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Lakshmi Thiagarajan, author of the article, kneels gracefully on the ground in a covered walkway outdoors, lit by lanterns. One leg is forward, clad in yellow and red silk pants with a percussive bracelet on her ankle. Her clasped hands frame her face, adorned with a bindi and golden headband. She looks off to the side with a small smile.
Photo: Lakshmi Thiagarajan
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Beyond Entertainment: Exploring Perspectives on the Purpose of Dance in South Indian History

Lakshmi Thiagarajan

Dance as an expression of political power, religious fervor, and of women’s sexualities.

Photo: Amber Hongsermeier
  • Reviews

Imagining Femininity in Purple and Pink

Courtney Colón

The feminine edges of a masculine mind.

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: Karl Surkan
  • News

Remembering tD Writer Karl Surkan

Jonathan Stein

A passionate embrace of performance as an embodiment of the gender, sexual and political complexities of contemporary life.

Photo: Rexxi
  • Reviews

Who’s a Sexy Finch?

Ella-Gabriel Mason

Bower Bird fills the intimate MAAS studio with drag, movement, and video to humorously explore how we perform gender and elic

Photo: Marc Montplaisir
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Is This a Gender Equality Casualty?

Kalila Kingsford Smith

They featured mostly abstracted relationships represented in a haze of sinewy slicing, slithering, and sliding.

Photo: Myriam Levent Erutku
  • Reviews

Eyes on Guys at CINARS

Megan Bridge

Beyond the booths, and between official CINARS showcases and Off-CINARS performances, there were more shows than anyone could

Photo: Robin Barnes
  • Reviews

Ugly Numbers Part III: The Dance Apocalypse

Nicole Bindler

The final installment of Ugly Numbers, a three-part investigation on gender inequity in contemporary American dance.

Photo: Megan Bridge
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Ugly Numbers Part II: Presenters and Dance Artists Respond

Nicole Bindler

Part II of a three-part series on gender inequity in contemporary American dance, featuring analysis of the numbers and interviews.

Image: niemanlab.org
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Ugly Numbers Part I: Just the Facts

Nicole Bindler

Part I of a three-part series on gender inequity in contemporary American dance investigates the data on gender discrimination in Philadelphia dance presenting.