Merging Technique with Humanity

An Interview with KT Nelson BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT KT Nelson, co-artistic director of San Francisco’s ODC/Dance Company, muses on the blend of technical mastery and naturalistic humanity increasingly found in contemporary dance today. This interview is part of a series on contemporary dance and its extended implications. KT Nelson ~~ […]

December 29, 2016  |  Read Article

On Being a Good Ballet Feminist

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL PRENDERGAST I consider myself to be a good feminist. By that I mean I live my life in a way that doesn’t depend on any one man for my wellbeing, I actively support and promote women who are making achievements in their individual fields, […]

September 5, 2016  |  Read Article

Iggy & Roo

Reflections on Teaching Ballet BY SIOBHAN SEARLE TONARELLI Iggy and Roo … Igor Zelensky and Farukh Ruzimatov, affectionately and practically renamed by my family one summer many years ago when the two joined the ever-growing list of dancers I regularly referred to in our ballet discussions. Ballet was an inexhaustible […]

February 24, 2014  |  Read Article