The Living Room Dance Collective

“Like ballet just looks better on a certain type of body or it’s so you can see the choreography. But these are all conventions. Ballet is made up. When I quit ballet, there was some element of relief in realising that I didn’t have to wear a leotard anymore, and it didn’t matter if I gained five pounds. But it wasn’t like I was going into a world where looks and weight didn’t matter. People are still applauded and rewarded for being thin.”

Alice Robb: 'Ballerinas are taught to be thin, silent and submissive'

Happy Wheels, Portland's Much-Mourned Roller Rink, Rolls On Shuttered in 2019, the rink reopened last summer in Westbrook, down the street from its former location.

Med intresse för kampsporten Aikido, Zen Buddhism och nya sätt att skapa dans på utvecklade han kontaktimprovisation på bl.a. Oberlin College, 1972.

Steve Paxton är koreograf och dansare som på 60-talet dansade för Merce Cunningham i New York’s Downtown scen, studerade med John Cage och var del av Judson Church’s improvisationsgrupp Grand Union.

Missa inte PERFORMING UNDERSCORE på Dansstationen 17/1, biljetter i bio

Breaking away from visual aspect of dance in Pillow performance Is dancing all visual? Choreographer Kayla Hamilton challenges that with a one-night-only...