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Moving Alone and Together in Pei-Ling Kao’s EPICBy Max Winig EPIC, a 2026 dance production by Pei-Ling Kao in collaboration with Sunny Nai-HsuanYang, looks at the relationship between chaos and order. Blending Kao’s expertise in post-modern dance with Yang’s hip hop prowess, it explored themes around individual identity and group…
Hot Mess with Alex Ketley My day started with Alex Ketley’s Hot Mess. Today was a unique class as we started reworking tasks from…
Artists Alex Ketley (left) and Jeanine Durning; photo courtesy of Salt Dance Fest Hot Mess My body is tired but my brain keeps telling me…
——– Two prominent questions I am asking myself right now: 1) Why does this festival format produce a different kind of creative environment than traditional…
We finished up our first week of Salt Dance Fest and are half-way through this year's festival. I am physically and mentally exhausted, but feeling…

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