Alice Sheppard: “I Want to Build a Network of Legacy”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO After taking her first dance class on a dare, Alice Sheppard resigned her academic professorship to pursue dance. As a member of AXIS Dance Company, she toured nationally and taught in the company’s outreach programs. Since becoming an independent artist, Alice has danced […]

May 16, 2019  |  Read Article

Discussing Disability in Dance: A New Book Project

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT Here’s an interesting fact: One in four people in the United States have a disability that impacts a major part of their life according to a 2018 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 25 percent of the US population. […]

May 13, 2019  |  Read Article

My Stage

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POEM AND ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT My stage: Red rug Inlaid with gold Protective symbols of “Stay” and “Play”   My audience: Dear Divine.   I am the night The night is I:   Limbs Ground Reach Gather Strength Release Worry Trace […]

April 19, 2018  |  Read Article

Forget Your Perfect Offering

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY RACHELLE WOODS; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT leaves are my colors rain sweetened dirt my longing   my bones know gravity  ash languages my mouth has forgotten   I might say mourning dove say owl drowning in thick air   practice imperfect […]

April 16, 2018  |  Read Article

Let Pretense Go

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY CHERYL PALLANT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT   This she is also an I. I am listening. There is this way of knowing. With bones, breath, a sideways glance, a whisper.   She walks across grass and down the corridor, struts in […]

April 5, 2018  |  Read Article