Wind of My Soul

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY LAURA HAYES-MEERMAN; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT The wind blows So softly Through my lips. The right side Holds so much. Opening my pelvis I drop deep And feel my sorrow. I hold so much Do I dare Speak my truth. The […]

April 2, 2018  |  Read Article

Dance Costumes and Life Lessons

  BY LIZ BRENT This spring marks the anniversary of one of my longest-running costume jobs. As of April, I have worked for five years in a row with the ODC Dance Jam. From 2012 to 2017, I have costumed the teen company for the ODC School Youth and Teen […]

May 1, 2017  |  Read Article

Building Dance on the Latino Experience

An Interview with David Herrera BY LIZ BRENT David Herrera, artistic director and choreographer of the San Francisco-based David Herrera Performance Company, explores the implications of race and racism in his work. David Herrera; Photo by Connor Bruce ~~ What is the impetus behind your work? It goes back to […]

May 9, 2016  |  Read Article

The Grammar of Gravity

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY SEBASTIAN GRUBB, ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT   the grammar of gravity falls swiftly now into place, the punctuated particulate precipitates marvelously down, outlines figures by dropping, swinging syllables by the ears, swinging language’s skeleton by the hands, finger bones twirling their […]

April 25, 2016  |  Read Article

Dancers on a Line

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POEM AND ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT   are these clothes really still not dry? or is my skin too sensitive? fingers find damp nooks and crannies in the cotton   or do I just want to give every one their moment in […]

April 21, 2016  |  Read Article