Several children follow a dance class on a wood floor.

Where Dance and Literacy Meet

Talia Bailes, director of Ballet and Books, describes how her nonprofit works nationally to reduce the literacy gap through the hybrid storytelling of dance and reading.

December 16, 2024  |  Read Article

Rethinking My Dance Education

Emmaly Wiederholt ponders how her pre-professional training might have been augmented by more exposure to Afro diasporic forms, and how some college dance programs are finally making that shift.

February 17, 2022  |  Read Article

Daniel stands with his hands on his hips in a dance studio

How Dance is Taught

Dance educator Daniel Levi-Sanchez advocates for a teaching style that empowers students instead of isolates them. Since acquiring a disability, he has begun to revisit dance with a focus on dance teachers with disabilities.

February 7, 2022  |  Read Article

Two wheelchair dancers are in the foreground on stage and a clump of colorfully dancers make a shape together in the background.

Developing Disability Dance in South Korea

Young Mook Choi and Nanyoung Sim of Light Sound Friends, an organization in South Korea that supports dancers with disabilities, share their myriad programs that are changing the landscape of disability dance in South Korea.

January 3, 2022  |  Read Article