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A line of eleven people are holding hands in front of bright large windows, their legs lunging and their heads turned in different directions. They were sweat pants and t-shirts, shorts or tank tops, all of various colors. Some of them are looking to their right and down, others looking up and left.
Photo: Julie Lemberger
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Approaching the End: Open Rehearsals with Stephen Petronio Company

Brendan McCall

Petronio Company's intimate and moving rehearsals during their final season.

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
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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
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All That History in Those Very Seats

Emilee Lord

Steve Paxton remembered

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Resistance Through Performance and Pedagogy: What is Dance Activism?

Mariadela Belle Alvarez
Photo: Jennifer Passios
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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
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The Kinetic, the Femme, The Political: Lineage in motion.

Emilee Lord

Motherhood is not marketable.

Photo: Jennifer Passios
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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
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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
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Out of Range

Jennifer Passios

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

Image: Philly Cam
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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?