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Photo: Mike Esperanza Hometown: Powhatan, VA Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 29 College and degree: Wesleyan University – Chemistry and Dance  Graduate school and degree: The Ohio State University – Choreography & Performance  Website: www.warehousedance.org How you pay the bills: Social Media Coordinator (at RealArtMuse) and Dance Teacher  All of the dance hats you wear: Choreographer and Teacher …

To find out more about Stephan's work, please read his two posts on the blog: Artist Profile #67: Stephan Koplowitz The Choreographic Moment To register for the workshop: http://www.shawl-anderson.org/adult-dance-classes ———————————-

The first class I taught fell into my lap because I was dancing with Bill T. Jones. I had NO IDEA what I was doing. By chance, Bill was running an audition the following week and, as the only member of the company teaching in NYC that week, my first class was PACKED. I don't…

Risa Jaroslow In case you missed some of the postings…. Artist Profiles Artist Profile #145: Risa Jaroslow (Oakland, CA) Artist Profile #146: Donna Uchizono (New York, NY) 365 Dance Project Words for the Month of November Words for the Month of December 2016 Wrap Ups 2016 Wrap Up: Dancers in Their 40s, 50s, 60s, and…

Hometown: Detroit, Michigan  Current city: Brooklyn, New York Age: 30 College: Western Michigan University, BA in dance and a Minor in music How you pay the bills: Working with Abraham.In.Motion (AIM) has been primarily paying my bills for the last 4-5 years. All of the dance hats you wear: Dancer, choreographer, teacher, musician, stylist, music/video…

Amy Chavasse Let's start with a quote from dancer Amy Chavasse, who is in her 50s: I’m all in with this dance/performance endeavor. Even as I continue to build on my skills as a teacher and choreographer, I still have big, tormenting questions about what matters and why. I love seeing the work of my…

Considering participating in the WINTER DANCE Workshop at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley (December 19-23, 2016)? The workshop has a flexible format; you can participate in all 5 days or sign up for single days. Many of the 24 teaching artists have been featured on Life as a Modern Dancer over the past 5 years.…

Hometown: I was born in Brooklyn to an actor father and musician mother. We lived in NYC then NJ.  I spent my adult life in NYC. My husband and I lived in the same loft in Soho for 40 years(1972-2012).  Current city: I relocated to the Bay Area in 2013 and am happily living in…

Pamela Geber Handman In case you missed a few of the posts, here is what we shared over the past few weeks: Artist Profiles Artist Profile #144: Courtney Moreno (San Francisco, CA) Artist Profile #143: Pamela Geber Handman (Salt Lake City, UT) Artist Profile #142: Linda Carr (Berkeley, CA) New Books Thinking with the Dancing…

Photo: Lydia Daniller Hometown: Palos Verdes, CA Current city: San Francisco, CA Age: 37 College and degree: UC Berkeley, BS in Molecular Environmental Biology Graduate school and degree: University of San Francisco, MFA in Creative Writing (33 years old) Websites: www.courtneymoreno.com    www.bandaloop.org How you pay the bills: I work at UCSF as a clinical research…