Life as a Modern Dancer
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This past week, I got to check in with the collaborators for People Are You Ready, the latest project of Oakland based ensemble MoToR/dance. Today we hear from several of the collaborators: Evie Ladin, Valerie Gutwirth, Tammy Chang, Keira Armstrong, Heather Arnett, Dana Gerstein, and Dean Bosche. There are a…
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Springtime Musings on Teaching and Learning: Or, Where My Mind and Heart Are with Teaching Modern Dance These Days
Image above pulled from the 2017 Dance+Change project through Life as a Modern Dancer. Read about the project and view all 12 images here. Graphic…
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Quaranzines: Self-Producing Meets Self-Publishing
Quaranzines: Self-Producing Meets Self-Publishing By Sarah Chien After the cancellations came the Zooms, and after the Zooms, the dance films. I browsed exquisite corps…
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A Practice of Unknowing, Breaking Away from Structures and Habits: An Interview with San Francisco Dance Artist Jennifer Perfilio
Shareen DeRyan and Emma Lanier. Photo by Jennifer Perfilio. A Practice of Unknowing, Breaking Away from Structures and Habits: An Interview with San Francisco Dance…
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Cultivating Healthy, Equitable Workplaces for Dancers
Samuel Melecio-Zambrano, Emily Hansel, and Cora Cliburn at work in an outdoor rehearsal. Cultivating Healthy, Equitable Workplaces for Dancers By Emily Hansel Two months ago,…
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I’m Jill, the creator and editor for this site. I am passionate about sharing artists’ journeys and offerings resources and inspiration for the field.
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