From Blog Director Jill Randall:

Looking back at the 165 artist profiles and monthly features from the past 6 years, I have selected 36 blog posts to use within a college Senior Seminar Course. These posts offer graduating seniors a window into work happening around the United States and the many paths dancers take towards performing, building a company, choreographing, and teaching. 

You can share the links below, or print out the posts to place in a reader. Each post takes 5 minutes or less to read.

I also highly encourage you to use A Life in Dance as required reading. Author Rebecca Stenn shares more about the book here. (And, I also offer some ideas for reading assignments here.)

Feedback and stories are always welcome – randalldanceprojects@gmail.com.

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Raja Feather Kelly. Photo: Kate Enman.

A Year of Wellness (post from April 2018)

City Guides – students can read all of them or select three to read (16 cities are featured)

The State by State Project – students can read about several states (all 50 will be featured by the end of 2018)

"Go Home" by Debra Knapp

Eight Examples: "My Dance Week" in New York City

Advice on Moving to NYC: Four Perspectives

What I Look for in a Dancer

The Performer's Perspective: What I Feel, What I am Exploring….

Speaking as a Teaching Artist

A Letter to College Seniors

Becoming a Teaching Artist: 5 Ideas as You Begin to Teach Preschool Age Classes

Becoming an Arts Administrator: Describing Non-Profits and For-Profits in Most Basic Terms

Becoming an Arts Administrator: Julia Davidson (Minneapolis, MN)

Building a Dance Company: Financial Advice from Six Choreographers

Building a Dance Company: The Art of Decision-Making By Sumi Clements

My Dance Week: Andrew Ward

My Dance Week: Pamela Vail

My Dance Week: Brandin Steffensen

Artist Profile: Raja Feather Kelly (Brooklyn, NY)

Artist Profile: Kate Weare (New York, NY)

Artist Profile: Christine Chen (New York, NY)

Artist Profile: Patricia West Sotelo (Oakland, CA)

Artist Profile: Molly Heller (Salt Lake City, UT)

Artist Profile: Carley Conder (Tempe, AZ)

Artist Profile: Donna Uchizono (New York, NY)

Artist Profile: Paloma McGregor (New York, NY)

Artist Profile: Molly Lieber (New York, NY)

Artist Profile: Linda Carr (Berkeley, CA)

Artist Profile: Jill Randall (Berkeley, CA)

Artist Profile: Abby Zbikowski (Champaign, IL)

Artist Profile: Banning Bouldin (Nashville, TN)

Artist Profile: Dante Brown (Brooklyn, NY)

Artist Profile: Kathleen Wessel (Atlanta, GA)

Catching Up with Graham Brown (Provo, UT)

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The Arts Administrator’s Alphabet: 88 Pages, 180 Terms and Concepts

Job Survey/Self-Assessment for Modern Dancers 

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