by Liz Lerman | Jan 7, 2026 | From Liz
I got up this morning. Day two in New Zealand. Day two of taking a five-minute walk from my Airbnb to visit the sheep as they graze. A ten-minute walk brings me to the Maple Grove that the townspeople planted, a loopy trail winding through a rich diversity of nature,...
by Liz Lerman | Jan 1, 2026 | Shape and Momentum
This is an excerpt from Liz Lerman’s upcoming book Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac’s Guide for a World in Constant Motion. The first person I cast in Wicked Bodies, and therefore my partner in making a dance about witches, was Martha Wittman. I...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 17, 2025 | From Liz
I had always wanted to go to New Zealand, though the origins of my interest remain cloudy to me. I am grateful that my daughter Anna and her husband Peter love to travel, live abroad, and bring me with them when my working and family life at home allow for the time. ...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 14, 2025 | From Liz
My family had a unique way of celebrating Hannukah. My mother had made what she called a Hannukah Bag, several feet of blue fabric with eight pockets. Each pocket had a yellow symbol: a Jewish star, a menorah, a lion. These were mysterious to me because they were so...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 12, 2025 | From Liz
It might have been a poster in a middle school classroom. Beautiful colors, hills and sky, mountains, gorges, lakes and something that said, “You have to see this place.” And now some 65 plus years later, my daughter Anna, her husband Peter, and I will visit New...
