feminism

The vast white skirt of a female dancer spreads out across the center of the stage, drawn and lifted by dancers concealed beneath it, resembling a giant wave. The dancers are constantly struggling to crawl out from within this undulating mass of soft fabric. With their upper bodies bare, they curl up on the ground, suspended in a state between weightlessness and struggle. The spotlight focuses on the white fabric and the figures at the center, plunging the surrounding space into darkness.
Photo: David Wong
  • Reviews

Bodies Exposed Under Hard Light: Encountering Fables

Yuying Chen

Virginie Brunelle's Fables reveals how bodies resist and transform.

Photo: Paloma Guzman
  • Interviews

Feminist Latina Dance Making: An Interview with Marlen Puello

Joy-Marie Thompson

“It should be possible to enjoy the same privileges as male artists.”

Photo: Brigid Pierce, thanks to Hibbard Nash Photography
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Words on Martha’s Museum

Jonathan Stein

Struggle is sewn through these responses to the nonagenarian Martha Graham Dance Company.