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Mulunesh, a Black woman in a thick, hooded raincoat, stands crookedly with her weight shifted over one foot. Her arms are lifted out from her sides and her hands are in fists. She is lit with harsh, bright lights, and boxed in on three sides with heavy transparent plastic. Behind her, a sheet of white marley and two red cables dangle limply, as if caught mid collapse. The floor beneath her feet, made of the same white marley, is spotted with piles of black paper confetti.
Photo: Bas de Brouwer
  • thINKpieces

Decomposing Mediation: On FRANK

Writings from tD's Emerging Writer's Fellowship

A group of dancers move together in a clump holding toilet plungers, some of which are donning messy black wigs or flightlights-as-eyes.
Photo: Jenna Maslechko
  • Interviews

By the Way, You Can Laugh

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Brian Golden on disability, play, and humor as access.

The Of Dishes and Dreams cast in blue Thai-style garments used for restaurant work. Eyes focus on choreographer Keerati Jinakunwiphat as the ensemble walks around her. Keerati is being lifted into the air in a hug, legs piked together, reaching up to the sky. On the left side of the image, Claude “CJ” Johnson, holds another point of focus – legs open in a wide stance, bending deep at the knees, shoulders and hips to one diagonal, while he peeks playfully toward Keerati in the opposite corner. Kitchen items made of plastic and twine balance precariously in the background.
  • Reviews

Found in Translation

ankita

A child of immigrants dances in her parents’ kitchen

Rhonda Moore stands with her arms outstretched in a low “V” position looking directly at the camera. Ben Grinberg stands behind her with his arms outstretched in a high “V” position looking at the camera. Grinberg wears a green sleeveless top, and Moore is wearing a longsleeve black button-down under a light-brown jumpsuit. They stand in front of a gray backdrop.
Photo: Johanna Austin
  • Reviews

Defying the Odds and Inspiring Possibility with Almanac Projects

Caitlin Green

Grinberg and Moore demonstrate skill that flaunts their proficiency in partnership.

Two performers (Doan and Stapleton) stand on mirrors. Doan’s chest is out to the audience, their arms expanded to their full width. Stapleton bends and twists at the waist, their arms expanded as well. The lights reflecting off the mirrors cast a watery shadow on the wall and ceiling.
Photo: James Gentile
  • Reviews

Reflections, Refractions, and Remembering: A Look at 1-Way Mirror

Madeline Shuron

When you look in a mirror, who do you see?

Two bodies pressed almost into each other, fingertips grazing another’s hand. In front, a dancer in a modest white shirt and long skirt glances behind her through tousled hair. A second dancer dressed in black sackcloth hovers behind her, as if readying to whisper something in her ear.
Photo: Anna Siegel
  • Reviews

Circling with the Dybbuk

Madeline Shuron

Beloved Yiddish play is translated through dance. Madeline Shuron reviews Nell Adkins & Helen Sher’s Within the Fall.

Yellow lights and gauzes of yellows and pinks set the stage. Seen from behind in silhouette, a belly dancer looks over her left shoulder and down. Her hands are raised slightly above her head.
Photo courtesy of the artist
  • Reviews

Monologue more than dance

Emilee Lord

A film about a woman's power unwinding, written from multiple women’s voices.

Bathed in purple light, Adam Kerbel leans to one side with arms spread, a gold fringe flying from his shoulders as if he just landed a jump. His face is hidden by shadow and a large brown fedora.
Photo: Liz Deleo
  • Reviews

I’m an Artist, but I’m Fun!

Miryam Coppersmith

Adam brings his creative force to bear on his own experiences in Dead Muse.

Photo: Johana Austin
  • Reviews

A Communion of Former Zygotes Touching Rocks

Caitlin Green

A pause. A breath. A grounding exercise.

Photo: Jano Cohen
  • Reviews, Write Back Atchas

Feeling Beyond the Facts: A Write Back Atcha

Ella-Gabriel Mason

Why dance a story ripped from the headlines?