{"id":8579,"date":"2018-12-07T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8579"},"modified":"2018-12-14T17:31:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T22:31:29","slug":"alice-sheppard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/alice-sheppard\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Sheppard"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9231\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8579-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AliceSheppard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AliceSheppard.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AliceSheppard.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_8583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8583\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8583 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=640%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alice Sheppard seated in her wheelchair with two crutches, crosses her body and arches her spine to look behind. The photo is a mirror reflection and Alice looks back at herself as her crutches disappear into each other in a seamless touchpoint. Photo by Lisa Niedermeyer\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=1024%2C779&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=768%2C584&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=696%2C530&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=1068%2C813&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?resize=552%2C420&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AliceSheppard_WhereGoodSoulsFear_PhotobyLisaNiedermeyer.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Sheppard from solo work Where Good Souls Fear. Photo by Lisa Niedermeyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alice Sheppard took her first dance class in order to make good on a dare; she loved moving so much that she resigned her academic professorship in order to begin a career in dance. She studied ballet and modern with Kitty Lunn and made her debut with Infinity Dance Theater. After an apprenticeship, Alice joined AXIS Dance Company where she toured nationally and taught in the company\u2019s education and outreach programs.<\/p>\n<p>Since becoming an independent artist, Alice has danced in projects with Ballet Cymru, GDance, and Marc Brew in the United Kingdom. In the United States, she has worked with Full Radius Dance, Marjani Fort\u00e9, MBDance, Infinity Dance Theater, and Steve Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>As an emerging, award-winning choreographer, Alice creates movement that challenges conventional understandings of disabled and dancing bodies. Engaging with disability arts, culture and history, Alice attends to the complex intersections of disability, gender, and race by exploring the societal and cultural significance of difference.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8584\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8584 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Andromeda slides in a spider position on her stomach down the shiny ramp. The shadow of her wheelchair is visible; her curly hair glows. Photo by MANCC \/ Chris Cameron.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/d_DESCENT_AndromedaDownhill_ImageCredit_MANCC.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Sheppard as Andromeda in DESCENT by Kinetic Light. Photo by MANCC \/ Chris Cameron.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8585\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KineticLight_Whitney2018PhotobyFilipWolak.jpg?resize=696%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alice Sheppard unstraps Laurel Lawson from her wheelchair as Laurel spins the partnering moment by pushing Alice's left wheel rim with both hands. Photo by Filip Wolak courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art.\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KineticLight_Whitney2018PhotobyFilipWolak.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KineticLight_Whitney2018PhotobyFilipWolak.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KineticLight_Whitney2018PhotobyFilipWolak.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KineticLight_Whitney2018PhotobyFilipWolak.jpg?resize=696%2C463&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KineticLight_Whitney2018PhotobyFilipWolak.jpg?resize=631%2C420&amp;ssl=1 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson of Kinetic LIght in performance a The Whitney Museum. Photo by Filip Wolak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AliceSheppard.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAlice Sheppard took her first dance class in order to make good on a dare; she loved moving so much that she resigned her academic professorship in order to begin a career in dance. 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