Ijeme Bare

TRIGGER WARNING: Weight, size, disordered eating, body dysmorphia My name is Emily, I’m 26 years old, and I am a dance teacher from Connecticut, USA. I want to take a moment to share how I am overcoming fear, self doubt, and body dysmorphia on my...

Believe it or not, before contemporary dance took my heart, I was in love with ballet. I had found a safe space in the art. I ran to ballet when I was criticized for being too small or too skinny. But my first ever ballet class turned out to be the...

I grew up feeling very different from everyone. Very different from my siblings, different from the kids in my class. I always felt out of place. And I was constantly reminded of how different I was. Everyday, at some point, I heard questions like...

Sometimes, it’s easy to tell what something is by knowing what it is not. In the dance community, I’ve discovered that there are so many definitions of contemporary dance that it has become a debate among choreographers and dancers as to...