I spoke to choreographer Ivy Baldwin about losing her friend, muse, and dance partner Lawrence Cassella. The new work she created in his memory, Keen [No. 2], runs through June 11 at Abrons Arts Center. (The New York Times)
Staying Alive →
On choreographers leaving us, their dances staying. A response to the death of Trisha Brown, the Walker Art Center's exhibition Merce Cunningham: Common Time, and my own experience of studying the Cunningham technique. (Open Space)
A Sanctuary for Solange →
A review of Solange's An Ode To at the Guggenheim. (The New York Times)
Dispatch from Danspace and Dia:Beacon →
Reviews of Koma's The Ghost Festival at Danspace Project and works by François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea at Dia:Beacon. (The New York Times)
No More Gang Rape Scenes in Ballets, Please →
After seeing Alexei Ratmansky's Odessa at New York City Ballet, I wrote about gratuitous depictions of violence against women in ballet and feeling like I've seen enough. (The New York Times)
On Claudia Rankine & Will Rawls →
I spoke to poet Claudia Rankine and choreographer Will Rawls about What Remains, their new collaboration that opens at Bard College on Thursday, April 27. The work is part of We're Watching, Bard's multidisciplinary exhibition on surveillance. (The New York Times)
Review: Abby Z's "Abandoned Playground" →
On Abby Zbikowski's dance show / extreme sporting event at Abrons Arts Center. (The New York Times)
Blurring Bodies and Genres in Protest →
A profile of performer / writer / choreographer / director Okwui Okpokwasili, who says of her new work, Poor People's TV Room, "I'm looking for mysteries, looking for some useful confusion." (The New York Times)
Critic's Notebook: The Work of Dancing →
A review of pieces by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Ursula Eagly, and Aynsley Vandenbroucke: three meditations on the work of dancing. (The New York Times)
From Aerobics Studio to Stage →
A story about husband-and-wife performance art duo Yackez — Larissa and Jon Velez-Jackson, aka Twitta and Papi Jon — and their biggest show yet, Give It To You Stage, which features students from Larissa's older adult fitness classes. (The New York Times)
On Emily Coates and Boomerang →
A review of Emily Coates's Incarnations at Danspace and Boomerang's This Is a Forge at the 92nd Street Y's Harkness Dance Festival. (The New York Times)
Stance on Dance Interview →
I was interviewed by Emmaly Wiederholt for her blog Stance On Dance, which is celebrating its fifth birthday with a series on dance writing. Read our interview here, and check out Emmaly's conversations with The Dance Enthusiast's Trina Mannino and Seattle Weekly's Sandi Kurtz.