Dancing Over 50: One Last Push

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Three years ago, I started interviewing dancers over 50. My friend, Gregory Bartning, photographed them in movement, and together we embarked on what would evolve into a major project: 54 interviews with dancers ranging in age from 50 to 95, living along the […]

March 21, 2016  |  Read Article

Turn the Dancing Over 50 Project into a Book!

Hello friends and dance-lovers! I’d like to invite you to support the Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for the Dancing Over 50 Project, an over two year collaboration with photographer Gregory Bartning interviewing and photographing dancers over 50 along the west coast. To date, we have interviewed over 50 dancers in […]

August 20, 2015  |  Read Article

Why did it affect me so deeply?

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Eiko and Koma’s Night Tide Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2012 It was […]

February 2, 2015  |  Read Article

“I’m Still Here”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Over the past three months, I’ve had the honor of publishing 16 interviews with dancers over age 50 in Portland, OR and Seattle, WA. What follows here is a particularly potent morsel from each interview: Click on photos to read full interview. Linda […]

January 26, 2015  |  Read Article

The Articulation of Expression: An Interview with Mark Haim

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING After I posed each question to Mark, he would pause, deep in thought. There was nothing unconsidered in his answers. After the interview, he very spontaneously sat down and began playing the piano. Music and dance rolled off Mark the way words didn’t. […]

January 22, 2015  |  Read Article