 Photo: Paloma Guzman
Feminist Latina Dance Making: An Interview with Marlen Puello“It should be possible to enjoy the same privileges as male artists.” Joy-Marie Thompson |
 Photo: Cardell Dance Theatre
A Cross-species Movement Dialogue Between Agency and VulnerabilityAn embodied dialogue between agency and vulnerability, expressed by their use of weight, and one another. Caitlin Green |
 Photo: Noel Bégin/Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
Book Review: Getting Down to the Roots of Jazz DanceThe Africanist aesthetic as essential to jazz dance theory, pedagogy, and choreography. Darcy Grabenstein |
 Photo: Jaci Downs
Kulu Mele Celebrates Maturation and Fellowship—Past, Present, FutureI wrote in my notes, “I know they gotta be tired!”with about seven exclamation points, only 10 minutes into the 90-minute program. Caitlin Green |
 Photo: Kidlat Fajardo Canlas
Reclaiming the VillageAni/MalayaWorks invite the community to join their intimate investigation of immigration, colonization, family, and home. Ella-Gabriel Mason |
 Photo: Daniel Jackson/Embassy Interactive
Spirits in the SpaceJohn Dowell and his collaborators create a cathedral at the Barnes. Ellen Chenoweth |
 Photo: Laura Bustillos Jaquez
Using Our Bodies as Sites of Restful ResistanceHealing ourselves by rescripting the script. Darcy Grabenstein |
 Photo: Mark Garvin
Y'all Come to See A Fight?Heavy are the shoulders that carry the weight of an entire race’s future. Sophiann Mahalia Moore |
 Photo: Ashley Berkman
Testing stereotypes through physical comedyFive clowns visit Miniball’s stage, concluding the festival with crude jokes and a disappointing lack of care. Lu Donovan |
 Photo: Grant McMillan
Poetry (and Prose) in MotionDance interpretation of written works wows writers at weekend workshop Darcy Grabenstein |
 Still image from Downstage
Dance as an Exploration of Love, Pain, and PerformanceWatching the film felt like the motion-picture equivalent of flipping through an old photo album. Caitlin Green |
 Photo: Whitney Browne
A Shared Rhythm: Interview with Palestinian Dancer Mohammed SmahnehFusing Dabke, Hip Hop, contemporary dance, and puppetry. Nadia Khayrallah |
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