Reviews

Photo: Nikki Carrara

Rennie Harris: Lifted – Transcending the Downward Pull

Kalila Kingsford Smith

In the end, the church has a place for everyone.

Photo: Crossing Paths Movement Collective

Crossing Paths Without Intersection

Lauren Putty White

Hearing the rigor of their breath reignites my connection to the humanity of dance.

Photo: Pedro Greig

Tumbling Expectations

Miryam Coppersmith

Gasps, goosebumps, boredom, confusion.

Photo: Maria Baranova

Love and Fight

Emilee Lord

Non-linear storytelling charged with struggle.

Courtesy of Yale U. Beinecke Library

Chasing the Dance at the Barnes’ Southwest Native Art Exhibition

Jonathan Stein

Pueblo dance treading in the path of the ancestors.

Photo: Courtesy of the NEA

When History Calls For Repair

Worth, worthiness, and the impact of finite resources.

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.