Reviews

Photo of Arien Wilkerson by John Dionisio, David Norori

Summer 2020, Worn as Skin

Maddie Hopfield

The visual and auditory trails of 2020 are everywhere all at once.

Art by Nikaio Thomason, courtesy of Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group

Birds of a Feather…

Darcy Grabenstein

Learning the twists and turns of a folk dance and finding commonalities in Filipino culture.

Photo: Courtesy of the Annenberg Center

Making Use of Empty Space

Christina Catanese

Pam Tanowitz takes advantage of an audience-free Annenberg Center to stage dances in new spaces.

Photo: Daniel Madoff

Of an Era, Of a Moment, Of a Lifetime

Emilee Lord

Seventy dancers celebrate Jasper Johns on a virtual platform—a true and gorgeous example of the new alone-together normal.

Photo: Steve Pacek

Distanced, But Not Far

Whitney Weinstein

Though physically distant, the video reflects their feelings of closeness, as if daydreaming in synchrony.

Photo: Die-Cast

Travel Beyond Our Boundaries

Kristen Shahverdian

Can't travel? Try a 'vicurious' theater trip.

Reservoirs of Presence

Christina Catanese
Photo: Courtesy of OhOK

Together, Yet Still Alone

Kristen Shahverdian

What would normally be touch now looks like hands absorbing one another.

Image: Casual Fifth

Longing for Two Art Forms to Touch

Maddie Hopfield

I still find myself waiting for it: when do the taiko and the dance come together?

Photo: Rob Li

Slamming the Keyboard: A Quarantine Chronicle

Whitney Weinstein

How to thrive in your body when the world pauses in uncertainty.