Contemporary Ballet Past, Present and Future

An Interview with Robert Sher-Machherndl BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Robert Sher-Machherndl is a former principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, and choreographer and artistic director of Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in Boulder, CO. He shares his thoughts on what exactly contemporary ballet entails, and the past, […]

December 15, 2016  |  Read Article

Life as Dance and Dance as Life

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY WIEBKE SCHUSTER Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal in Cafe Mueller and Rite of Spring Sadler’s Wells, London 2008 “It’s […]

March 16, 2015  |  Read Article

Art worth living for.

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY RANDEE PAUFVE SUNY Brockport, January 1985.  My first round of grad school. I went to either exorcise dance […]

February 19, 2015  |  Read Article