe Dances in the Bay Area, highlights and celebrates mixed-race Asian American Pacific Islander experiences in her dance-theater work "Gathering Pieces of Peace."

August 7, 2023  |  Read Article

The Credibility and Accessibility of Professional Dance

LIZ DURAN BOUBION is the artistic director of Piñata Dance Collective and co-director of ¡FLACC! Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers. Here, she reflects on the dance ecosystem and its multiple biases when it comes to professional dance. Her responses are part of a larger series dissecting what it means […]

February 15, 2018  |  Read Article

Drawing on Many Resources

An Interview with Ursula Verduzco BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ursula Verduzco started dancing in her native Mexico, and continues to perform, choreograph and teach in New York City today. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this ballerina shares a bit about her creative process, […]

October 2, 2017  |  Read Article

Defining Indigenous Contemporary Dance, One Step at a Time

An Interview with Rulan Tangen BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Rulan Tangen is the artistic director and founder of Dancing Earth, an indigenous intertribal dance ensemble based out of New Mexico. Her work values movement as an expression of indigenous worldview, including the honoring of matriarchal leadership, dance as functional ritual for […]

May 22, 2017  |  Read Article