Portland’s Dance Wire Promotes Visibility and Connectivity

Emily Running shares how and why she founded Dance Wire, an organization that aims to enhance the prosperity and visibility of dance in Portland, OR, as well as her hopes for making dance an integral part of more people’s lives.

December 2, 2019  |  Read Article

Building an Accessible Space

Subashini Ganesan, founder and director of New Expressive Works - a performing arts venue in Portland, OR, discusses her curatorial philosophy and how she has built an accessible space.

August 22, 2019  |  Read Article

Exploring Afrofuturism through Dance and Art

An Interview with Layna Lewis and Kayla Banks BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, PHOTOGRAPHS BY NINA LEWIS Viva La Free is a nonprofit in Portland, Oregon that creates art healing projects and public art to energize, enchant and heal communities, centering vulnerable and marginalized populations most impacted by systems of oppression and […]

May 9, 2019  |  Read Article

Discussing Spirituality, Intimacy, and Power Dynamics

For the past six months, Emily Jones (she/her) and Hannah Krafcik (she/they) have been artists in residence at New Expressive Works (N.E.W.) in Portland, OR, creating their first work, switch, which debuted in March. Here, they each share some of their reflections on this experience, particularly on the role of […]

April 18, 2019  |  Read Article

Access is Good for Everybody

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Aaron Wheeler-Kay, creative director of Echo Theater Company in Portland, Oregon. Aaron, a master DanceAbility teacher, shares how he applies DanceAbility to create an accessible circus arts space, as well as leverage his privilege to feature and support other […]

April 11, 2019  |  Read Article