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Two Dancers , clad in billowing materials, move amongst piles of dusty cinderblocks.
Photo: RAIR Residency
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transfiguration

desire amaiya

A trek through the unconscious.

Two faces, each isolated in their own pool of phone light, look down at their phone screens.
Photo courtesy of Cannonball Festival
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ding!

desire amaiya

we create a score through digital communication.

Hanschitz, a white woman wearing dark green pants and a flowy light green shirt, balances inside a human sized metal hoop, a Cyr wheel. Her arms and legs connect to the wheel in an X shape. The image is slightly blurry as if captured mid-motion.
Photo: Karen Cecilia
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Dance and Cirque Nouveau Crossing Countries

Karen Cecilia

Cirque, dance, and sound art encapsulate the journey of letting go.

A laptop sits open on a wooden table. On screen the description for the MoBBallet Dance Writers Convening is displayed. Next to the laptop on the table are an iced latte, a thINKingDANCE pen, and a thINKingDANCE business card.
Photo: Ellen Miller
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Envisioning a future of possibilities for dance writing

Ellen Miller

A convening of dance writers offers critical opportunities to reflect on bias, harm, and opportunity in the field.

Kayla Hamilton, a Black woman in a flowing black tunic, extends her arms directly in front of her, open hands reaching forward. She is facing stage right, with an open facial expression. Photo by Ahad Subzwari/The Shed.
Photo by Ahad Subzwari/The Shed.
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When you find it, pick it up

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Kayla Hamilton’s How to Bend Down/How to Pick It Up ushers in an exciting new era.

Photo: Emilee Lord
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Writing | Moving | Seeing | Writing

Emilee Lord

The performative intersections of writing and dance.

Photo: Susan Kettering
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Momentary bliss in Northern Michigan

Ellen Miller

At Traverse City Dance Project, contemporary joy stole the show.

Photo: angel edwards
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Co-creating softness in community

Ellen Miller

By being vulnerable, the possibility to experience softness collectively.

Photo by Mochi Robinson. Courtesy of Intercultural Journeys.
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It’s So Much Easier If You Dance a Little Bit

Ella-Gabriel Mason

Raja Feather Kelly and Yoland Wisher show us how to get free.

Photo: Vikki Sloviter
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A Midsummer Night’s Fantasy: BalletX’s Summer Series 2024

Ziying Cui

Innovative choreography put classical ballet vocabulary in conversation with diverse contemporary ethos.