Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

VERA! is pictured from the side onstage leaning back with open arms in a red dress with gold bangles. Their hair hangs behind them and a beard is drawn on their chin.

Queering Cultural Forms

Snowflake Calvert describes Queering Cultural Forms, a program of the Queering Dance Festival that provides a platform where traditional cultural dances are explored and enriched through a queer lens.

Felicitas squats down outside on the pavement. She leans to the side and covers her forehead and chin with her hands.

Felicitas: Vessels of Cellular Composition

Felicitas has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she continued pursuing her masters in Kinesiology & Human Performance, created a sensory awareness workshop with DMT Jennifer Bury, and started a new choreographic pursuit looking at memory and movement.

Sydney does an arabesque onstage in front of several children wearing blue.

Sydney: I Have Earned a Place

Sydney has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she recovered from an ACL tear and had the opportunity to dance three principal roles with Avant Chamber Ballet.

Alexandra stands and smiles in a billowing dress in front of a fireplace covered in flowers.

Alexandra: Removed from Dance

Alexandra has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year marks her final year responding to the prompt, as her life has moved away from dance and in other directions.

A light-skinned dancer wearing blue pants and a silver tank-top leans their body backwards while kneeling on a blue mat. Their long brown hair, tied back in a low pony-tail, drapes towards the floor as their left arm reaches gently forwards.

Erin: Considering Sustainability

Erin has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she expanded her nonprofit Dragons Dance and considered sustainability in her dance/movement practice.