Rendering Dance into Words

An Interview with Trina Mannino BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Trina Mannino is a dancer and dance writer in New York City who currently writes for The Dance Enthusiast and Dance Europe. In this interview, she shares her perspective on dance writing, the strengths and weaknesses of the field, and how it […]

March 16, 2017  |  Read Article

Revising the To-Do List

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 LYDIA SAKOLSKY-BASQUILL; PHOTO BY NATE MCINTYRE For […]

August 25, 2016  |  Read Article

Equations for Making it

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 SARAH ASHKIN Early Training: Age 6-18, elementary […]

August 4, 2016  |  Read Article

Stephanie Salts: Dance Felt Important Again

BY STEPHANIE SALTS Across the street from where I used to work was the business headquarters of Johnson & Johnson. The building had a big beautiful lawn with leafy trees and flowers. I would watch the maintenance workers out the window as I did barre. Every day, they would mow […]

January 11, 2016  |  Read Article

Marissa Brown: More Freedom

As part of this month’s series on dancers who facilitate their own dance practice outside a major institution, New York City based Marissa Brown shares the ups and downs of creating solos on herself. ~~ What does your current dance practice look like? Right now I mainly take class, usually […]

January 4, 2016  |  Read Article