“An Expression of My Māori Culture”

Louise Potiki Bryant - a choreographer and dance artist in Aotearoa/New Zealand - discusses her work, "Onepū," for Atamira Dance Company and how it draws on her feminine understanding of her Māori ancestry and mythos.  

August 1, 2019  |  Read Article

Storytelling Between Worlds

Anne Pesata, a dancer with the contemporary Indigenous company Dancing Earth, discusses how storytelling is used to explore Native culture through dance.

July 8, 2019  |  Read Article

Forget Your Perfect Offering

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! BY RACHELLE WOODS; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT leaves are my colors rain sweetened dirt my longing   my bones know gravity  ash languages my mouth has forgotten   I might say mourning dove say owl drowning in thick air   practice imperfect […]

April 16, 2018  |  Read Article