Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • 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: 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…

  • 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…

  • Artist Profile #155: Heidi Henderson (Wakefield, Rhode Island)

    Hometown: Norwell, MA (until age 12), Skowhegan, ME from then on Current city: Wakefield, RI Age: 55 College and degree: BA from Colby College: Major in English, Independent Major (now called Self Designed Major) in Dance Graduate school and degree: MFA from Smith College. I was 25. I went to grad school only a few years after…

  • Artist Profile #154: Molly Lieber (New York, NY)

    Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Current city: New York Age: 33 Attended an arts high school?: Yes – CAPA Pittsburgh College and degree: BA in Dance from Connecticut College How you pay the bills: Mostly freelance dance projects, choreography commissions, and some teaching All of the dance hats you wear: Dancer, choreographer, teacher Non-dance work you do or have…

  • Artist Profile #153: Becky Radway (Brooklyn, NY)

    Photo by Matt Carr  Hometown: Trevose, PA (just outside Philly) Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 36 College and degree: BA in Dance Performance and Choreography (and a minor in Math) from Goucher College in Baltimore, MD Website: www.beckyradwaydanceprojects.com How you pay the bills: Arts Admin… I am the Associate Artistic Director/Managing Director of Triskelion Arts, a performance and rehearsal space in…

  • Artist Profile #152: Jan Erkert (Champaign, IL)

    Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Current city: Champaign, Illinois Age: 65 College and degree: University of Utah, BFA Website: http://www.dance.uiuc.edu/ How you pay the bills: Head of the Dance, University of Illinois All of the dance hats you wear: Dancer, choreographer, teacher, writer, administrative head (and body).  ——————————————- Jan Erkert and Dancers. Photo by William Frederking. Describe your dance life in your….…

  • Artist Profile #151: Jess Humphrey (San Diego, CA)

    Photo by TEO. Hometown: Born in Pasadena, raised in San Dimas, California Current city: San Diego Age: 40 College and degree: Cal State Long Beach, BFA Graduate school and degree: University of Utah and the Integrated Movement Studies Program (IMS) for Laban/Bartenieff Training. I turned 30 during grad school. Website: www.jesshumphrey.com How you pay the…