Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Blog Series: My Dance Week

  • My Dance Week: Sarah Lass

    "Tinsel Time," co-choreographed by Sarah Lass and Krissy Harris. Photo by Scott Shaw. Sarah Lass, originally from Denver, Colorado, graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Kenyon College in 2013 before relocating to New York where she now enjoys dancing and gallivanting about Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs. Sarah has performed at WAXWorks,…

  • My Dance Week: Macy Sullivan

    Macy Sullivan (Camas, WA) is a New York City-based dancer, collaborator, and teaching artist.  She currently dances for Dance Heginbotham, The Chase Brock Experience, and Caleb Teicher and has performed the roles of Peter in Isaac Mizrahi's Peter and the Wolf, Marie in Chase Brock's The Nutcracker, and a featured tap dancer in Tyne Rafaeli's…

  • My Dance Week: Brandin Steffensen of Sleep No More

    A Week at the McKittrick Hotel: Actor, Sleep No More, Punch Drunk NYC So I wake up reeling from the nightmare, a cycle of tragedy and murder. I'm Macduff, not of woman born, who defies Macbeth's prophetic certainty. I don't know what day it is so I check my phone, the rehearsal doc. I'm not on…

  • My Dance Week: Megan Bridge

    Photo: Bill Hebert I’ve been living and working in Philadelphia as a professional dancer and choreographer for fifteen years. From 2000-2005 I was a member of Group Motion Dance Company. I left the company after five years so that I’d have time to focus more on my own choreographic work, but I still love dancing…

  • My Dance Week: Ashley Boyack

    About My Dance Week: Once a month, an artist sketches out or writes out (literally) his/her week. One of the hardest things for a young dancer to envision is what a weekly schedule might look like – fitting in paying work, teaching, rehearsing, performing, training, family, friends, relaxation, and more. In particular, since the majority of…

  • My Dance Week: Jayme Klinger Host

    About My Dance Week: Once a month, an artist sketches out or writes out (literally) his/her week. One of the hardest things for a young dancer to envision is what a weekly schedule might look like – fitting in paying work, teaching, rehearsing, performing, training, family, friends, relaxation, and more. In particular, since the majority of…

  • My Dance Week: David Leventhal

    Photo: Amber Star Merkens David Leventhal is the Program Director for Dance for PD® through the Mark Morris Dance Group. He was a long-time member of the Mark Morris Dance Group, and is married to Lauren Grant, who continues to dance with the company. (See Lauren's profile here.) David tracked his schedule for a week and shares it…

  • My Dance Week: Alli Ross

    Once a month, an artist sketches out or writes out (literally) his/her week. One of the hardest things for a young dancer to envision is what a weekly schedule might look like – fitting in paying work, teaching, rehearsing, performing, training, family, friends, relaxation, and more. In particular, since the majority of modern dancers will…

  • My Dance Week: James Graham

    When Jill Randall (director of this blog) asked me to include a "typical" week of my schedule I almost laughed.  I thought, "What week should I send her? The week I'm out of town, the week I am choreographing a ton, or the week when University teaching begins?!"  January seemed to be an exceptionally diverse…

  • My Dance Week: LaWanda Raines

    I am LaWanda Raines and I work in Richmond, VA with the Latin Ballet of Virginia. I am employed as an Associate Artistic Director, performer, and teaching artist in addition to costuming duties. I also provide dance instruction for three different studios and coach a dance team. I am a happy mother of two teenagers and wife.…