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Archival Nutcracker Image Courtesy of Ballet West (1950's)

Belonging in Ballet: Towards a More Inclusive Future

Kristi Yeung

Phil Chan’s book equips readers to speak out about ethnic stereotypes in ballet.

Photo: Marc Kirby

The Deafening Silence of Dance Organizations

Gregory King

You must say something, and after that you must do something.

Photo: Emma Cohen

Sassy, Moody, Nasty

Emma Cohen

TikTok has produced a thoroughly postmodern dance technique.

Photo: Sophia Treanor

Mary Overlie: Near, Far, and Infinite Presence

Miryam Coppersmith

A discussion with five artists influenced by Mary Overlie.

Confinement Dance Photo Essay Series: Abstract Bodies

Christina Catanese

Final edition in our series of reader submissions

Photo: Sophia Treanor

Mary Overlie: Original Anarchist

Miryam Coppersmith

When you find yourself in the horizontal laboratory, as Mary would say, you find that you coexist with everything and everyon

Photo: Lila Hurwitz

Walking Into Heartbreak: Remembering Nancy Stark Smith

K.J. Holmes

Nancy danced in her body and in her words.

Photo: Carolyn Lee

Reflections on Nancy Stark Smith, Collaborating Founder of Contact Improvisation, part 2

Jonathan Stein

Teaching us to embrace the unknown and not to take ourselves too seriously.

Photo: Bill Arnold

Reflections on Nancy Stark Smith, Collaborating Founder of Contact Improvisation, part 1

Jonathan Stein

Nancy’s legacy is to show us a different way to make art.

Confinement Dance Photo Essay Series: Black & White

Christina Catanese

Third in a series of reader submissions to our call for images of dancing in confinement.