When COVID-19 forced the Dance for PD program at Mark Morris Dance Center to discontinue in-person classes on March 15, it was done with the same uncertainty that we all felt going into lockdown. How long will this last? How can we keep dancing? Dance for PD, which uses movement to help those living with […]

For iele paloumpis, dance and healing have long been intertwined. They started dancing at 4 to heal from a broken femur and cracked hip plate. Then, a decade ago, a severe visual impairment forced them to reimagine what dancing (and watching dance) could be. Today, paloumpis works as a death and grief doula, and teaches […]