Category: In The Spotlight 2017

Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography
In The Spotlight 2017

Allegra “Pi” DuVal

DANCE: THE REVOLUTION Dance company founder and director Pi (a.k.a. Allegra) DuVal utilizes dance to better herself and her community,

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Photography by Amanda Tipton
In The Spotlight 2017

Marie-Jose Payannet

INSPIRING ARTISTRY THROUGH DANCE Marie-Jose Payannet watches students rehearse a piece in her Louisville-based studio, Danse Etoile, on a rainy

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Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography
In The Spotlight 2017

Joe DeMers

COMMUNITY-CENTERED DANCE MARVEN Within five minutes of our meeting at a coffee shop in Old Town Littleton, Joe DeMers was

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Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography.
In The Spotlight 2017

Kat Gurley

WILD HEART CHARTS ITS OWN COURSE Kat Gurley, Artistic Director at Wild Heart Dance, is here to create work that

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Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography.
In The Spotlight 2017

Luciana Da Silva

BRAZILIAN DANCE: THE GIFT FROM TRADITIONS “My expertise as a dancer and teacher includes my culture. When I started learning

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Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography.
In The Spotlight 2017

Francisco Estévez

ART ACROSS BORDERS During a time when partisanship, widening divides, and uncertainty cloud our worldview, art remains the key to

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Photo by Grant Kinser
In The Spotlight 2017

Samantha Hyde

“If you want to study the dance, study the people, and if you want to study the people, study the

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Photo by Grant Kinser.
In The Spotlight 2017

Peter Davison

OUTSIDER ART CLOWN TRIUMPS Children and laughter spilled into the aisles of the Pine Street Church throughout movement artist Peter

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Photo by Grant Kinser.
In The Spotlight 2017

Caitlin Brozna-Smith

DANCING IN DIVERSITY A Denver native, Caitlin Brozna-Smith meets me to discuss all things dance. Her petite frame and bubbly

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