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Category: Blog Series: My Dance Week

  • My Dance Week: Banning Bouldin

    Banning Bouldin is the Founder and Artistic Director of the company New Dialect, based in Nashville, Tennessee. To read her full artist profile from January 2016, please click here. From Banning: My break down for last week is below. We're performing our HEAP Project in multiple site-specific iterations throughout our 2017/2018 season, and just received word that the…

  • My Dance Week: Marya Warshaw, Founding/Executive Director of Brooklyn Arts Exchange

    Marya at the BAX Arts & Artists in Progress Awards 2015 My Dance Week: October 4-11, 2017 Wednesday, October 4 Woke up way too early and tried to go back to sleep, but no luck. It was dark out. Got up and fed the dog and the cat and lay down for a bit. Got…

  • “My Dance Week”: Life in Higher Ed

    The "My Dance Week" column challenges artists to write out, or sketch out, a week in their world – teaching, commuting, rehearsing, training, family time, and down time. Over the past several years 8 artists have been highlighted who work in higher education, whether full-time or part-time. Their posts are shared again today.  Nina Haft with…

  • Eight Examples: “My Dance Week” in New York City

    Brandon Cournay Since 2015, the "My Dance Week" feature on Life as a Modern Dancer has asked artists throughout the United States to share what a week looks like for them – dancing, teaching, rehearsing, training, commuting….and finding down time and family time. Here are eight examples from NYC-based artists in a variety of roles as choreographers,…

  • My Dance Week: Alexandra Beller

    From Alexandra: This is a fairly typical week — not too crazy, not too light. I am working at Princeton (teaching two courses: Intro to Contemporary Dance and Performance and Repertory), Alvin Ailey (mentoring in the New Directions Lab), La MaMa (teaching the Trinity/La MaMa students Laban and Bartenieff), choreographing for Peter Pan for Bedlam…

  • My Dance Week: Pamela Vail

    Photo: Tori Lawrence From Blog Director Jill Randall: In February 2014, I started this column/new feature on the blog to shed light on the “real picture” of what a week for a dancer looks like and all that it entails – commuting, various jobs, teaching, rehearsing, administrating, family time, down time, and much more. Exertion…

  • My Dance Week: Nina Haft (Artistic Director of Nina Haft & Company)

    Nina Haft with Cal State East Bay students (in yellow vest) February 11-17, 2017 My current artistic research has a lot to do with nature, so my rehearsals and performances often depend upon the weather and the seasons. When I am rehearsing and presenting work outdoors, I feel attuned to the larger world around me…

  • My Arts Admin Week: Lucia Scheckner, Education Director at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange

    My Arts Admin Week: Lucia Scheckner, Education Director at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange Sunday, February 5-Friday, February 10, 2017 January 2017 marked my four-year anniversary as BAX’s Education Director. As I enter my fifth year, the different rhythm of each season making up the year becomes habitual. I’m also struck by what does not…

  • My Dance Week: Daniel Charon, Artistic Director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

    Photo: Eliza Tappan As Artistic Director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, my job description really runs the gamut. At times I am intensely involved in rehearsal, preparing for an upcoming performance or tour. Oftentimes, also choreographing. At other times I may spend most of my time in the office, working on the administrative part of my…

  • 2016 in Review: The Blog Series “My Dance Week”

    Tara McArthur in Hope Mohr Dance     Photo: Margot Moritz "My Dance Week" is one of my favorite features on the blog. This is when I ask an artist to write out or sketch out her week and all that it entails – teaching, training, rehearsing, commuting, and finding down time. How do we creatively fit…