On Her Dance Journey

Kozue Kasahara, a Japanese dance artist based in Los Angeles, shares her experience dancing under iconic Black female dance artists like Lula Washington and Karen McDonald.

March 24, 2025  |  Read Article

Kazuyo Morita: “We Need Role Models”

"We need role models in this field so there's somebody who other disabled people can copy or aspire to be, but I don't think that's possible unless more dancers come into this field. I personally think it's very important to establish the status of disabled dancers and train more disabled dancers." Kazuyo Morita, a dancer and actress from Osaka, Japan, shares how crucial role models are to motivating people with disabilities to try dance.

April 18, 2022  |  Read Article

Using Butoh to Connect and Create

An Interview with Ledoh BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ledoh is a Burmese Bay Area butoh artist who builds performance through culture, science and multimedia. Here, he discusses his own process, as well as how butoh is an ever evolving and reactionary form. ~~ How did you come to practice butoh? I […]

August 13, 2018  |  Read Article

Creating a More Inclusive World

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Marisa Hamamoto, founder and director of Infinite Flow, the first inclusive ballroom dance company in the US. Marisa shares her myriad experiences with inclusion and why it became such an important concept for her, her difficult history pursuing dance […]

June 14, 2018  |  Read Article

Carrying Butoh into the 21st Century

An Interview with Vangeline Vangeline is the director of The Vangeline Theater – an all-female Butoh troupe – and the founder of the New York Butoh Institute. She discusses the lineage, gender politics and changing landscape of Butoh, as well as the stereotypes and misconceptions that haunt the art form. […]

December 18, 2017  |  Read Article