Assessing Opportunities

An Interview with Amy Seiwert BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Amy Seiwert is the artistic director and choreographer of Imagery, a contemporary ballet company based in California’s Bay Area. In addition to a long performing career, Amy has choreographed for ballet companies across the country. She shares her ideas on why men […]

September 12, 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

Why I Dance

Julia Roth helped produce Why I Dance, a pole dance film about women who come together to reclaim their bodies and themselves.  BY JULIA ROTH It’s an understatement to say Why I Dance changed my life. It cracked open parts of me I had kept locked up, in fear of overflowing. I bottled […]

June 1, 2015  |  Read Article