June 11, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome once again to The Dance Edit Extra! This episode features a conversation with Abdiel, who started their career as a really extraordinary principal with the Martha Graham Dance Company. (At that point, they were known as Abdiel Jacobsen, although now their artist name is just “Abdiel.”) They left the […]
June 2, 2022
This week's headlines include the departure of a "So You Think You Can Dance" judge and dancers protesting the end of an era at Paris' historic Lido cabaret. Though ballet has made progress in queer representation offstage, that's rarely reflected in the
June 2, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Courtney Escoyne:And I’m Courtney Escoyne. Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media. And before we talk about what we’re going to be talking about this episode, we wanted to take a minute to let you know that our format is actually […]
May 28, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, content director for The Dance Edit newsletter and podcast. Welcome to the 20th episode of The Dance Edit Extra! It is wild to me that we’ve done 20 episodes already—thanks to all of you for coming along on the journey. This episode, I talk with the multitalented and […]
May 26, 2022
Kenita R. Miller's triumphant work in "for colored girls..." on Broadway while pregnant is (yet more) evidence that performers do not have to surrender their artistry to pregnancy. Revamping communication policies is a crucial step towards rooting out rac
May 26, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Amy Brandt:And I’m Amy Brandt. Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media, and in this episode we will start out with our usual dance headline rundown—which, as we’re recording just after the school shooting in Texas, unbelievably includes news about another […]
May 20, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Courtney Escoyne:And I’m Courtney Escoyne. Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media. And in this episode, we will begin with our usual dance headline rundown, going over the news highlights of the past week. Then, since theater award season is now […]
May 19, 2022
This chaotic COVID season has made it (even more) clear that Broadway ensembles deserve their own Tony Award. The wave of women entering artistic leadership positions at ballet companies could fundamentally reshape the ballet world.
May 14, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, editor and producer of The Dance Edit newsletter and podcast. Welcome to The Dance Edit Extra! This episode, we have the acclaimed dancer and choreographer PeiJu Chien-Pott. She is probably best known for her years as a principal dancer at the Martha Graham Dance Company, where she danced […]
May 12, 2022
An essay by ballet dancer Russell Janzen considers the politics of the pas de deux, and what it means to be a ballet "gentleman" onstage today. After taking months-long breaks from social media, dance artist Rosie Herrera is looking at how our relationshi