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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A Modern Dancer’s Guide to…Salt Lake City, Utah
Ashley Anderson, photographed by Chrissy Pessagno By Ashley Anderson and Molly Heller Salt Lake has been, but is still becoming, a city for dance. It…
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Artist Profile #100: Keith Johnson (Long Beach, CA)
From Blog Director Jill Randall: In the fall of 1996, Keith Johnson came and spoke in my Senior Seminar course at the University of Utah.…
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Building a Dance Company: Fiscal Sponsorship
For-profit, non-profit, or fiscally sponsored? How will you run your company at this point in time? While this Wall Street Journal article is a few years old,…
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The 2015 Virtual Writers’ Workshop for Dancers (Exercise #5)
From Blog Director Jill Randall: I am thrilled to create another monthly column for the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog. Whether you are a…
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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.
