The Strange Pull of What You Love

BY KARA DAVIS Editorial Note: Each August for the past six years, Stance on Dance has asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. My mother always jokes that […]

August 30, 2018  |  Read Article

Shaping, Making, and Personal Cultivation

BY SARAH DIONNE WOODS-LADUE Editorial Note: Each August for the past six years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. The term “making it” somehow indicates a […]

August 23, 2018  |  Read Article

Using Butoh to Connect and Create

An Interview with Ledoh BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ledoh is a Burmese Bay Area butoh artist who builds performance through culture, science and multimedia. Here, he discusses his own process, as well as how butoh is an ever evolving and reactionary form. ~~ How did you come to practice butoh? I […]

August 13, 2018  |  Read Article

Felicitas: Dance Serves A Much Greater Purpose

Each summer for the past six years, I have asked a group of young dancers where they are with dance. I leave the question open-ended in order for them to answer however it resonates personally. My goal is to create a yearly check-in to chart how these young women grow and […]

July 19, 2018  |  Read Article

Pace and Space

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT There’s no denying that different environments – big cities, small towns, countryside retreats, even different geographical areas like foggy coastlines or expansive deserts – create different experiences of pace and space. There’s the rush of millions of people moving in multitudinous directions in large metropolises, versus the […]

May 24, 2018  |  Read Article