Curating the Craft of Choreography

An Interview with Christy Bolingbroke BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT In 2013, with funding from the Knight Foundation, DANCEClevand began a series of stakeholder meetings in order to establish a new National Center for Choreography, to be located at the University of Akron in Ohio. Today, that center has come to fruition, […]

July 24, 2017  |  Read Article

Keeping Ballet Relevant through Words

The Ballet Bag was founded in 2009 by two ballet enthusiasts, Linda and Emilia, who were both living in the United Kingdom at the time. Their goal has been to demonstrate that ballet is not stuffy, old-fashioned or inaccessible by creating relevant, fresh and topical coverage. Linda and Emilia share […]

April 1, 2017  |  Read Article

Bringing More People into the Dialogue

An Interview with Ellen Chenoweth BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ellen Chenoweth is the executive director of thINKingDANCE, an online dance publication based in Philadelphia. As someone who doesn’t personally identify with the label “dancer,” Ellen brings a unique perspective to dance journalism and how the field might expand dialogue. ~~ How […]

March 30, 2017  |  Read Article

Thinking Trends in Dance, Theater and Journalism

An Interview with Julius Ferraro BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Julius Ferraro is the editor of thINKingDANCE, an online publication based out of Philadelphia. With a background in theater, he brings to dance writing a specific perspective on how dance and theater intersect. He reflects on the changing face of journalism, and […]

March 23, 2017  |  Read Article

The Changing Face of Dance Writing

An Interview with Siobhan Burke BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Siobhan Burke is a dance writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She contributes regularly to The New York Times and Dance Magazine, where she was an editor from 2008 to 2013. She shares her perspective on how the field of dance writing […]

March 20, 2017  |  Read Article