When Dance and Theater Meet

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT I recently had the opportunity to sit down with choreographers Eric Kupers and Randee Paufve of Dandelion Dancetheater and Paufve|Dance, and director John Flax and collaborator Kent Kirkpatrick of Theater Grottesco. They are currently in the midst of combining their respective ensembles (and disciplines) into a dance-theater […]

December 14, 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

A Life Full of Making Dance Happen

Editorial Note: Last August, I asked eight dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Their responses were so poignant that I decided to make every August “making it” month and continue posing the question to various dance artists. Please join us this month […]

August 7, 2014  |  Read Article

Right Now, This Year, I’m Growing: An Interview with Randee Paufve

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Muscular and athletic, there was a softness about Randee as well. She spoke quickly and with a certain intensity, words flooding out of her in a rush. At the same time, she seemed prone to second-guessing herself, and this juxtaposition between her rushing […]

November 7, 2013  |  Read Article