Bringing Dance Home

An Interview with Summer Belnap Robertson Summer Belnap Robertson is the artistic director of St. George Dance Company in St. George, Utah. After dancing in New York City, she returned to her hometown in southern Utah, where she has played a major role in building the adult dance scene. She […]

September 27, 2018  |  Read Article

The Strange Pull of What You Love

BY KARA DAVIS Editorial Note: Each August for the past six years, Stance on Dance has asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. My mother always jokes that […]

August 30, 2018  |  Read Article

A Voice of Social Activism

An Interview with Cathy Davalos BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Cathy Davalos is a Chicana choreographer and professor of dance at Saint Mary’s College of California in the San Francisco Bay Area. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, she reflects on why her identity as […]

October 9, 2017  |  Read Article

Company d: Building Skills Beyond Dance

An Interview with Darlene Winters BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Company d of Memphis, Tennessee, is a nationally recognized dance company comprised of young adults with Down syndrome. Under the direction of Darlene Winters, Company d is committed to inspiring and empowering individuals with Down syndrome through dance. Darlene shares how the […]

July 27, 2017  |  Read Article

Post Contemporary Dance: Are We There Yet?

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER For the past two months, I have been publishing interviews with contemporary dance artists, trying to address (for both myself and my faithful readers) what exactly contemporary dance entails. Because, to be honest, I’ve always been a bit dubious about contemporary dance. It […]

January 19, 2017  |  Read Article