Articles

Steve Paxton (1939-2024) from the tD Archive

Remembering and honoring this leader in our field.
February 29, 2024
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The Grand Union—They Were Their Own Material

Wendy Perron explores the Grand Union’s six years of anarchism from the inside.
December 10, 2020
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Reflections on Nancy Stark Smith, Collaborating Founder of Contact Improvisation, part 1

Nancy’s legacy is to show us a different way to make art.
June 1, 2020
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Reflections on Nancy Stark Smith, Collaborating Founder of Contact Improvisation, part 2

Teaching us to embrace the unknown and not to take ourselves too seriously.
June 1, 2020
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Walking Into Heartbreak: Remembering Nancy Stark Smith

Nancy danced in her body and in her words.
June 1, 2020
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Back to Earth Again and Again

A book of prose by Steve Paxton that could be mistaken for a collection of poetry.
January 21, 2020
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Welcome to the Backyard

Wherever they are—one or the other—I want to be, I want to see. They carry me, as they carry one another.
September 20, 2018
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Lessons from the Backyard

A dialogue between Megan Bridge and Beau Hancock, on working with Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson at Mad Brook Farm.
April 25, 2018
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