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Photo: Sandy Carson

Restless Narratives in a Funereal Juke Joint

Nicole Bindler

In this juke joint where even ecstatic dancing is infused with sorrow, the dancers pound the floor with rhythmic urgency.

Photo: Lisa Kraus

Posts from Paris: How We Teach Trisha’s Dance

Lisa Kraus

The nuts and bolts of teaching Trisha Brown's "Glacial Decoy" to the Paris Opera Ballet.

Photo: Tom Caravaglia

Even Bugs Can Love

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Or so Paul Taylor would have us believe in three of the four dances he presented in his Philadelphia season at the Annenberg.

Photo: Toni Rudov

Otro Tango Show

Carolyn Merritt

Seductive. Sultry. Intense. Visceral. Passionate. Electrifying. Sensual. Hot. Heady. Raw.

Photo by Lisa Bardarson

What makes a choreographic transmission successful?

Lisa Bardarson

Lisa Bardarson poses the question after a visit with the Paris Opera Ballet as they undertake a re-staging of Trisha Brown's "Glacial Decoy."

Photo: Lisa Kraus

Posts from Paris: Dancing Toward a Premiere

Lisa Kraus

The dancers get onstage where the "rubber meets the road."

Editor’s Note: TD is Two!

Lisa Kraus
Photo: Lisa Kraus

Posts from Paris: Elevators and Etiquette

Lisa Kraus

The second in a series on working at the Paris Opera Ballet.

Photo: Johanna Austin

Bharatanatyam for Beginners*

Lisa Kraus

For someone relatively uninitiated, watching this classic dance form raises lots of questions.

Photo: Bill Herbert

Careers in the Dance Biz: Financially Literate in an Artistic World

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Continuing her series on navigating the “business” of dance, Kalila Kingsford Smith interviews Amy Smith, Co-Founder and Finance Director of Headlong Dance Theatre.