A Leader in Ballet Celebrates 10 Years
An interview with Emily Molnar, choreographer and director of Ballet BC BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Ten years ago, Emily Molnar assumed the directorship of Canada’s Ballet BC and turned the company into an innovative hub by commissioning new work and restructuring the company so as to make all the dancers soloists. […]
June 6, 2019 | Read Article
Leaning into Discomfort and Discovery
An Interview with Francesca Harper BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, with help from ALLYSSA TRUJILLO PHOTOGRAPHS BY NINA WURTZEL Francesca Harper is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City, and the director of the Francesca Harper Project. After dancing for Dance Theatre Harlem, the Frankfurt Company, and a handful of […]
March 25, 2019 | Read Article
When Performance Shatters Me
Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance. BY CHRISTIAN BURNS Standing in a lightless arena-sized room (the blackness representing everything I don’t know) holding a flashlight […]
February 23, 2015 | Read Article
She was GOING for it.
Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance. BY CHARLES SLENDER-WHITE William Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, San Francisco Ballet 2010 I have been obsessed with […]
February 9, 2015 | Read Article