A group photo of the Round 2 DFA Artist Fellows and program team. Twenty or so people pose together, some kneeling on the ground, some in chairs, and some standing. A large screen appears behind them, with photos representing the Fellows who are joining the group virtually. Photo by Michele Steinwald.

Rethinking the Funding Paradigm

Haowen Wang, Dance/USA Director of Regranting, reflects on the impact of Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists, which recently concluded, and the lessons learned along the way.

September 14, 2026  |  Read Article

A compilation of Erin Merritt (right), Andréa Spearman (top left), Megan Wright (lower right)

Tabled: Funding and Social Justice

San Francisco-based theater-maker Erin Merritt, San Francisco-based administrator/dance artist Andréa Spearman, and Brooklyn-based dancer/administrator Megan Wright discuss funding and social justice as part of Chlo and Co's Tabled series.

April 4, 2022  |  Read Article

Preserving, Promoting and Expanding Black Dance

An Interview with Denise Saunders Thompson BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) was founded with the mission of preserving and promoting dance by people of African ancestry or origin and assisting and increasing opportunities for Black Artists through advocacy, audience development, education, funding, networking, performance, philosophical dialogue, and touring. […]

February 14, 2019  |  Read Article

Expanding Experience

An Interview with Karla Quintero BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Karla Quintero is a dancer and choreographer in the San Francisco Bay Area. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Karla discusses the importance of granting institutional support to myriad communities and challenging individual habits of […]

October 5, 2017  |  Read Article

Post Contemporary Dance: Are We There Yet?

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER For the past two months, I have been publishing interviews with contemporary dance artists, trying to address (for both myself and my faithful readers) what exactly contemporary dance entails. Because, to be honest, I’ve always been a bit dubious about contemporary dance. It […]

January 19, 2017  |  Read Article