book review

The bright cover of Artists on Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography asserts itself boldly on a red-orange background. The title makes a right-angle inside an offset rectangle of white and black lines that don’t quite meet at the corners. “Artists on Creative Administration” sits along the top and right of the rectangle with the rest of the title occupying the left and bottom. The text “Tonya Lockyer, Editor” appears just beneath the catawampus rectangle.
Cover Image courtesy of NCC Akron

Stories From The Middle

Jennifer Passios

Humor, joy, hope, tough truths, and pragmatism give this book its staying power.

Photo: Emilee Lord

Writing | Moving | Seeing | Writing

Emilee Lord

The performative intersections of writing and dance.

Photo: Danse4Nia

A Celebration of Philadelphia’s Rich Tapestry of Dance

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Danse4Nia uplifts Philly’s Black children and their passion for dance.

Photo: Robbie Sweeny

Unveiling the Apparatus

Even when Mattingly’s own choreographic apparatus may seem contentious, her viewpoint is definitely worth reading.

Artwork: Stacey "BLACKSTAR" Robinson

Breaking Through to the Unseen

Amy Schofield

Breakdance cyphers activate possibilities of knowledge and ways of being.

Photo: Intellect Books

Dialoguing Ethics in Dance

Leila Mire

It is often taken for granted that dance, a field that proclaims to celebrate humanity, places ethics at the forefront of its

Photo: McFarland Press

Disrupting Invisible Choreography: Understanding Implicit Bias in Dance Education

Leila Mire

Concrete steps toward a more equitable and inclusive dance field.

Photo: Courtesy of the NEA

When History Calls For Repair

Worth, worthiness, and the impact of finite resources.

Cover Image: Kevin Guy; Photo: Zoe Litaker

Queer Dance is Capacious

Miryam Coppersmith

The Queer Dance anthology refuses to stay neatly in its book binding.

Photo: Ryan Walter Wagner

Navigating Conflict Through Bharata Natyam

Kara Nepomuceno

How do bharata natyam artists navigate conditions of globalization and conflict, even as they advocate for peace?