Dance Is In My Heart

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Tanya Winters, a dancer in Austin, TX. Tanya found her way into the world of dance in the early 2000s before becoming certified in DanceAbility in 2011. She currently performs with Body Shift. Tanya shares a bit of her […]

October 30, 2017  |  Read Article

Where American and Tunisian Dance Meet

An Interview with Emily Schoen BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Emily Schoen is a dancer and choreographer in New York City, and the artistic director of Schoen Movement Company. This October, she orchestrated a residency in Tunis, Tunisia, teaching modern dance classes and setting a piece on members of both her own […]

October 23, 2017  |  Read Article

The Realization of “Not Knowing” with I Moving Lab

A dialogue with Dåkot-ta Alcantara-Camacho, Jack Gray and Hannah Krafcik; Edited by Hannah Krafcik “Dance serves as a tool to strengthen a doing of indigeneity – a way of knowing and interacting that both locates knowledge and generates and reinforces methods for knowing and connecting – and thus also serves […]

October 19, 2017  |  Read Article

Between Cultures

An Interview with Ivonne Batanero BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ivonne Batanero is a dancer and choreographer in Miami, Florida. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Ivonne reflects on her experience going back to her native Peru to perform and teach as an American, and […]

October 16, 2017  |  Read Article

Building Cultural Bridges

An Interview with Michelle Manzanales BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Michelle Manzanales is a choreographer and dance educator in New York City. Before being named director of the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance in December 2016, she served as rehearsal director and artistic associate of the main company of Ballet Hispánico since 2010. As […]

October 12, 2017  |  Read Article