Dancing Of, By and For the People

An Interview with Anne Bluethenthal BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Anne Bluethenthal is a dancer and choreographer in the Bay Area, and artistic director of ABD Productions and the Skywatchers Program, which brings residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District into partnership with professional artists to create multi-disciplinary, site-specific performance installations that amplify […]

December 11, 2017  |  Read Article

Reaching Palestinian Youth Through Dance

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews 22 year-old Hanna Tams, founder and director of Douban Dance Company in Jerusalem. Hanna is dedicated to reaching at-risk Palestinian youth through dance, thereby using art for social change. Hanna shares the cultural obstacles he has overcome, the political […]

June 8, 2017  |  Read Article

Anna Halprin Turns 95

An Interview with Rosario Sammartino BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT This coming July 12, 2015, Anna Halprin celebrates her 95th birthday. Few people have left such an indelible mark on both the dance world and the world at large as Anna. In order commemorate her incredible 95 years, I interviewed Rosario Sammartino, a […]

June 15, 2015  |  Read Article