Life as a Modern Dancer
Sharing stories, offering resources
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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…
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My Dance Week: Teaching Full-Time in a K-12 School
For the past year, we have shared dancers' schedules and all that they entail – teaching, training, rehearsing, performing, commuting, and finding down time. In…
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The “Choreographic Moment”: Ideas from Douglas Nielsen
What is the "choreographic moment?" When does an idea form, movement turn into dancing, or a desire builds to create your new work? Throughout 2016, we…
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365 Dance: Words for March
From Blog Director Jill Randall: From August 2014 through August 2015, every day I took a few minutes to write down a dance-related word or…
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Building a Dance Company: The Pre-Company Stage (Part 1 of a 3-Part Series)
Part One: The Pre-Company Stage By Lauren Simpson and Jenny Stulberg of Simpson/Stulberg Collaborations Around ten years ago, we each had the goal of…
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I’m Jill, the creator and editor for this site. I am passionate about sharing artists’ journeys and offering resources and inspiration for the field.
