We All Had Our Shoes On

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN Amii LeGendre has taught dance to incarcerated men in New York through two programs: the Bard Prison Initiative and Rehabilitation Through the Arts. She is a wellness coordinator and dance professor at Bard College, and is currently performing a new dance/theatre solo called “I’m looking at you as if” about her experience teaching dance […]

December 10, 2016  |  Read Article

Musings on Place and Space

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Leslie Satin is a New York-based choreographer and teacher at New York University who hails from the post-modern and downtown dance scene. She’s also a former Santa Fean who has returned to Santa Fe every summer for over 15 years. This summer, she created a piece, “Things […]

September 1, 2016  |  Read Article

Earthdance: A Different Way of Living and Dancing

An Interview with Sarah Young BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Sarah Young is the executive director of Earthdance, an artist-run workshop, residency and retreat center located on 125 acres of land in the Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with dance […]

June 6, 2016  |  Read Article

Jamie Benson Attempts to Make Sense of Himself

As part of this month’s series on dancers who facilitate their own dance practice outside of a major institution, New York based Jamie Benson attempts to make sense of his dance practice, how he keeps the wheels turning, and the “why” that drives it all. ~~ How often and in […]

January 7, 2016  |  Read Article

Beyond Experimental Dance: An Interview with Paul Langland

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT When I first moved to Santa Fe and started attending the local weekly contact improvisation jam, one of my favorite drop-ins was Paul Langland. Unassuming and easy-going, Paul was always a nice energy in the room. After several months of seeing Paul at the jam here and […]

November 9, 2015  |  Read Article