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Richard Move wears a tight sheer dress of a rich dark blue, with only their face, hands, and feet visible. Their legs are open wide, only the balls of the feet on the floor, and they extend their gripped hands to the left as they dramatically turn their head to the right. Fans of modern dance will recognize that this image is a recreation of the dance solo "Lamentations" by Martha Graham.
Photo: Josef Astor
  • Interviews

Being Martha at BAM

Brendan McCall

Richard Move on embodying Martha Graham in the 21st Century

A dancer stands in a wide lunge with arms reaching wide and palms facing upward as if she is scooping the air above her. She wears a geometric red and grey leotard with black pants and a line of white face paint framing her chin. She is doused in a deep red light.
Photo by Steven Pisano
  • Reviews

Garlic and Power at Out-FRONT! Fest.

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Angie Pittman and Kyle Marshall Choreography deliver a powerful split bill as part of the radical queer dance and film festiv

The image shows José Limón’s Scherzoa featuring four men in white pants, three of whom move in arched poses to the side with outstretched arms. The dancers are barefoot, showcasing fluidity and strength in their positions. At the center front, one performer sits on the floor playing a wooden drum, adding a dynamic element of live rhythm to the composition. The backdrop is a dark, neutral stage, drawing attention to the performers' motions and forms.
Photo by: Christopher Jones
  • Reviews

Less is More – An Evening with Limón Dance Company

Ziying Cui

The enduring artistry of mid-20th-century modern dance.

In a blank expanse, a boat, a small wooden toy piano, and several clocks of various sizes pointing to different times are illuminated. In the boat sits Terry Beck, an older white man in a velvet jacket with coiffed hair. His eyes are closed as he raises one hand to his cheek and the other to the sky.
Photo: Brian Mengini
  • Reviews

“My Story Begins Very Simply” | a career’s worth of dancing

Madeline Shuron

A meditative start to Temple’s 50th anniversary of the dance department

Two different performance photos split the image. On the right side, a person stands with their back to the camera facing a Taiko drum that they are playing on a stage next to a person dancing. They wear matching turquoise jumpsuits. There are more drums in the background. The image on the left shows a dancer with orange legwarmers standing in a second position lunge, holding cymbals with arms outstretched overhead. Another dancer in a blue leotard crouches in front of them.
Photo Courtesy of the Artist
  • Reviews

Sound Moves: an interchange of expertise in percussion and modern dance.

Caitlin Green

Sound Moves showcases a meeting ground for complimentary flavors of modern dance and percussion.

Photo: Skye Schmidt
  • Reviews

The Look of Love by Mark Morris delights at Penn Live Arts

Courtney Colón

A breezy love letter to Burt Bacharach

Photo: Courtesy of Jerome Robbins Dance Division
  • Interviews, Reviews

“Border Crossings” Reveals Historic Erasures in American Modern Dance

Emilee Lord

A revision of modern dance history centering artists marginalized and excluded.

Photo: James R. Perales
  • Book Reviews

Locating the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico

Amy Schofield

Reynoso gestures toward decolonial and pluriversal possibilities of mestizaje.

Photo: Courtesy of the artists
  • Reviews

If You Think You’re Going to Hell, Get Onstage Now

Ella-Gabriel Mason

In Fix Me, American and Egyptian gay men compare life experiences.

Photo: Maria Baranova
  • Reviews

Floored

Emilee Lord

Maybe you dance. You are a part of it.