What Can We Do Now? with Jaqlin Medlock: Exploring COVID-19's Impact on Dancers

04/01/20 • 22 min

As the world is forced to adapt in order to stay healthy and safe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's important for people to find meaningful things to do. Emily Brunner talks with Jaqlin Medlock, dancer at Stephen Petronio Company and owner of Jaqlin Medlock Photography, about how she plans to stay connected to her art during the COVID-19 shutdown.

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Philly Dances Podcast - What Can We Do Now? with Jaqlin Medlock: Exploring COVID-19's Impact on Dancers

Transcript

Emily: 0:01
We've all found ourselves forced to hit the pause button one way or another after the COVID-19 virus spread into all of our communities. Some of us have had to change the way we work. All of us have had to change our plans, and many of us have had to find new ways to do what we love. Last week, I talked with dancer and dance photographer Jaqi Medlock. Jaqi has been a dancer with Stephen Petronio in New York City for over eight years while also running her own ph