Social Interventions through Dance

An Interview with Shawn Lent BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY MOHAMED RADWAN Shawn Lent is a social practice dance artist, program manager, dance educator, public speaker and facilitator based in Chicago. She believes dance has broader applications beyond traditional modes of choreography and performance. She shares her personal history, philosophy, […]

November 9, 2017  |  Read Article

On Belly Dance and Cultural Appropriation

Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her life pursuing belly dance in the Middle East. She has generously allowed Stance on Dance to reprint two of her essays. Enjoy! BY LUNA […]

March 10, 2016  |  Read Article

Belly Dance 101

An interview with belly dancer Deborah Newberg Deborah lives and works in Santa Fe, NM as a belly dancer. She is the director of the Saltanah Dancers and Saltanah Studios, and teaches as well at Santa Fe Community College and Dance Space Santa Fe. As Stance on Dance has yet […]

December 7, 2015  |  Read Article