March 1, 2021Volume 2 Issue 2By: Julie Galle Baggenstoss and Maile Griffeth “See all the different companies and all the different studios? If someone wants to dance, there’s a place for them here. And I love that. If there’s a […]
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Honey Rockwell’s passion, knowledge of breaking shine beyond her Acworth studio
March 1, 2021Volume 2 Issue 2By: Jacob Lavoie “Atlanta dance community welcomed me with open arms.” Breaking is about freedom. Freedom within your body. Freedom within the music. Freedom within how you express yourself. It is physically and creatively demanding […]
Jerylann Warner embraces lifetime full of history in her work at Callanwolde
March 1, 2021Volume 2 Issue 2By: Ashley Gibson A brilliantly fading sunset outlined the Atlanta skyline, towering over the rambling grounds of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. Car headlights pierced the December evening air, illuminating a stark, vacant parking lot while […]
Spring 2020 college feature revisited
October 31, 2020Volume 2 Issue 1By: Ashley Gibson In our June 2020 issue of Promenade, we caught up with recent graduates from universities and colleges across the metro Atlanta area to weave together an intricate story of how the COVID-19 […]
Danielle Swatzie emerges from creative cocoon as her career takes flight
October 31, 2020Volume 2 Issue 1By: Edward McNally “I aim to revolutionize and liberate movement art to connect to my truth, to raise awareness to the present times, and to imagine the future.” With these goals in mind, movement artist […]
PhaeMonae finds art in motherhood
October 31, 2020Volume 2 Issue 1By: Robin Wharton PhaeMonae’s solo work “she who shall not be named,” which she performed during the 2018 veraCity dance festival at 7 Stages Theatre, features a spiraling, recursive movement sequence. The costume she created […]
The body as a political vessel: a conversation with Okwae A. Miller
October 31, 2020Volume 2 Issue 1By: Laura Briggs Atlanta-based choreographer Okwae A. Miller has been making work about race and identity politics for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic and public outcry against police brutality catalyzed his creative process, forcing him […]
Atlanta Artist Relief Fund is artists helping artists
June 1, 2020Volume 1 Issue 2By: Edward McNally Most artists in Atlanta live on a paycheck-to-paycheck or gig-to-gig basis. They have to supplement their artmaking income with a second or even third part-time job. And just like their fellow artists […]
Graduating class of 2020 dances into uncertain future with creativity, poise
June 1, 2020Volume 1 Issue 2By: Ashley Gibson and Robin Wharton Across the U.S. and throughout Georgia, college and university campus closures have forced teachers and students into an unplanned, emergency experiment to test the capabilities of online and distance […]
Allyne Gartrell, Atlanta Dance Connection transmit healing power of dance
June 1, 2020Volume 1 Issue 2By: Julie Baggenstoss Allyne Gartrell, artistic director of Atlanta Dance Connection, had big plans to celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary season — a multi-state tour and a gala performance set to take the stage in […]