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Greece Dancing its way to Vision of a Shared Future

Greece Dancing its way to Vision of a Shared Future - Image by Nadir Noori. On July 22nd, somewhere between 100 and 200 people gathered...

Celebrating Eid at Melissa Network with a Dance (or two)

Last Thursday (July 7, 2016) I had the chance to dance with a group of incredible women at Melissa Network's space close to Victoria...

Lola Kiepja, Moondog, and Crying Babies

Lola Kiepja, Moondog, and Crying Babies - Image by Smithsonian Folkways. While watching Anabella and AL / DD dancers continue to recreate...

On Becoming a Fox, an Enigma, and a Cuckold

On Becoming a Fox, an Enigma, and a Cuckold - Photo by Anabella Lenzu. Welcome to part two of our dancer interviews! You may recall that...

Babies, Bloodlines, and Your Inner Chicken

Babies, Bloodlines, and Your Inner Chicken - Photo by Anabella Lenzu. “My emphasis is on the journey rather than the destination, on...

An exploration of Dance Theatre...

An exploration of Dance Theatre as well as an anthropologic study - Image by Anabella Lenzu. Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama is getting ready...

Jean Butler: this is an Irish dance @ Danspace Project

Jean Butler: this is an Irish dance @ Danspace Project - Photo of Neil Martin and Jean Butler in rehearsal in Dublin, Ireland courtesy of...

H.O.M.E. in Dance: Interview with Choreographer Yasmin Schönmann

H.O.M.E. in Dance: Interview with Choreographer Yasmin Schönmann - Angela Schöpke sits down for a conversation with Yasmin Schönmann,...

Rebeca Medina's Paraiso @ Five Myles Gallery

Rebeca Medina's Paraiso @ Five Myles Gallery - A collaboration between Angela Mariana Schöpke and Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien. Below is a...

Agua Dulce Dance Theater's "Deep Listening" Maps Puerto Rican History @ the Pergones T

"Agua Dulce Dance Theater's "Deep Listening" Maps Puerto Rican History @ the Pergones Theater" - Originally published on CultureBot....

Laughing with Leonie Pony of ponydance

Lauhing with Leonie Pony of ponydance - For a reason that will become clear shortly, I recently became curious about why it is that we go...

Bloodlines: Exploring Heritage, Lineage and Legacy

Originally published on CultureBot. “I’ve had a company for thirty years. It’s taken me time to research and articulate a specific...

Yossi Berg and Oded Graf: Ten Years, Ten Works, and Thirty-One Countries Later

Originally published on CultureBot. Photo Description: Yossi Berg and Oded Graf performing "Heroes." Photo by Tamar Tal. This weekend at...

What does it mean to be "Afghan"?

What does it mean to be "Afghan"? - I am deeply excited to be able to share the thesis paper I completed for my B.A. with the Elliott...

Dancing Detroit

Detroit is a city that receives an overwhelming amount of negative media attention with its high crime rate and its seemingly hopeless...

Nowruz Dance Initiative

Nowruz Dance Initiative - In 2012, I had the chance to work with the Nowruz Dance Initiative to develop an Afghan-American dance in...