DWC Ambassador Niki Kothari’s dancing journey might sound familiar to a lot of fellow dancers. “I started dancing when I was 3,” Niki tells us. “I was in Tap, Ballet, and Bollywood, and…
Read MoreThe way DWC Ambassador Kelsey Wickman found dance is truly like a fairytale. One day, Kelsey recounts, “my mom, my sister, and I took an adventure walk,” which magically led them to the doorstep…
Read MoreI have two terms for you: Refilling the creative well and excavating creativity. Two concepts in the ever-frustrating realm of inspiration, motivation, and creativity…
Read MoreAs a part of my recovery process, I continuously turned to dance improvisation, which has always been movement I find incredibly healing. Many times, my body has felt weak, dirty, used, and not my own. The only thing I have found to mend this damage is the power of proving these feelings wrong. Feeling the strength and control I have over my frame during times when I feel that this body is not my own. When I am able to hold myself in a mind-space of healing and patience, dance is able to release and teach myself what an infinite amount of words simply cannot.
Read MoreFor professional ballet dancer Juliet Prine, creating stylish and comfortable loungewear was a way to use up her increased spare time. But what started as a simple way to take up free time transformed into Sunday Outfitters, a popular online business that sells cute and cozy clothes while supporting important social causes. How exactly did this transition happen?
Read MoreEarlier this month, Director of Marketing Cherie Rendón sat down with DWC Ambassador Ashton Edwards to discuss his journey and experiences surrounding starting pointe training as a gender fluid dancer. Ashton is currently a Professional Division student with Pacific Northwest Ballet, and is one of the first dancers to be allowed to train in both male and female classes: breaking down barriers in an industry that
Read MoreMany dancers face injuries at some point in their training or careers, and they are never easy to deal with.
Although an injury can be frustrating in the moment, it can be helpful to use the downtime to reflect as a dancer, and learn a few things along the way.
Read MoreAt the end of this tunnel, when the arts are able to return in full force, and we are able to gather together in packed theatres, travel for intensives, dance packed together with other sweaty, passionate beings in a hotel ballroom for the latest convention in town, and laugh, cry, dance, and sing, together once again… we will be here for you.
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