Part of the Protest: An Interview with Susan Banyas

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Up and away on her waterfront stage, Susan didn’t hesitate. She didn’t need to warm up. She didn’t need direction. She didn’t need an audience. She just needed her body and her internal inspiration, and away she flew, into the sliver of wild […]

September 7, 2017  |  Read Article

The Miracle in the Garage

BY CATHY INTEMANN A couple weeks ago, 73 boxes on a large pallet were delivered to my garage. The pallet was wrapped in shrink wrap and piled nine-by-nine boxes wide and seven levels high with the extra boxes stacked on top. The pallet leaned slightly. They were delivered by a […]

June 1, 2017  |  Read Article

Another Soapbox on Dance, Success and Expression

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPH BY GREGORY BARTNING Uh oh. I feel a soapbox coming on! Bear with me. Yes, this is going to be about the Dancing Over 50 Project and, yes, I am going to get a little impassioned and over the top. Tomorrow I am attending the Yerba […]

November 4, 2016  |  Read Article

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

Footprints in the Sand: An Interview with Jamie McHugh

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Without so much as a suggestion, Jamie stepped into the boughs of the tree adjacent to his house and started dancing with it. His dance wasn’t just placed in the environment; it was an obvious extension of it. The tree and Jamie held […]

October 21, 2016  |  Read Article