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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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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Multiple Perspectives: Dancing and Parenting (Colleen Thomas, Rachael McClellan Leonard, and Jill Patterson)
Colleen Thomas How has being a dancer shifted/changed since becoming a parent as well? Colleen Thomas Being a parent is everything. Or rather, my children…
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What are the skills a modern dancer needs in 2015?
Keith Johnson "What are the skills a modern dancer needs in 2015?" I asked this broad question several times this year as artists wrote profiles…
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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.
