A Practice Where We Come Together

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Adam Benjamin, a pioneer and much esteemed choreographer and teacher in the field of integrated dance. Based in the United Kingdom, he describes his introduction to disability through a visual arts residency at a spinal injury clinic, and how […]

May 3, 2018  |  Read Article

The Summer of Your Passing

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY EUGENE WILLIAMS; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT There were angels and dragons in the sunset Lightning bugs rose in waves over the beans and corn From the woods, the screech owl called telling us your journey was smooth Under the full moon […]

April 26, 2018  |  Read Article

Dancing with Eugene

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY CAMILLE TAFT You and I fit together in the dance like two unusual ingredients. We were both long but your wheelchair was strong enough to support our wayward limbs. You moved every which way, so many surfaces […]

April 23, 2018  |  Read Article

Maylis Arrabit’s Story

Maylis Arrabit is a French performer and choreographer who dances (mostly) from her wheelchair. She shares her personal journey finding dance, her decision to pursue it professionally, and her hopes for spreading integrative dance throughout France and beyond. Laura Mazeaud and Maylis Arrabit, Photo by Manuel Guyon ~~ My name […]

March 19, 2018  |  Read Article

Speaking of Integrated Dance

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Douglas Scott, artistic director of Full Radius Dance in Atlanta, Georgia. Silva and Douglas discuss, among other things, the importance and challenge of transposing movement for bodies of different abilities, the choice of the word “transposing” and how it […]

March 15, 2018  |  Read Article