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Dancer Merián Soto kneels with one knee slightly higher than the other. Her body faces the camera but her eyes are downcast. Her medium length gray hair falls towards her face. She is wearing a flowy rust-colored top and loose khaki-colored pants. In her outstretched hands she holds two curved branches. The branch in her left hand is nearly bent in half and almost touches the floor. The branch in her right hand extends in a graceful arc above her head, mirroring the casual grace in Soto’s pose.
Photo: Bill Hebert
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I am the Archive

Ellen Miller

Still dancing, Merián Soto reflects on her storied career.

January, 2025. Lisa Kraus dances solo at Tictac Art Centre. Facing stage left, Kraus crosses her left thigh behind her right. Her knees meet. The tops of her left toes press into the ground as her right heel lifts in a demi releve. Kraus releases her sternum to the sky, elbows pulled back, forearms lifted, face tipped toward the ceiling.
Photo: Arnaud Beelen
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Part 2: On Dance Writing, Improvisation, and Dancing Forever—An Interview with Lisa Kraus

Charly Santagado

Kraus takes on the role ‘missionary for dancing forever’

It’s 1986. Lisa Kraus, positioned slightly to the right of center of the image, falls to the side over one ankle, the other leg outstretched behind her. She raises her arms upward and lifts her head back, hair flying behind her. She dances in a spotlight on a mat on the floor that reads “DESERT ISLAND” in all capital letters. The image, captured by acclaimed dance photographer Lois Greenfield, is in black and white.
Photo: Lois Greenfield
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Part 1: On Dance Writing, Improvisation, and Dancing Forever—An Interview with Lisa Kraus

Charly Santagado

Kraus reveals the origins of thINKingDANCE and discusses the relevance of dance writing.

A woman, Erin Carlisle Norton, wears a sleeveless cotton shirt. She stands casually and smiles. Her shoulder-length hair is loose and wavy. Her hands are crossed, and to the left reads a “Movers and Shapers: A Dance Podcast” Logo. The background is a prism of rainbow (blue and purple) colors.
Photo: Erin Carlisle Norton
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The Web: Celebrating Ten Years of Podcast Interconnectedness

Megan Mizanty

Movers and Shapers dances into the next decade

On the Avenue in front of the red sign above Radio City Music Hall, a group of Highland dancers are pictured landing out of a leap onto their right toes, the left leg bent at the knee out to the side, with the left foot touching the opposite leg just below the knee. They have their hands on their hips and broad, bright smiles. The brightly colored white and red, dark blue, light blue, purple, and green plaids of their Tartans and knee socks stand out on the cloudy day.
Photo: Josef Pinlac
  • Interviews, Reviews

Flinging in the Rain

Emilee Lord

A Glimpse into Scottish Highland Dance

Against a grassy, hilly field, six humans are collected in space. Four are standing in a line, two white individuals and two Black individuals, and two white individuals are kneeling facing each other in front of the standing people. They wear an assortment of loose and tight clothing and are all smiling with joy.
Photo: Laura Desimine
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Finding Community, Building Community: An Interview with Philly Dance Share

Madeline Shuron

With and through each other, PDS is reshaping the Philly dance scene, one class at a time.

Photo: Todd Carroll
  • Interviews, thINKpieces

The Kinetic, the Femme, The Political: Lineage in motion.

Emilee Lord

Motherhood is not marketable.

Photo: Courtesy of Jerome Robbins Dance Division
  • Interviews, Reviews

“Border Crossings” Reveals Historic Erasures in American Modern Dance

Emilee Lord

A revision of modern dance history centering artists marginalized and excluded.

Graphic courtesy of Whistle
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Questions for the Disruption of Harm – an interview with Whistle

Emilee Lord

discussing an online toolkit for addressing harm and workplace abuse

Photo: Shaness Kemp
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On Aging, Mentorship, and Paving the Road

Megan Mizanty

An article series sharing stories and practices of mentorship