African Diasporic Dance

Two bodies are centered in the image, their brown skin a vibrant complement to the red skin tight garments they wear. One dancer balances on her coccyx bone and hands while supporting a tall figure lushly leaning against the seated dancer's two feet.
Photo: Mark Garvin
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Temperature Check

Noel Price-Bracey

Tommie-Waheed Evans’s World Premier of in case of fire, speak

A spacious dance studio with a gray floor, mirrored walls, and colorful geometric murals is shown during a rehearsal for First Floor Spectrum. In the foreground, two people interact through expressive movement: one stands with an arm extended overhead while the other kneels and reaches upward toward the raised hand. Additional people are visible in the background practicing choreography, while another person stands near the right side of the room, directing. The studio contains chairs, exercise equipment, and a cluster of colorful balloons near the back wall. Natural light enters from windows along the left side of the space.
Photo: Bridgette Ivkovich
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Emily “Lady Em” Culbreath

A collective reflection on Vince Johnson’s Original Scrap & First Floor Spectrum.