February 17, 2022
How could the messy ballet job market benefit from economic principles of market design? As the trailblazing immersive show "Sleep No More" reopens, the pandemic-altered future of immersive theater feels uncertain. The story of the lost sport of ballet sk
February 10, 2022
Is creating dance a sufficient response to the enormity of social movements like Black Lives Matter? As in-person performances return, it's unclear whether the dance world will continue to invest in film. Some brilliant Olympic figure skaters treat the ic
February 10, 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 today’s episode, we will discuss an essay that asks whether dance is an adequate response to a social movement as huge and profound as Black Lives Matter. […]
February 5, 2022
Hello dance friends. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, editor and producer of The Dance Edit newsletter and podcast. Welcome to another episode of The Dance Edit Extra! Today we have a guest who has seen the dance world, and just the world period, from so many different angles. Alicia Graf Mack was an extraordinarily gifted dancer—her lines, […]
February 3, 2022
Mailbag episode! All four hosts join to discuss two topics suggested by listeners: the upsides and downsides of Zoom dance class, and why the dance world has to stop dismissing adult recreational dancers.
February 3, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Courtney Escoyne:I’m Courtney Escoyne. Lydia Murray:I’m Lydia Murray. Amy Brandt:And I’m Amy Brandt. Margaret Fuhrer:Welcome, listeners, to our second ever mailbag episode—second in what is going to be an ongoing series. So, what is a mailbag episode? Well, over the past […]
January 27, 2022
Dancers are speaking out about an agency call for dance artists to perform, unpaid, at the Super Bowl halftime show. The lawsuit alleging decades of abuse at UNCSA highlights the pervasiveness of sexual misconduct in dance education. The hosts mark 100 po
January 27, 2022
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi everyone. Just a warning before we get started that this episode will include a discussion of sexual abuse in dance education that could be upsetting or triggering. That portion of the conversation goes from around the 11-minute mark to just about the 16-minute mark, in case you’d like to skip it. [theme song] […]
January 22, 2022
Hello, dance friends. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, editor and producer of The Dance Edit newsletter and podcast. Welcome to this eleventh episode of The Dance Edit Extra. This week, we have two guests who have forged a remarkable artistic partnership over the course of more than three decades, a partnership made even stronger, and even more […]
January 20, 2022
Broadway's steep drop in attendance during the Omicron surge is posing serious challenges for shows and workers. What does it mean for the dance studio to be truly welcoming to all, and how do we get there? Ballerina Sara Mearns' forthright post addressin