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June 2021
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All roads lead to dance
- Samyukta Ninan
I am learning Bharatanatyam under my guru Geeta Chandran and a lot of her own interaction with us, her students, made me reflect a lot on my practices as an educator.

Through the sheer of gossamer
- Swarnamalya Ganesh
On how the costumes of Sadir from the early Modern era reflect multi-cultural translations.

Creating new futures is reimagining the relationship between artists and presenters
- Garnet Henderson

On Unlearning
- Kumudha Chandrasekaran

Can we please stop using the term "World Dance"?
- Alice Blumenfeld
It's time for our field to retire the phrase "world dance." What does it even mean? Aren't all dances "of the world," whether it's ballet's embedded history of Renaissance elites' court spectacles, or embodying the orishas in Afro-Cuban dance?

Boredom, you have no place among the arts
- Jitha Karthikeyan

What does it mean to be a healthy dancer?
- Rachel Fine
Health, as a state of balanced being, encompasses the physical, mental and emotional realms of our livelihood. As a dietitian for dancers, my expertise focuses on using food as a tool to enhance performance and health.

Stages of Grief
- William Deresiewicz
What the pandemic has done to the arts.

Prosthetic design allows new movement possibilities & creative opportunities
- Sydney Skybetter
Disabled movement artists have greatly expanded what "normal" means in the dance field.
Beyond Technique: "becoming available", a necessary criterion of pranayama
- Navtej Johar

Mind-Body connection is key for dancers. But what happens when it's too intense?
- Chava Pearl Lansky
Dancers can spend their whole careers seeking out a rich mind-body connection. Achieving that sense of integration can be incredibly satisfying, leading to better physical and mental health, and a more holistic performance quality.

Can't pick up choreography quickly? This might be why - and what you can do about it
- Helene Schwartz
Lately I've been having recurring dreams: I'm in an audition and I can't remember the combination. Or, I'm rehearsing for an upcoming show, onstage, and I don't know what comes next. Each time I wake up relieved that it was only a dream.

The dancer's ultimate guide to stretching
- Lauren Wingenroth
Ah, stretching. It seems so simple, and is yet so complicated.

Are Arts administration "best practices" really working?
- Zachary Whittenburg

The 'Dancing Girl' of Mohenjo-daro: Encountering the timeless 'Fearless Girl' from the Indian Subcontinent
- Garima Chaudhry

What it's like working as an Asian American in dance
- Daniel J. Applebaum
Just as "dance" is shorthand for an endless range of styles from jazz to Kuchipudi, "Asian American" encompasses a vastness of cultures ranging from Korean adoptees to South Indians living in the U.S.

Culture, increasingly fractured and unplanned
- Naman Ahuja
Under the Central Vista project, the urban planning for a single, linked cultural district seems to have been tossed out.




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