dance theater

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?

Photo: Todd Carroll
  • Interviews, thINKpieces

The Kinetic, the Femme, The Political: Lineage in motion.

Emilee Lord

Motherhood is not marketable.

Photo: Johanna Austin
  • Reviews

finding your dick!

desire amaiya

caggins undresses themselves in their dance theater solo "fem baby."

Photo: Ryan Prado
  • Reviews

Ankita Sharma and Ke’Ron Wilson Choreograph Community

Joy-Marie Thompson

“There is a certain kind of beauty that manifests when a brown skinned artist creates work about their people..."

Photo: Megan Marshall
  • Interviews

Naomi Tanner Creates Dance Theater to Feel Alive

Joy-Marie Thompson

“Creating this work connects me to something greater and keeps me going.”

Photo: Brian Mengini
  • Reviews, Write Back Atchas

Existing in a Trapped World: A Write Back Atcha

Miryam Coppersmith

Striving to stay human in tosses, spins, and synchronized flash dances.