The Body You Dance: An Interview with Alito Alessi

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Alito spoke and danced like wind. I sense the wind’s power in what I see moved by it; I feel its scope in its universal affect; I discover its dimension in its varying layers. To meet Alito is to understand the definition of […]

October 26, 2016  |  Read Article

Expanding Dance’s Reach

An Interview with Jana Meszaros BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Jana Meszaros is a certified DanceAbility instructor who is passionate about expanding the communities she reaches to include those in rural towns outside Eugene, OR. She shares how she got involved in DanceAbility, its impact, and why it’s important to reach people […]

October 10, 2016  |  Read Article

Alito Alessi: Beyond “Us” versus “Them”

An Interview with Alito Alessi, Part Two BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Alito Alessi is the artistic director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. He is internationally known as a pioneering teacher and choreographer in the fields of contact improvisation, dance and disability. This is part two of a two-part interview, […]

June 8, 2015  |  Read Article

DanceAbility: Beyond Islands of Isolation

An Interview with Alito Alessi, Part One BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Alito Alessi is the artistic director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. He is internationally known as a pioneering teacher and choreographer in the fields of contact improvisation, dance and disability. This is part one of a two-part interview, […]

June 4, 2015  |  Read Article