A dancer wearing yellow pants and tank top stands and smiles to the side. Her hair is in a braid and her hands are on her hips. The background is gray.

Erin: Joy is Revolutionary

Erin has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 13 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she performed and taught extensively in the Bay Area and advanced her dream of becoming a fulltime dance artist.

September 22, 2025 | Read Article

Dancers wearing white move around the stage lifting long tube-like structures.

Impacting Many

Valerie Green, a dance artist in Queens, New York City, and the director of Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, shares how her choreography, teaching, and studio all come together to contribute to her mission of multicultural understanding through dance and community building.

July 1, 2024 | Read Article

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Crossing the Threshold as a Dancer and Teacher

Diana Turner-Forte, a dance teacher in North Carolina, recounts her pivotal experience facilitating a group of students with intellectual disabilities.

April 17, 2023 | Read Article

Ralph dances in a studio with one dancer wearing pink. He lunges with one arm extended, and she kneels ont he floor with one arm extended. Two other dancers watch.

Dance as a Medium to Access Different Communities

Associate Professor Ralph Buck, Head of Dance Studies at the University of Auckland, explains his community-oriented pedagogical approach that challenges dance’s role in the world.

January 16, 2023 | Read Article

Michaela Knox and another dancer with their arms extended in front of them

“If I Am Growing, I Am Succeeding”

Michaela Knox, director of Spark Dance Program in Maine, reflects on how she has developed healthier ways to evaluate success in teaching and performance.

October 18, 2021 | Read Article