Collection: tD Deepens Conversations around Decolonization
January 12, 2022
In 2020, I sought out a way to interrogate the
Articles written by Gregory King
Announcing Artists for the Decolonizing Dance Writing: International Exchange Project
June 27, 2021
Congratulations to Emmanuel Cudjoe (Ghana), Juan Felipe Miranda Medina (Peru),
Jingle Jangle: What It Feels Like to See Yourself at Christmas
January 5, 2021
Try googling “favorite Christmas movies” and you may be bombarded
It Is What It Is: Tiny Pretty Things in Black and White
December 27, 2020
I recoil at my own skepticism knowing conversations around racism
Decolonizing Dance Writing: The Necessity of Evolution!
August 31, 2020
We could shrug our shoulders—the generic reaction of the ambivalent—when
Where Do Our Dancing Black Boys Go to Cry?
August 22, 2020
I am hyper-aware of my Blackness in all spaces. This
Decolonizing Dance Writing: Body Stories and the Bedrock of Dreams
August 21, 2020
Dance has the power to allow one to surrender to
Decolonizing Dance Writing: Who is Writing for?
August 14, 2020
Writers write their truths, unleashing their biases on pages and
The Deafening Silence of Dance Organizations
June 12, 2020
Brenda Dixon Gottschild’s The Black Dancing Body changed my life. I was
Affirming Black Dance … Unapologetically: An Interview with Kevin Iega Jeff
April 26, 2018
In a recent conversation with a colleague about aesthetics that
October 11, 2017
Imagine sitting on your front porch exchanging pleasantries with a
IABD: Grant Puts Action Behind the Narrative
July 19, 2017
When Denise Saunders Thompson, the President and CEO of the International Association
Dance/USA and The Promise of Equity and Inclusion . . . Two Years Later
July 14, 2017
Since my immersion into the pool of academia, I’ve found
January 2, 2017
Traditional modern dance techniques like Horton, Limon, and Graham continue
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Dancing Oral Histories
October 16, 2016
Through all the years I’ve viewed his works, Bill T.
Rhizomas: A Lesson in Contrast
September 26, 2016
Foreign to me I must admit. Butoh. Foreign. But my
Classical Theatre of Harlem and Elisa Monte Dance: Creating Spaces and Collaborations in Macbeth
July 10, 2016
In her 2014 closing plenary for Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference
Queer Artists of Color: Why Their Works Matter
June 9, 2016
Dressed in an outfit I’d rather forget, and standing amidst
The Ballad of Trayvon Martin: Diary of a Black Man
May 15, 2016
In the audience at the premiere of The Ballad of Trayvon
BalletX: A Ten-Year Retrospective of Technique and Theatrics
May 2, 2016
In the fall of 2003, a colleague invited me to
Diavolo’s Architecture in Motion: Dance With Some Extras!
April 18, 2016
When watching a dance performance, I expect moving bodies performing
Seán Curran Company: A Well-Delivered Package of Post-Modernism
April 12, 2016
I was first introduced to Seán Curran’s choreography while studying
Elisa Monte Dance: To Another Thirty-Five Years!
March 11, 2016
The 35th-anniversary concert of New York-based Elisa Monte Dance was
Dance Theatre of Harlem: Still a Beacon of Hope!
March 9, 2016
When the professional company Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) went
Elisa Monte Passes the Baton to Tiffany Rea-Fisher
February 5, 2016
John Lennon and Paul McCartney once sang, “Nowhere you can
The First Noel … And I Never Missed The Sugar Plum Fairy!
January 8, 2016
With the holidays behind us, Christmas trees discarded, and Nutcracker advertisements gone
The Wiz as a Historical Document
December 30, 2015
On December 3, 2015, more than 11 million television viewers
The Requisite Movers: The Complexities of Black Consciousness
November 20, 2015
On the website newworldencyclopedia.org, writer John Conrad depicts African dance as
The Color Of The Aged Queer is Pink
November 16, 2015
Part 1 ended.The end, but not the end.I kept wanting
Tharp and Race: Four Questions
November 15, 2015
Arts patrons in Philadelphia recently paid tribute to Twyla Tharp
BalletX Brings Fonte’s Beasts Alive at the Wilma Theater
November 3, 2015
With choreography hailed as highly original and exhilarating by Dance Europe,
Dead Bodies All Around Me: Unarmed
September 18, 2015
The fallen black man Still. His naked body on display.
Railroaded by Underground Railroad Game
September 13, 2015
How do you feel when you see the word NIGGER?
September 12, 2015
There is something to be said about simplicity. It forces
Dance/USA and The Quest for Heterogeneity in Diversity
June 29, 2015
I believe that to be diverse is to expand our
Conversation With A Curious Choreographer
June 8, 2015
Revolutionizing the look of classical ballet, American born choreographer William
How Many Spokes Make Up The Pilobolus Wheel?
May 16, 2015
Since first seeing Pilobolus Dance Theater perform in the ‘90’s,
Stretching the Boundaries of Dance Fusion
April 24, 2015
Though not a new concept, dance fusion has lent itself
BeginAgain: A Narrative Reinvented
April 20, 2015
In a dance world where performances can sometimes be inundated
Marley and the City: BalletX Inherits Dance/UP’s Portable Dance Floor
March 27, 2015
Panel by panel, a space is formed Locked into place
Gem n’ I: Domesticity As Performance
March 7, 2015
An evening of intimate experimentation revealed Helen Hale and Maggie
Arcell’s Truth Based in Evidence
February 14, 2015
“I enjoy doing Brown’s works because they are about the
Owning Hip Hop: The Politics of Citizenship
February 7, 2015
Pictured above and on homepage: Rennie Harris S. Craig Watkins,
When Dance Has a Voice: The Photo Story
January 23, 2015
On December 13th 2014, the dance community of Philadelphia converged to
December 23, 2014
Curtaining the exterior of The Philadelphia International Airport is an
December 20, 2014
By Ellen Chenoweth (right hand) and Gregory King (left hand)
The Many Layers of ev.o.lu.tion
November 23, 2014
The Koresh Dance Company recently presented their 24th season celebration at
October 30, 2014
One of the few choreographer’s showcases on the Philadelphia dance
