The Need for Relevancy and Decolonization in Higher Education

London-based dance artist Shannon Oleson shares how conversations on decolonization and transferable skills within the dance curriculum arose while doing her MFA research.

September 24, 2020  |  Read Article

Creative Dexterity in Higher Education

London-based dance artist Shannon Oleson shares her MFA research looking at creative dexterity in higher education.

September 21, 2020  |  Read Article

Dancing the Veteran Experience

An Iraq War veteran, the director of EXIT12 Dance Company and an MFA candidate at Trinity Laban, Roman Baca describes why and how he tells veterans' stories choreographically.

October 14, 2019  |  Read Article

Connection and Community: An Interview with Mira-Lisa Katz

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING When Mira danced, it was as though she had invited me into a secret world. It was a bit like following Alice in Wonderland down a rabbit hole, but Mira’s dance pulled me down a gentle grassy slope instead. There was nothing hurried […]

November 16, 2017  |  Read Article

I Have Made It, So Now What?

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. Peiling Kao, photo by Orfeas Skutelis BY PEILING KAO In […]

August 14, 2017  |  Read Article