Contemporary Dance: Which Way Will It Go?

An Interview with Rachel Slater BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Rachel Slater is one of the artistic directors of Muddy Feet Contemporary Dance, a contemporary dance company based in Portland, Oregon. In this interview, she wrestles with what exactly contemporary dance entails, how to fund it, and where the form is headed. […]

January 12, 2017  |  Read Article

Present Day Dancing

Lillian Barbeito is the co-director of BODYTRAFFIC, a contemporary dance company in Los Angeles, California. She shares her views on contemporary dance’s relevance and context. This interview is part of a series on contemporary dance. ~~ How would you define contemporary dance to someone without a background in dance? Moving […]

January 9, 2017  |  Read Article

Contemporary Dance: From High Art to Fringe

Erin Kilmurray is a contemporary dance artist who straddles the “high” world of concert dance and the “low” world of fringe art. She is a producer, director and dance-maker who presents work throughout Chicago, as well as the creator and director of The Fly Honey Show—a femme-power cabaret. This interview […]

January 5, 2017  |  Read Article

Where Modern and Contemporary Meet

An Interview with Sandra Kaufmann BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Sandra Kaufmann performed in the Martha Graham Dance Company before serving as the founding director of the dance program at Loyola University. As an educator and practitioner, she shares her perspective on contemporary dance and where the form is headed. This interview […]

November 28, 2016  |  Read Article

Building a Dance Festival in Lake Tahoe

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT After dancing professionally, Christin Hanna took her passion for ballet back to her hometown of Lake Tahoe in 2008 to start a dance school. In 2013, she launched the Lake Tahoe Dance Festival with her longtime friend, Constantine Baecher. The dance school, festival and a variety of […]

July 25, 2016  |  Read Article