Reviews

Photo: Hana Sun Lee

A “Mano Po” for the Manong Generation

Kara Nepomuceno

It starts with hands: the back of the fingers pressed gently to the forehead.

Photo Courtesy of Chip Clofine

Louise Gillette, In Memoriam

Kristen Shahverdian

“She never gave up, she fought to the very end. I just know she’s in heaven flying on that trapeze.”

Photo: Nir Arieli

The Politics of Our Comfort

Emilee Lord
Appalachian Dance by John Lewis Krimmel

The Whitewashing of Appalachian Music & Dance

Darcy Grabenstein

From music of the enslaved to modern square dancing, we’ve come full circle.

Photo: The Wilma Theater

The Floor Wipers: A Comedy’s Call for Action

Lauren Putty White

With masks on, mops in hand, and opinions to share, this duo takes us on a journey of being a brown, working-class female.

Photo: Icebox Projects Space.

EQUATORS’ Climate Change Terror

Jonathan Stein

Brown skinned arms slowly stretch across and into the surface of melting ice.

Photo: Jacobo Calvo

Intrepid: Complexions Contemporary Ballet Dances Freedom

Dana Nichols

Rhoden’s choreography is laced with an edge of sweaty, carefree sexuality.

Photo: April Rose

Time Transforming Truth

Miryam Coppersmith

Sincerity Project #4 didn’t feel like a departure from the first three, but the continuation of a Big-Bang-like expansion.

Leave It To Me Photography

Sharp Dance Company: The Other Side is Looking Bright

Lauren Putty White

Grounded stomping of the feet, rib cage thrusts and pelvic distortions really displayed the body in a mesmerizing way and dre

photo by Rebecca Davis

Find Have Remember Lose Keep

Emilee Lord

This is not a book, it’s an act.