The first time Peggy Baker saw me dance was my senior year of high school in Toronto, Canada in 1979. I was starring in a play with a self-choreographed dance solo, and someone in the community recommended Peggy check it out. At the time, she was dancing in a company called Dancemakers. She was 10 […]
Spinal alignment is like turnout, says Michael Kelly Bruce, associate professor of dance at The Ohio State University. “It’s a mechanism, not an aesthetic.” But as with turnout, dancers’ visual goals often lead them to force their bodies into unnatural positions. “A healthier spine has to do with acknowledging the structural integrity of what’s there, […]
Megan Williams is a former Mark Morris Dance Group member and is on faculty at Purchase College, State University of New York’s Conservatory of Dance. Here, she teaches modern under-curves with emphasis on the importance of the neutral pelvis. Your browser does not support the video tag.