Life as a Modern Dancer
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In View: Carmina Burana with Dana Lawton DancesBy Jill Randall Grace Cathedral, San FranciscoApril 19, 2026 A year ago, I got to witness Dana Lawton Dances’ premiere of Carmina Burana at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. That was only my second time ever at Grace, so there was much…
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Catching Up with Mike Barber (Artist Profile #6)
Artist Mike Barber (Portland, OR) was one of the first people to write for Life as a Modern Dancer. Five years later, we reconnect with Mike,…
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365 Dance: Words for the Month of September
From August 2014 through August 2015, every day I took a few minutes to write down a dance-related word or phrase from the day. These…
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Five Year Olds Dancing
"The Figure 5 in Gold " by Charles Demuth From Blog Director Jill Randall: Recently, I posted and shared about the language of childhood and…
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Dance Device Lab
New York City-based artist Brandon Cournay has shared his artist profile and "week in dance" on Life as a Modern Dancer in previous years. Today Brandon…
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