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Steve Paxton

Off center, an old woman sits on a metal chair in front of white curtains. Her hands sit comfortably on top of her stomach, and she smiles mischievously at the camera.
Photo: Ron Wyman
  • Interviews

Becoming “Not You” in Action Theater: An Interview with Skye Hughes

Brendan McCall

Skye Hughes talks about her experience with Action Theater

On the right, a man sits in a red kayak with his back to the camera. He wears a green shirt. A white rope is tied to the back of his kayak and reaches out of the frame. He is on a lake heavily grown in with green plants. The water is blue and still. There is a mountain in the distance.
Photo:Rachel Keane
  • Reviews, thINKpieces

All That History in Those Very Seats

Emilee Lord

Steve Paxton remembered

Photo: Emilee Lord
  • News

Steve Paxton (1939-2024) from the tD Archive

Emilee Lord

Remembering and honoring this leader in our field.

Photo: Tom Berthiaume
  • Reviews

The Grand Union—They Were Their Own Material

Leslie Bush

Wendy Perron explores the Grand Union’s six years of anarchism from the inside.

Photo: Lila Hurwitz
  • thINKpieces

Walking Into Heartbreak: Remembering Nancy Stark Smith

K.J. Holmes

Nancy danced in her body and in her words.

Photo: Carolyn Lee
  • thINKpieces

Reflections on Nancy Stark Smith, Collaborating Founder of Contact Improvisation, part 2

Jonathan Stein

Teaching us to embrace the unknown and not to take ourselves too seriously.

Photo: Bill Arnold
  • thINKpieces

Reflections on Nancy Stark Smith, Collaborating Founder of Contact Improvisation, part 1

Jonathan Stein

Nancy’s legacy is to show us a different way to make art.

Photo: Paula Court
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Back to Earth Again and Again

Andrew Sargus Klein

A book of prose by Steve Paxton that could be mistaken for a collection of poetry.

Photo: Julia Fisher
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Welcome to the Backyard

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Wherever they are—one or the other—I want to be, I want to see. They carry me, as they carry one another.

Photo: Megan Bridge
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Lessons from the Backyard

Beau Hancock

A dialogue between Megan Bridge and Beau Hancock, on working with Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson at Mad Brook Farm.