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A Study in Setting

Ellen Miller

At Leah Stein’s FILM WORKS screening, setting took center stage.

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In “I Invited Myself,” Eiko Otake asks us to linger

Ellen Miller

In our hurried world, Otake invites you to linger, to watch, and return to watch again.

Photo: Eli Laban
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Artistry on Eight Wheels

Miryam Coppersmith

Great on Skates brought the rink to Fringe Arts.

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Bringing D-Man in the Waters into the future

Kristen Shahverdian

It surprises me how captivating the students are, both their willingness to learn the dance and their struggles to find motiv

Photo: Courtesy of J. Bouey Dance Projects
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J. Bouey’s Chiron in Leo Reminds Us to Check on the Children

Caitlin Green

Systemic racism and cisheteropatriarchy intertwine in this story, contributing more labored stakes in this game than meet the

Still image from 3 x 13, Nagham Salah Othman
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Distancing Elides in 3 x 13, Yaa Samar!’s Outstanding Multinational Film

Jonathan Stein

A rare dance-film achievement, and a gift that remote can become together.

Photo: Devin Drake
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diving into ocean, we grow our wings

L. Graciella Maiolatesi

the figure is more spirit embodied than the body of a Black woman accessing spirit.

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Aviva Makes the Right Moves, But Not Without Missteps

Kristi Yeung

The film Aviva features dancers in its experimental representations of gender.

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Of an Era, Of a Moment, Of a Lifetime

Emilee Lord

Seventy dancers celebrate Jasper Johns on a virtual platform—a true and gorgeous example of the new alone-together normal.

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Dance Replaces Talking in the Experimental Film Redoubt

Kristi Yeung

The latest film from acclaimed artist Matthew Barney is beautiful, boring, yet subtly transformative.