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Dance/UP Showcase: A Presenter’s Thinking, Exposed

Lisa Kraus

It’s weird to “shop” for dance. It’s certainly weird for artists to have to present dance in a situation where they know it’s being seen as a commodity. Like any kind of consumer, presenters are looking for dance they consider of the highest quality for a price they can afford.

It’s Not a Whatever Business.

Anna Drozdowski
Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Artifact: 1. that which is made from/out of art, 2. evidence of what came before.

Kirsten Kaschock

This joint striving is one of the strange pleasures Artifact Suite provides.

Photo: Carley Schaffer

Lost in a New Wonderland

Whitney Weinstein

The relatively new company, BalletFleming, produced a show about exploration, new friends, and life’s enlightening journeys.

Photo: Matthew Murphy

Dance Theatre of Harlem: In Conversation with Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Ellen Gerdes

Ellen Gerdes and Brenda Dixon Gottschild speak about the contemporary relevance of DTH, Balanchine, pink tights, and more...

Photo: Alan DiBerio

Bridging Choreographers with ZIPLINE

Debbie Shapiro

Rosner's "barrish," a shameless, feminist homoerotic anxiety dream performance, also a poetic dance.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Aesthetic Immersion at shatter ::: dawn

Becca Weber

An immersive experimental work, not a sit-quietly-in-a-dark-theatre performance.

Photo: (from video by) Gabrielle Revlock

Video – So You Think You Can’t Understand Contemporary Dance

Lisa Kraus

TD's first video, for your enjoyment and to share!

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Catharsis: Not Just for Dead Greek Dudes

Megan Bridge

Their movement reminds me of old-fashioned computer games...Linear. Pixellated. Dot matrix era.