Creativity and Resilience

Raélle Dorfan, Executive Director of Dance Resource Center in Los Angeles, discusses the creativity and resilience of the dance community in the face of COVID.

December 10, 2020  |  Read Article

Celebrating the Jazz Tradition

An Interview with Pat Taylor Pat Taylor is the artistic director and choreographer of the JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble. Based out of Los Angeles, the company celebrates the jazz tradition as a vital thread in the cultural fabric of African American history and heritage, and a defining element of […]

February 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Confronting White Supremacy

An Interview with Sarah Ashkin and Brittany Delany Sarah Ashkin and Brittany Delany are using their choreographic platform, GROUND SERIES, to present task, a confrontation of white supremacy through dance performance. They discuss the impetus and importance of the work. task premieres August 17th and 18th at Highways Performance Space in […]

August 6, 2018  |  Read Article

Giving and Receiving: An Interview with Stella Matsuda

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Stella’s dance was a spiritual act; she gave herself wholly to her passion for the art form, and her viewer received a sort of spiritual communion from watching her. As simply as slipping into song, meditation or prayer, Stella slipped into movement. And, […]

July 5, 2018  |  Read Article

Appreciating the Passing: An Interview with Don Hewitt

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Don embodied the dance teacher archetype. He arrived early and prepared; he had given thought to what he wanted to say; he bestowed what he had to say with a measure of surety and kindness. He made me want to dance for him. […]

July 2, 2018  |  Read Article