Dancing Over 50: One Last Push

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Three years ago, I started interviewing dancers over 50. My friend, Gregory Bartning, photographed them in movement, and together we embarked on what would evolve into a major project: 54 interviews with dancers ranging in age from 50 to 95, living along the […]

March 21, 2016  |  Read Article

Footprints in the Sand

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING In a 14-day whirlwind filled with little sleep and lots of caffeine, I travelled with photographer Gregory Bartning from Los Angeles up the coast to Seattle, interviewing 25 dancers and hosting five public events to finish and promote our Dancing Over 50 Project, […]

September 24, 2015  |  Read Article

Life’s Music in the Body

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING In a 14-day whirlwind filled with little sleep and lots of caffeine, I travelled with photographer Gregory Bartning from Los Angeles up the coast to Seattle, interviewing 25 dancers and hosting five public events to finish and promote our Dancing Over 50 Project, […]

September 21, 2015  |  Read Article

A Web of Experience

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING In a recent 14-day whirlwind filled with little sleep and lots of caffeine, I travelled with photographer Gregory Bartning from Los Angeles up the coast to Seattle, interviewing 25 dancers and hosting five public events to finish and promote our Dancing Over 50 […]

September 17, 2015  |  Read Article

A Labor of Love: The Dancing Over 50 Project

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING It’s Labor Day, and thus I want to share with you my recent labor: the Dancing Over 50 Project, a collaboration I have had the honor of working on over the past two years with photographer Gregory Bartning. We have just completed a […]

September 7, 2015  |  Read Article