A Conversation with Dancer Emily Wright

<p>Our Interviews Editor, Emily Chambers Sharpe, speaks with dancer Emily Wright about dance as a heightened form of attention and a vehicle for making meaning together. A <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/interviews/conversation-with-emily-wright">transcript of their conversation</a>, as well as a <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/contemplative-practice/moving-meditation">Moving Meditation</a> from Emily Wright, can be found in our <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/autumn-2021">Autumn 2021</a> issue.</p> <p>Based in Charlottesville, VA, <a href="https://www.emilywrightdance.com/">Emily Wright</a> is a dancer, movement educator, and author with a passion for the transformative power of dance. An experienced teacher of dance for all ages and a scholar with numerous publications, Emily is available for workshops, master classes, lectures, writing, commissions, and consultation. She offers an online and in-person <a href="http://www.emilywrightdance.com/book-classes">Movement Medicine</a> class that blends yoga, dance, and contemplation. Her book, <a href="https://www.intellectbooks.com/dancing-to-transform"><u><em>Dancing to Transform: How Concert Dance Becomes Religious in American Christianity</em></u></a>, was published in June 2021 by Intellect Press.</p>