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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The 2015 Virtual Writers’ Workshop for Dancers (Exercise #10)
By Jill Randall Writing Exercise #10: Free Write and Revisions Today I am inspired by something Onye Ozuzu wrote in her artist profile on the…
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Quote for Today: From Andrea Olsen
Photo by Scotty Hardwig From Andrea Olsen's recent essay on the blog: Uncertainty is fundamental. If you aren’t open to being changed by making a work,…
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For Brand New Teaching Artists (Grades PreK-12): Teaching Tips from the Book Dance Education Essentials
In August 2014, Valerie Gutwirth and I published a pocket guide/journal of 55 teaching tips we wished we had learned before embarking on a career…
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Artist Profile #101: Sarah Wilbur (Los Angeles, CA)
Photo credit: Cathie Opie (2014) Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Current city: Los Angeles, California Age: 41 College and degree: B.F.A. (dance), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; graduated in 1996 at…
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