Perceiving and Being Perceived

Melanie Greene, a dancer, choreographer, writer, and podcaster currently based in New Orleans, explores the Black female experience through an Afro-futuristic lens, as well as the intersections of her performance and journalistic experiences.

March 4, 2024  |  Read Article

Imaginative and Alternative Dance Ecologies

Petra Kuppers, a dancer, writer, community performance artist, and disability culture activist based in Ypsilanti, MI, describes how she uses imagination to activate and engage community in accessible ways.

July 24, 2023  |  Read Article

Where Multifaceted Meets Multidisciplinary

An Interview with Karen Sherman Karen Sherman is a dancemaker whose work draws upon her background in dance, writing, theater, music, and the handyman arts. Her experience working in nearly every facet of arts production – as a technical director, production manager, stage technician, and scenic/sound designer – also informs […]

February 7, 2019  |  Read Article

Connection and Community: An Interview with Mira-Lisa Katz

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING When Mira danced, it was as though she had invited me into a secret world. It was a bit like following Alice in Wonderland down a rabbit hole, but Mira’s dance pulled me down a gentle grassy slope instead. There was nothing hurried […]

November 16, 2017  |  Read Article

Writing the Dance

An Interview with Cheryl Pallant BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Cheryl Pallant is a dancer, writer and professor in Richmond, Virginia. She has published several books of poetry and nonfiction, as well as many articles. She discusses the convergence of dancing and writing in her life, and how one feeds the other. […]

October 26, 2017  |  Read Article