Interviews

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Careers In the Dance Biz: From College to the “Real World”

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Kalila Kingsford Smith interviews Sara Nye, performer with Real Live People (In) Motion and Program Associate of Enchantment Theatre Company.

Photo: Zornitsa Stoyanova

Now and “THEN”

Anna Drozdowski

Anna Drozdowski sat down with the five dancers of Group Motion’s most recent commission, THEN, by choreographer Susan Rethorst.

Photo: Peggy Woolsey

An Underground Garden of Connection

Whitney Weinstein

"The task was essentially to create six performances-for-one, but line them up to happen simultaneously, in the same space."

Photo: Bill Herbert

Careers in the Dance Biz: Financially Literate in an Artistic World

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Continuing her series on navigating the “business” of dance, Kalila Kingsford Smith interviews Amy Smith, Co-Founder and Finance Director of Headlong Dance Theatre.

Photo: Bill Herbert

Charles O. Anderson: Restless Native Son

Kariamu Welsh

Kariamu Welsh interviews Charles O. Anderson, artistic director and choreographer for Dance Theater X, Philadelphia and Austin.

In Conversation with Merián Soto

Beau Hancock

A discussion with Soto on her influences and interests, on teaching improvisation and the possibilities of the body.

Photo: Paul Kolnik

Love Beyond the Grave: A “Giselle” Fan and a Neophyte Talk

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Two TD Writers at the ballet talk Petipa, Grisi, the romantic macabre and overcoming dance sibling rivalry.

Meet the Writers: Kilian Kröll

Kilian Kröll

Meet the Writers: Jonathan Stein

Jonathan Stein
Photo: Craig Harris

Strangers in Artsland: Three “Newbies” Reflect on Philadelphia

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Why are artists drawn to Philadelphia? Do they find community in the City of Brotherly Love?