Silva looks into the camera and smiles with her lips closed. The background is blurry.

Seeking Barrier-Free Dance Education

Silva Laukkanen discusses how the disability dance field is behind in terms of education, and how Art Spark Texas’ research project is assessing what existing opportunities are out there and what more needs to be done.

September 16, 2024 | Read Article

Perceiving and Being Perceived

Melanie Greene, a dancer, choreographer, writer, and podcaster currently based in New Orleans, explores the Black female experience through an Afro-futuristic lens, as well as the intersections of her performance and journalistic experiences.

March 4, 2024 | Read Article

Two dancers wrestle while three performers in the background look on, one playing a saxophone.

Using Dance to Understand the Effects of Police Violence

Dominic Moore-Dunson, a choreographer in Akron, OH, explores in his current work "inCOPnegro" how he will one day talk with his young son about police violence toward the Black community.

September 26, 2022 | Read Article

Emily reaches in front of them, standing in a field against a blue sky.

“I Have Terrible Anxiety but I Love Being Onstage”

Emily Heath, a dance student at Bennington College, reflects on their ongoing experience of anxiety and how showing up with anxiety in dance spaces is an ongoing negotiation.

February 14, 2022 | Read Article

Four people sit onstage, one with a cane. The lighting is red, and a silvery set piece seems to swirl behind them.

Exploring How Performance is Experienced

Jess Curtis, an award-winning choreographer, performer, and scholar based in San Francisco and Berlin, shares how his career took a turn when he accepted a job in an interdisciplinary nouveau cirque company in France, and how he later established himself in Berlin while still running his company Jess Curtis/Gravity in the Bay Area.

February 10, 2022 | Read Article