Investigating hierarchies

Investigating hierarchies: 1962-1975 Between ages 14 and 27, I experimented with taking dance classes of all genres at the highest level; tested higher education’s approach to art at three institutions in which I learned more about the oppression of aesthetic...

I am interested in…

I am interested in…in remembering why I started to dance and how happy I was at that momentin what we dance aboutin who gets to do the dancingin performers that look like people dancing, not dancers dancingin the idea that dance is a birthrightin keeping...
Art, action, activism

Art, action, activism

Once, years ago, I was on a panel with my fellow choreographer Bella Lewitzky, one of the great exponents of modern dance on the West Coast. We got to talking about our shared concerns. She told me that she loved teaching and leading educational residencies but that...

I am a trader

I am a trader, moving ideas through the body In between people Communities Institutions Trade means – Learning languages Negotiating thoughts Forms and structures Stories (ancient and renewable and made for the future) Putting value on things, to make exchange...
Finding dance in the Library of Congress

Finding dance in the Library of Congress

Surprise! There is no subject heading for dance in the classification system of the Library of Congress. Dance books are there for sure. (Mine are somewhere!) But the general headings under which you might find our beautiful field are Recreation and Leisure, Music,...