Closing One Chapter, Opening Another

An Interview with Eric Skinner BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Eric Skinner is retiring from BodyVox after 19 years of dancing with the company. I originally interviewed Eric as part of the Dancing Over 50 Project. When I learned he was retiring, I was eager to learn his perspective at this juncture in […]

February 2, 2017  |  Read Article

“I’m Still Here”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Over the past three months, I’ve had the honor of publishing 16 interviews with dancers over age 50 in Portland, OR and Seattle, WA. What follows here is a particularly potent morsel from each interview: Click on photos to read full interview. Linda […]

January 26, 2015  |  Read Article

Following a Passion: An Interview with Eric Skinner

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Eric danced aerobically among the fallen leaves on a grassy patch in Tanner Springs Park in Portland. A jackhammer pounded in the distance. Passersby glanced over curiously. Watching Eric, the phrases “in his prime” or “past his prime” seemed irrelevant. With his facility […]

December 15, 2014  |  Read Article

And Why Not: An Interview with Jamey Hampton

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY GREGORY BARTNING Jamey was an athletic bundle of energy. Crowned with his mop of curly brown-gray hair, he leaped, twisted, curved, balanced and tilted. He moved fast, but not without care or purpose. He emoted something both lost and found, held and released, inward and […]

November 13, 2014  |  Read Article