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At the RISE 2025 Summit held at the New York Library for the Performing Arts, panelists for a discussion entitled “Data is Revolutionary” gather in black office chairs with silver legs in front of a large projector screen that reads “Dance Data Project, Harriet Tubman Effect Institute, & Women Count” in a pastel blue above the title “Data is Revolutionary” in a light yellow. Six circles containing the headshots of the panelists dot the rest of the projection. Amidst the other seated speakers, Nancy Owen stands holding a microphone in her right hand. She leans forward toward the audience, eyes alight, mouth open in speech that slips through an excited smile. In the lower left corner of the frame, a bald man in a crisp blue suit brings the crook of his thumb and second finger to his chin at stage right. He looks out toward the audience with his chair angled away from the six panelists.
Photo: Victoria Detres
  • Interviews

Dance Leadership by the Numbers

Jennifer Passios

A Conversation with Elizabeth “Liza” Yntema of Dance Data Project®

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
  • thINKpieces

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.