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Kun-Yang Lin

Male dance artist Kun-Yang Lin balances on one leg in flowing red silk, hands flexed gracefully, looking downward while holding a poised dance pose.
Photo: Bill H
  • Interviews

To Move in the In-Between: The Legacy of Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers

Lauren Berlin

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, among the country’s top Asian American dance companies, marks its final season with a lasting legacy.

three dancers with large white blankets of tulle fabric pull them across each other, the camera catches them in a blurry flurry of motion. each dancer looks toward a different direction, arms to the sky. the photograph is a wash of the transparent tulle.
Photo: Rob Li Photography
  • Reviews

the wave of ending and beginning

desire amaiya

with the world so uncertain and art requiring more cherishing than ever, Lin cherishes the dancers and the giving act of perf

Photo: RobLi Photography
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Kun-Yang Lin / Dancers: Occupying The Spaces Between

Kalila Kingsford Smith

In preparation for his upcoming performance, SANCTUARY, Kun-Yang Lin deconstructs his creative philosophy.

Photo: Bill Hebert
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Belonging at Home

Kalila Kingsford Smith

I am reminded that dance works more like poetry than like news.

Photo: Frank Bicking
  • Reviews

To delight and to rot

Kat J. Sullivan

An aesthetic response to The Ripening Suite

Photo: Kenn Duncan
  • Interviews

Mary Anthony: A Great Teacher Will Never Die

Kalila Kingsford Smith

I first met Mary Anthony when I was sixteen years old...at the age of 89, she was teaching a vibrantly physical class that left me winded.

Photo: Johanna Austin (DaDaDance Project)
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Philadelphia Dance Community On The National Scene

Julie B. Johnson

How a close-knit arts community represents itself to NPN's nationwide audience.

Photo: Ian Foster
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Philadelphia’s Thriving Showcase Series Scene

Amelia Longo

Showcase series provide a platform for bold new performances that might otherwise go unseen, as well as interesting ways to engage audiences.

Photo: Bill Hebert
  • Reviews

What Have We Done?—“Beyond the Bones Revisited (2002/12)”

Kirsten Kaschock

Branches are the dead parts of the tree....branches can also be used to build.

Photo: Matthew Wright
  • Interviews

Hope in Song: Kun-Yang Lin Reflects

Ellen Gerdes

thINKingDANCE writer Ellen Gerdes recently met with choreographer Kun-Yang Lin to discuss his work Beyond the Bones.