Cultivating A Better Dance Training Environment
Kenny Borchard, co-director of Joffrey Texas, shares how he is working to create an inclusive space for students of color and students who are gender nonconforming.
Kitty Lunn: “I’m Waiting for the World to Catch Up with Me”
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO Kitty Lunn is a ballet and modern dancer and teacher, a disability activist, and the founder of Infinity Dance…
Permeating Community with Professional-Level Dance
JOANIE GARCIA is one of the founders of Dark Sky Aerial, an aerial theater and performance art company in Flagstaff, Arizona. She describes her personal ambiguity…
Expanding Access and Equity in the Dance Profession
MARK TRAVIS RIVERA, founder of marked dance project and an award-winning activist, choreographer, dancer, speaker and writer, shares his perspective on what makes a professional dancer…
Post Contemporary Dance: Are We There Yet?
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER For the past two months, I have been publishing interviews with contemporary dance artists, trying to address (for both…