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Lakshmi Thiagarajan, author of the article, kneels gracefully on the ground in a covered walkway outdoors, lit by lanterns. One leg is forward, clad in yellow and red silk pants with a percussive bracelet on her ankle. Her clasped hands frame her face, adorned with a bindi and golden headband. She looks off to the side with a small smile.
Photo: Lakshmi Thiagarajan

Beyond Entertainment: Exploring Perspectives on the Purpose of Dance in South Indian History

Lakshmi Thiagarajan

Dance as an expression of political power, religious fervor, and of women’s sexualities.

On the right, a man sits in a red kayak with his back to the camera. He wears a green shirt. A white rope is tied to the back of his kayak and reaches out of the frame. He is on a lake heavily grown in with green plants. The water is blue and still. There is a mountain in the distance.
Photo:Rachel Keane

All That History in Those Very Seats

Emilee Lord

Steve Paxton remembered

Resistance Through Performance and Pedagogy: What is Dance Activism?

Mariadela Belle Alvarez
Photo: Jennifer Passios

What Do We Have Where We Are Now?

Jennifer Passios

Four dancers share their experiences making a life in dance beyond city limits. Perhaps their stories look like yours.

Photo: Todd Carroll

The Kinetic, the Femme, The Political: Lineage in motion.

Emilee Lord

Motherhood is not marketable.

Photo: Jennifer Passios

Crazy Wood and Bare Feet

Jennifer Passios

"Instead of being consumers of that culture in Houston, what if we could produce it here?”

Screenshot taken from ABT’s Instagram

The ABT Strike and the Fight for Fair Wages for Dancers

What happens when our dancers can no longer afford to live?

Photo: Jennifer Passios

Out of Range

Jennifer Passios

Bigger isn’t always better: proximity and access to dance in Texas.

Image: Philly Cam

Modern Dance, Zionism, and a Free Palestine

Lu Donovan

If Israel is so supportive of American dance institutions, more so than even our own government, why would it be questioned?

Image: Emilee Lord

Access and Artistry: Part 3 – Audio Description

Emilee Lord

An invitation to consider inclusive design