Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Artist Profiles

  • Artist Profile #159: Laura Colby (Brooklyn, NY)

    Hometown: If you mean where I went to high school – Berkeley, CA. (I lived there 4 years.) Current city: Brooklyn Age: 56 College and degree: The Juilliard School, BFA in Dance Website: www.elsieman.org How you pay the bills: Through my job at Elsie Management. All of the dance hats you wear: Artsworker, artist representative, artist manager, manager,…

  • Artist Profile #158: Raja Feather Kelly (Brooklyn, NY)

      Photo credit: Kate Enman Hometown: Fort Hood, Texas + Long Branch, New Jersey Current city: Brooklyn, New York Age: 30 Attended an arts high school? Yes,  I was a Westwood Player at Long Branch High School. College and degree: Connecticut College, BA in English and Dance Website: www.thefeath3rtheory.com How you pay the bills: All arts…

  • Artist Profile #157: Rebecca Stenn (New York, NY)

    Photo: Ivan Singer Hometown: London, Ontario, Canada Current city: New York City Age: 49 Attended an arts high school? Interlochen Arts Academy (grades 10, 11); Professional Division of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (grade 12) College and degree: The Juilliard School – BFA Graduate school and degree: The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee – MFA (at age 38) Website:…

  • Artist Profile #156: Becca Levy (Jacksonville, FL)

     Photo: Seth Langner Hometown: Boston, MA (Adopted hometown: Los Angeles, CA) Current city: Jacksonville, FL Age: 37 College and degree: Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts in Dance Graduate school and degree: California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. Masters Degree of Fine Arts in Choreography. I…

  • The Growing List: #1-154

    Jeremy jae Neal The artist profile is at the heart of the Life as a Modern Dancer project. Each artist is asked a dozen questions about his/her career path, training, setbacks and sacrifices, growth as an artist over time, and wishes for the future. Today we reach a new milestone of highlighting 154 artists, spanning…