originally published in the Focus Section on Technique, Bourgeon Vol. 2 #3 Ballet dance, like all art forms, has a technique that supports and enables...

"Hip Hop is not just a trend or fad, or young people behaving badly. It is a cultural product of 1970’s urban history. It is not something that started in a studio or under a microscope. Hip Hop began as a counter culture. "

I was recently at an event where two women asked what I do as a dance lighting designer. I fumbled with my usual two-...

Maida Withers writes about the creation of her new evening-length show "Thresholds Crossed", a multi-media performance that includes performers from Russia and the United States.

Unlike a writer - who works alone until ‘ready’ for the editor - choreographers most frequently do not choreograph without another body, a human subject. Ideas are being observed and evaluated by your dancers, in front of your own public as it were, even as they are being created.

Famed dance photographer Constantin Cacourakas describes his favorite experience as an artist.

Septime Webre, Artistic Director of the Washington Ballet describes his favorite experience as an artist.

Fabian Barnes, Aristic Director of the Dance Institute of Washington shares his favorite experience as an artist.

Interview with dance critic George Jackson, April 15, 2006

What has been really beautiful with this project is that there are so many similarities between the stories that I hear – nationally and internationally.