Going Naked

Onstage nudity served as free content for pornographic websites affects performers disproportionately and raises questions about artistic freedom and ownership of one’s own image in the digital era.

June 16, 2025  |  Read Article

The Practice of Giving Art

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN, PHOTOS BY DIRK SKIBA In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Wagner Moreira, a Brazilian dancer, choreographer and teacher living and working in Dresden, Germany. Wagner and Silva discuss the in-between place of living in one country but being from another, the role of Wagner’s father […]

March 22, 2018  |  Read Article

Positive Discrimination?

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN, PHOTOS BY DAVID WOHLSCHLAG In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Maija Karhunen, a dancer and performer based in Helsinki, Finland. Maija discusses the practicalities of touring as a disabled dancer, attitudes in Europe toward disability, how to navigate the special attention that disability voices receive, and […]

March 8, 2018  |  Read Article