body shift

Morgan Teel choreographs in the larger world beyond the studio; her stage is Austin, TX, the city she calls home. In this episode of DanceCast, Morgan shares her process building her newest work at the local skate park, her experience building community through site specific dance, and her reflections on how site-specific dance can bring people into the dance world who might otherwise never enter it.
Text by Emmaly Wiederholt

http://dancewaterloo.org
http://stanceondance.com
http://bodyshift.org

In this episode of DanceCast, Mary Verdi-Fletcher shares her history founding and directing Dancing Wheels, a company and school based out of Cleveland, OH that has been uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities since 1980. Mary was one of the first professional wheelchair dancers in the US, and has inspired many to follow her path through her desire to provide full and equal access into the world of dance. In this interview, she looks both backward and forward, appreciating the strides that have been made for dancers with disabilities, as well as discussing what more still needs to be done.

https://stanceondance.com
https://bodyshift.org
http://www.dancingwheels.org

We're More Alike Than Different

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN

In this episode of DanceCast, Wayne M. Smith shares his experience working with Playback Memphis and Company d. Through Playback Memphis, Wayne helps bring together police officers and formerly incarcerated individuals to share and build a performance on their cumulative experience. Wayne also teaches at Company d, a dance company comprised of young adults with Down syndrome. Reflecting on his experiences, he arrives at the conclusion we're more alike than different.

Text by Emmaly Wiederholt/stanceondance.com

http://www.companyddancers.org/2015/#

http://playbackmemphis.org/

http://www.projectmotiondance.org

http://bodyshift.org

http://stanceondance.com

We All Have Our Shoes On

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN

Amii LeGendre has taught dance to incarcerated men in New York through two programs: the Bard Prison Initiative and Rehabilitation Through the Arts. She is a wellness coordinator and dance professor at Bard College, and is currently performing a new dance/theatre solo called "I'm looking at you as if" about her experience teaching dance to men in prison. In this podcast, she reads a piece she wrote for Contact Quarterly about her experience with the Bard Prison Initiative, and reflects why dance education for incarcerated communities is so powerful.

http://bpi.bard.edu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_Through_the_Arts

https://stanceondance.com

https://bodyhift.org

http://museumofnarrowplaces.weebly.com/

In this episode of DanceCast I'm chatting with Emmaly Wiederholt about definitions of dance and everything dance related. She also tells us why she decided to start Stance on Dance and her over 50 project. It is delicious episode.

In this episode I discuss about the history and future of Keshet Dance Company with its founder and artistic director Shira Greenberg.

Shira will share the how all began and where they are now. She is talking about her different projects , some of them expanding through out the 20 year history of Keshet.

• Keshet Dance Company - http://keshetarts.org/

Judith and I talk about her work in Axis Dance Company and her 10 year plan about getting the integrated dance scene together in USA.

• Axis dance Company - http://axisdance.org
• Keshet Dance Company http://keshetarts.org
• Body Shift http://bodyshift.org
• VSA Texas http://vsatx.org