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Three women in faded blue and white jumpsuits stand supporting or leaning into each other. Marcie Mamura stands in the middle; she looks down and away, the only face visible in the group. Chloe Marie embraces Mamura from behind. Katherine Kiefer Stark supports Mamura from the front, also in an embrace. The three women create a quiet, intimate, peaceful tableau. Bright light illuminates their bodies against a dark, shadowed background.
Photo: Bridgette Ivkovic
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The Naked Stark’s Deep Dive Enchantment at the Water Works

Jonathan Stein

‘swimming through the stars or schools of fish’

Delwin Elk Bear Fiddler kneels with one arm outstretched to the left and the other bent across his body holding a wooden pipe. Fiddler wears bright attire with multicolored strips of ribbons and a yellow feathered headdress. He kneels on a brown animal hide near a drum and several piles of plastic hoops in a blackbox theater.
Photo: Joshua Crone
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The Chief Called Upon the Grass Dancers to Purify the Ground, and the Tradition Lived On

Caitlin Green

Dance and oral tradition of the Lakota people

A maroon graphic says “Philadelphia Butoh Collective” in white bold font. Below the words there’s a black emblem with an image of a person sitting on the ground with one foot and their arms raised in the air. Red lettering overlays the image and also reads “Philadelphia Butoh Collective. To the right, lining the border, there are duplicate images of two people in motion. One is bent over from the waist with arms hanging to the ground, and the other stands with bent knees, hinging slightly backward with one arm outstretched and the other folded over their torso. To the far left border, vertical lettering reads “two new pieces” in black, bold font.
Photo: Philadelphia Butoh Collective
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Butoh: Addressing The Discomfort

Caitlin Green

There’s drool, (and lots of it).

On a dark smokey stage littered with fruit loops and rocks, two dancers whip their hair forward from a wide second position plie (legs wide, turned out, and bent), their hands smacking their thighs. The dancers are dressed like it’s the 70s and they’re going to the club: one in an orange halter jumpsuit with sparkly fringe, the other wearing tall silver heeled boots, purple booty shorts, and a fluorescent green shirt with flared sleeves.
Photo: Maria Baranova
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Friday Night Rat Catchers Suck The Titties Dry

Xander Cobb

Lisa & Lena’s dance theater extravaganza is disgusting and impeccable.

A dancer with short hair reaches their right arm forward, left arm back with their head bowed down. They stand with their left leg slightly turned out and bent, their right leg extended behind them.
Photo by Jeff Warden
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Wake up with a gasp

Megan Mizanty

Foursome Performance plumbs subterranean depths.

In a black and white photograph, two men lean their foreheads into one another while blurry people walk around them.
Photo: Joan Dwiartanto
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Off Your Feet

Megan Mizanty

five two dance company sweeps and defies

In a black and white photo, four dances are mid-run. The image is slightly blurred, and they are in different moments of stepping forward and reaching.
Photo: Ella Martin
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The multiverse, and a pile of clothes

Megan Mizanty

Ella Sommer Martin leaves fate at our feet

Five dancers rest their cheeks on one another's shoulders in a long, diagonal line. They cup one another's elbows and stare directly into the camera.
Photo by Daniel Sohn
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Birdsong and Being

Megan Mizanty

It’s okay to stop and watch the world turn.

three performers wearing plain white or black tanks/tees are mid gesture as if having a family argument. The performer in the front hunches their shoulders, crosses their arms, and has mouth open, perhaps in the middle of a sentence. Behind them, another performer looks to be yelling and pointing at the third performer, a hand on their shoulder, who has eyes closed, a soft smile, and holds their fingertips to the center of their chest.
Photo by Zeze Schorsch
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Do something else!

Xander Cobb

room/in/nation tests our agency amidst family dysfunction/nation dysfunction.

Edu Dìaz dressed in an ornate gown with a big white lacy collar stands speaking to the right. Behind them is a bluye projection of what appears to be someone screaming. The projection is framed by a red velvet curtain.
Photo by Ruby Goldner
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The Theatre Begs for Exploitation

Nadia Ureña

Her majesty desperately wants us to consume the beast.