Artist Profiles

Kitty Lunn seated on a wheelchair in reverse with her face propped over her crossed arms looking outward.

Remembering Kitty Lunn (1950–2026)

Chava Pearl Lansky

Trailblazing artist, educator, and disability-rights activist Kitty Lunn passed away on August 18 at her home in New York City. She was 76. Lunn’s legacy will continue in the transpositions of ballet, Horton, and Graham technique that she created for dancers with disabilities, and in the works she choreographed for Infinity Dance Theater, the company […]

Lucy Vallely in a seated split wearing grey stockings with her face propped on her hands.

Lucy Vallely on the Power of Rediscovering Your “Why”

Ashton Benn

Lynn Simonson assisting a student who is lying down on a yoga mat while other students overlook.

2026 Dance Teacher Awardee Lynn Simonson Built a Technique for Every Body

Karen Hildebrand

Sheela Ramanath in a white and red saree teaching in front of a classroom of Indian classical dancers.

2026 Dance Teacher Awardee Sheela Ramanath Builds Community and Connection Through Indian Classical Dance

Rebecca Corey

Image of dance artist Jerron Herman clothed in a metallic orange outfit holding a pose sideways against a black background. He holds two fingers up.

How Jerron Herman Helps NDI’s DREAM Students Turn Mistakes Into Magic

Gemma Siegler

Sandre poses with her students who stand in two lines, the top line standing while the bottom line kneels.

How Erika Sandre Built a Career Through Curiosity

Barry Kerollis

What My Teacher Taught Me: South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Kia Smith On Her 3 Dance Mentors

as told to Jen Peters

Lisa Biagini in the bright Ailey studios with windows in the background, performs an X jump

Jazz Teacher Lisa Biagini on Luigi Jazz, Family Legacy, and Longevity in Dance

Catie Robinson

Group photo of Sydney Mesher with young dancers with limb differences dressed in ballet oufits.

How Rockette Sydney Mesher Teaches Dancers With Limb Differences

Rebecca Corey

Collage of images showing Diana Byer instructing dance students at the center and barre.

Diana Byer Is Bringing Back Ballet’s Long-Lost Steps With “Teaching Cecchetti”

Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Peter Veth dressed in traditional Cambodian dress performs on stage.

Peter Veth Is an Ambassador of Cambodian Classical Ballet 

Barry Kerollis

Brian Golden holding a dance pose against a red background on the left and on the right he kneels by a white prop on stage.

Brian Golden Redefines Disability Through Dance

Ashton Benn

The Remarkable Career of Myrna Kamara

Amy Brandt For Pointe Magazine

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