Interview with Michaela Knox

Interview with Michaela Knox: Expanding the Dance Community In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Michaela Knox, a DanceAbility instructor who recently initiated an inclusive dance program in Maine. Michaela looks back on her early desire to work with people who don’t identify as dancers. She discusses her time working with schoolchildren through the National Dance Institute of New Mexico, and how she eventually felt like she couldn’t effectively teach or integrate students who might be Deaf or non-verbal. Since training in DanceAbility, Michaela shares more about her budding inclusive dance program in Maine and her longer-term goals. Text by Emmaly Wiederholt http://stanceondance.com http://bodyshift.org http://www.sparkdanceprogram.org