Joanna Stone
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Joana has a BA in Theater and Dance from the University of Texas and an MA in Dance with a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Texas Woman’s University.
Before returning to graduate school she collaborated with Rosanna Gamson and Contradanza on Aura, a full length performance. She moved to Mexico City to work full time with Contradanza, where she performed in schools and towns throughout Mexico that had little access to the arts. She performed in Cuba in 2005 when it was still governed by Fidel Castro. The eagerness of the audiences, their profound feedback from the experience, and for her, seeing real poverty for the first time, augmented her belief in the importance of dance for humanity. It is expression, emotional freedom, and communication beyond everyday vocabulary and social structure. After graduate school she was the editorial assistant for CONTACT QUARTERLY and continue to be a contact improviser. She does contact improvisation because it removes hierarchical positioning from the dance making process, it is a community dance form, and it allows her to empathize and connect. In 2014 she presented research on social issues and dance at the World Dance Alliance Summit in Angers, France. Her presentation was titled, “Environmental Dance. Asking the Big Questions Gently.” She is a member of Dance to the people since 2015. |
Projects with DTTP |
Choreography: Evolution is not anthropocentric (2015)
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