Carrying Butoh into the 21st Century

An Interview with Vangeline Vangeline is the director of The Vangeline Theater – an all-female Butoh troupe – and the founder of the New York Butoh Institute. She discusses the lineage, gender politics and changing landscape of Butoh, as well as the stereotypes and misconceptions that haunt the art form. […]

December 18, 2017  |  Read Article

Dancing Deaf

An Interview with Antoine Hunter BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Antoine Hunter is an African American Deaf dance artist based in the Bay Area. The founder and artistic director of Urban Jazz Dance, he has performed throughout the Bay Area and internationally. In 2013, he initiated the Bay Area International Deaf Dance […]

December 7, 2017  |  Read Article

Brandon “Private” Freeman’s Story

BY LIZ BRENT This interview is part of Men Who Dance, an ongoing series that looks at the experiences of men in the field of dance. My name is Brandon “Private” Freeman. I’m 41. I currently dance with Amy Seiwert’s Imagery though most of the year I dance with Wonderbound in […]

July 31, 2014  |  Read Article

Juan Ruiz’ Story

BY LIZ BRENT This interview is part of Men Who Dance, an ongoing series that looks at the experiences of men in the field of dance. My name is Juan Ruiz. I am 20 years old, and I’m currently training in the Lines Ballet BFA program at Dominican University where I’ll […]

July 28, 2014  |  Read Article

Jeremy Smith’s Story

BY LIZ BRENT This interview is part of an ongoing series, Men Who Dance, which looks at the experiences of men in the field of dance. Jeremy Smith: I’m 31 and I’m a dancer with ODC Dance in San Francisco. I started dancing when I was nine. It was December […]

May 26, 2014  |  Read Article