Creating a Stage to Share Native Culture

Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company tells historic stories using traditional Native American songs and dances with the goal of educating audiences about Native American stories, culture, and values.

March 3, 2025  |  Read Article

Imaginative and Alternative Dance Ecologies

Petra Kuppers, a dancer, writer, community performance artist, and disability culture activist based in Ypsilanti, MI, describes how she uses imagination to activate and engage community in accessible ways.

July 24, 2023  |  Read Article

Making the Choice

Editorial Note: Each August for the past four 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. BY LEAH WILMOTH Studying visual art, vocal performance, […]

August 11, 2016  |  Read Article

All Bodies are Dancers

An Interview with Jane Hawley BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Jane Hawley is a professor of dance at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She developed the Movement Fundamentals curriculum. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with high level dance artists working in places not well known […]

May 25, 2015  |  Read Article