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Performer Ishmael Houston-Jones balances on his left foot, his right hand slightly extended forward, an expression of concern on his face. His pants look acid-washed in white and light blue, and on the front of his hoodie is painted a big brown face with wide open eyes.
Photo: Rachel Keane
  • Reviews

A Dance with Many Ghosts Boils Over

Brendan McCall

OO-GA-LA Reimagined: punk, queer, and drop dead gorgeous

Lauren Morrow, author of Little Movements, stares directly into the camera. She wears a white button-down, and her hair is in long black braids.
Photo: Kate Enman
  • Book Reviews

You Deserve It: Creative “Freedom” in a Dance Novel

Megan Mizanty

Lauren Morrow’s debut novel hits close to many dancers’ experiences

Matthew Neenan, a white man with light short-cut hair and bright blue eyes, stares forward. He wears a grey-ish blue casual button-down shirt.
Photo: Stephen K. Mack
  • Interviews

Quiet Loves and Potent Griefs: An Interview with Matthew Neenan

Caedra Scott-Flaherty

The beginning of a new chapter, a chance to connect with new people and find new voices.

A bald white man wearing white tights and tutu stands center stage in a fifth position soussous with arms stretched sideways, in silhouette on a black marley floor, surrounded by a black backdrop.
  • Reviews

The Krakatuk is the Hardest Nut in the World!

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

“It’s the last place that magic exists.”

Anh Vo performing at The Rail Park, an outdoor space. Three dancers stand with their backs toward the observer, looking toward a blue and white modern-style building. They stand on a concrete edge, with the chalked words "FORM IS A FEELING" sketched across the platform.
Photo: Albert Yee, Courtesy of Asian Arts Initiative
  • thINKpieces

The Assurance of the Ecstatic: On Anh Vo’s Three Performances

Mang Su

Being possessed is not a state but a devotion.

Joan Myers Brown and eight fellow choreographers, dancers, and company leaders seated on a panel discussion on a blue-lit stage at the Perelman Theater, following the performance.
Photo: Lauren Berlin
  • Reviews

Philadanco: Then and Now

Lauren Berlin

Aunt Joan, Philadanco, and a Philadelphia Legacy: 65 Years and Counting

  • News

Fifteen Years of Dance Writing at thINKingDANCE

Emilee Lord

Dive into the archive and move through the years with us!

A dancer (Gabriel Bruno Eng Gonzalez), wearing white pants and a sleeveless white top, is balanced on the ball of his right foot. His long arms are extended outwords, and both of his legs are bent. Another dancer (Aaron Loux), also wearing white, lunges on his right leg, and holds Gonzalez´s hand to help him suspend his balancing position. Behind the two of them, in front of a screen the color of deep blue, we can see other dancers standing in the distance, looking at them.
Photo: Maria Baranova, courtesy of New York Live Arts
  • Reviews

Artifacts of Thought from the Closeted Mind

Brendan McCall

Forty years on, Tere O’Connor’s dance visions remain personal, unpredictable, and provocative

Four performers share a stage lit in deep blue and purple tones. On the left, a musician sits at a drum kit, focused on his instrument, microphones hanging overhead. At center, another performer is captured mid-jump, arms extended overhead and feet dangle above the floor, as if suspended in motion. Beside him, a musician stands playing an upright bass, leaning slightly into the instrument. A small, moveable stage light sits on the floor in front of him. On the far right, a dancer bends forward in a dynamic pose, one arm reaching back and the other curved in front of her, suggesting swift, expressive movement.
  • Reviews

Shadow Cities: Weaving Histories Through Motion, Music, and Light

Emily “Lady Em” Culbreath

Ephrat Asherie Dance, Arturo O’Farrill, and Kathy Kaufmann take audiences on an exhilarating journey of blurring artistic boundaries.

A group of five individuals, dressed in business attire, all gather together for a selfie in the velvet-carpeted lobby of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jane, at the front left, is a white, brunette woman with a medium pixie cut. Clad in a magenta blazer and black turtleneck, Jane dons a bright, bespectacled smile. Grinning behind Jane, Mallory, a white woman with dirty blonde hair, wears a black and white gingham dress and holds a silver clasp. Malik, a tawny-skinned Black man in a black button-down and trousers, stands beaming at Mallory’s left. Allison and Chloe, dressed in a white button-down and a floral dress respectively, lean into the photo, offering their smiles as well.
Photo courtesy of Ashayla Byrd
  • Interviews, thINKpieces

The Leaders Behind the Headlines: Conversations with the Kennedy Center’s [Terminated] Dance Programming Team

Ashayla Byrd

What happens when political agendas take precedence over a nation’s desire to feel seen and supported in artistic spaces?