Kitty Lunn: “I’m Waiting for the World to Catch Up with Me”
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO Kitty Lunn is a ballet and modern dancer and teacher, a disability activist, and the founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a dance company founded in 1995 featuring dancers with and without disabilities. Based in New York City, Kitty is committed to bringing motion […]
May 20, 2019 | Read Article
Alice Sheppard: “I Want to Build a Network of Legacy”
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO After taking her first dance class on a dare, Alice Sheppard resigned her academic professorship to pursue dance. As a member of AXIS Dance Company, she toured nationally and taught in the company’s outreach programs. Since becoming an independent artist, Alice has danced […]
May 16, 2019 | Read Article
Discussing Disability in Dance: A New Book Project
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT Here’s an interesting fact: One in four people in the United States have a disability that impacts a major part of their life according to a 2018 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 25 percent of the US population. […]
May 13, 2019 | Read Article
Access is Good for Everybody
PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Aaron Wheeler-Kay, creative director of Echo Theater Company in Portland, Oregon. Aaron, a master DanceAbility teacher, shares how he applies DanceAbility to create an accessible circus arts space, as well as leverage his privilege to feature and support other […]
April 11, 2019 | Read Article
Supporting a Spectrum of Movement Choices
An Interview with Rebecca Haseltine Rebecca Haseltine is a Body-Mind Centering practitioner and teacher in the Bay Area who developed Body Learning, a comprehensive practice of hands-on bodywork, movement therapy, and somatic education. Here, she shares more about the application of Body Learning, including with people with disabilities, and how […]
April 8, 2019 | Read Article