Evan Ruggiero: “Just Another Hustling Artist”
Tap dancer Evan Ruggiero shares his history and perspective as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.
June 24, 2019 | Read Article
Kitty Lunn: “I’m Waiting for the World to Catch Up with Me”
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO Kitty Lunn is a ballet and modern dancer and teacher, a disability activist, and the founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a dance company founded in 1995 featuring dancers with and without disabilities. Based in New York City, Kitty is committed to bringing motion […]
May 20, 2019 | Read Article
Celebrating the Body
An Interview with Jody Oberfelder BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, PHOTOS BY PAULA COURT Jody Oberfelder is a dancer and choreographer in New York City. Her upcoming work, Madame Ovary, is the final installation of a seven-year body-centric multimedia exploration. Madame Ovary examines the role biology and anatomy play in defining identity […]
April 29, 2019 | Read Article
Embodied Learning, Starting as Infants
An Interview with Amy Matthews, Cofounder of Babies Project BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Amy Matthews is co-founder of Babies Project in NYC, an educational non-profit offering developmental movement education for infants, toddlers, parents, caregivers, adults and elders. The organization’s vision is to create a world where babies and adults get the touch, support […]
April 22, 2019 | Read Article
Presenting the Diversity of Queer Dance
An Interview with John Zullo BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT John Zullo is the artistic director of Zullo/RawMovement and is a choreographer, teacher, producer, curator and performer originally from the Bronx, NYC. In 2018, he initiated the Queerly Contemporary Festival for LGBTQ+ artists. Now in its second year and going strong, John […]
April 15, 2019 | Read Article
