How to See in the Dark (a.k.a. Ecosystems, Cycles, Insecurity)
Dance artists Anne Bartlett and Jessica Perino reflect on the cycles of artmaking through their company 20MOONS in Durango, CO.
May 12, 2025 | Read Article
Expanding the Dance Community
Michaela Knox, a DanceAbility instructor who recently initiated an inclusive dance program in Maine, discusses her budding program and her longer-term goals.
August 19, 2019 | Read Article
Questioning the Professional Paradigm
JESSICA PERINO is co-artistic director of 20MOONS. Based in Durango, Colorado—a town of 17,000—the company offers a contemporary and explorative approach to dance-making. Here, she offers several questions and concerns about the way society conceptualizes professional dance. Her responses are part of a larger series dissecting what it means to be […]
January 25, 2018 | Read Article
Dance Is Wherever You Make It
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Jessica Perino and Anne Bartlett are the artistic directors of 20 Moons Dance Theatre. Based in Durango, Colorado—a town of 17,000—the company offers a contemporary and explorative approach to dance-making. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with dance artists working in […]
June 9, 2016 | Read Article
Here it Comes, There it Goes
BY MALINDA LAVELLE I am plagued by the phrase “I don’t know.” In a world where any given piece of advice has a separate and equally valid piece of counter advice, I find the more questions I ask, the fewer answers I have and the more decisions I hesitate to […]
March 26, 2015 | Read Article
