Kate Haley

There is something about the joy and vitality of dance that makes it perfectly suited for the holiday season. The stage aglow, we can cast aside any care and just revel in the pageantry and glamour. Luckily, whether you’re seeking a timeless classic like The Nutcracker or something never before seen, the local dance community […]

The stage is a place for playwrights to explore and express the foibles and fables of the world at large. However, they are just as likely to turn the lens inward and write about the theater itself. Actors become characters who are actors playing characters and the audience is taken down a rabbit hole of […]

Happiness — that elusive, ephemeral state so often framed like a place to arrive at rather than a way of traveling. In its pursuit we are sold every variety of magic beans and, while it is clear that no one can be happy all the time, we still often feel like we’re doing something wrong […]

Beloved classics tend to share common ingredients: relatable stories, charming characters, catchy music — and in this case, a spoonful of sugar. First introduced in 1934 through the books of P.L. Travers and made ever more famous in the 1964 Disney musical when played by Julie Andrews, nanny Mary Poppins has had generations of children […]

Childhood is an odd time. So much of the world is new; there are so many large, sincere questions. Adults seem to move in their own universe — one that’s simultaneously enchanting and frightening. For teens, this conflicting desire and fear seems to increase exponentially. In some moments, nothing feels greater than to inhabit that […]

There is something transformative about dance. When we ignore our inhibitions and give in to the music, laws of time and physics seem temporarily suspended. In this intermediate space, we can explore and uncover those things we hide not only from ourselves but each other. In Six Dance Lessons for Six Weeks, we see this […]