On the Intersections of Dance, Theater, and Disability
Nadia Adame, a dancer and actor based in Vancouver, Canada, describes her experience pursuing dance and theater as a person with a disability, and how both fields are slowly shifting toward better inclusion.
August 16, 2021 | Read Article
Flamenco is for Every Body
José Galán, director of Flamenco Inclusivo in Seville, Spain, describes how flamenco as an art form can be expressed by every body, and how he has adapted the flamenco technique for people with disabilities.
September 7, 2020 | Read Article
Shifting Geologies, Sifting Forms
An Interview with Shebana Coelho BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY GENEVIEVE RUSSELL Shebana Coelho is a writer and performer originally from India who now resides in Santa Fe, NM. Her current project, The Good Manners of Colonized Subjects, combines flamenco, Sanskrit theater and spoken text, and explores themes of colonization, indigeneity […]
September 20, 2018 | Read Article
The Camino of Pursuing Dance
LA EMI is a flamenco dancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She shares her view of flamenco as a camino, a path, rather than a destination at professionalism. Her responses are part of a larger series dissecting what it means to be a professional dancer. To read other perspectives on the […]
February 5, 2018 | Read Article
A Growing Network of Integrated Dance
PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Monika Požek, founder and director of MeetShareDance in Madrid, Spain. MeetShareDance is an annual festival that takes place in a different country each year, and that was created with the aim of supporting integrative dance as well as building an […]
December 21, 2017 | Read Article