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  • Reviews

Kulu Mele: Dancing with and for the Ancestors

Christina Catanese

The African dance and drum ensemble celebrates 50 years in Philadelphia with a new film at the BlackStar Film Festival

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Looks Like Sounds Like, a Study in Contrasts—and Perception

Darcy Grabenstein

In Looks Like Sounds Like, you may wonder whether there’s more to it than meets the eye—and ear.

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  • Reviews

Drag Dance: Relived, Reincarnated, Reimagined

Leila Mire

Considering the 'politics of gender in motion' in drag performance

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Judson Dance Theater’s ‘Unassuming Radicality’

Andrew Sargus Klein

A legacy resisting if not outright rejecting formal documentation.

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Decolonizing Dance Writing: The Necessity of Evolution!

Gregory King

Five writers from the "Dance Criticism and Aesthetics" summer course share their insights.

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  • Interviews

The State of the Studio

Kat J. Sullivan

As the economic toll of the pandemic crashes like a wave over the city’s artistic network, smaller studios are being swept ou

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In This Moment We Remember and Fortify

Nicole Bindler

I use my nostalgia as a map for where I need to go.

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Where Do Our Dancing Black Boys Go to Cry?

Gregory King

Dance institutions cannot uphold a culture of secrecy that tolerates and protects abusers.

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Decolonizing Dance Writing: Body Stories and the Bedrock of Dreams

Gregory King

Five writers from the "Dance Criticism and Aesthetics" summer course share their insights.

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Decolonizing Dance Writing: Who is Writing for?

Gregory King

Five writers from the "Dance Criticism and Aesthetics" summer course share their insights.