A look at recent curatorial changes at five downtown dance hubs.
Review: Two Works by Faustin Linyekula →
On the Congolese choreographer's In Search of Dinozord and Festival of Dreams.
Sarah Michelson's Cryptic Modes & Codes →
A preview of Michelson's September2017/\ at Bard College. (The New York Times)
WilldaBeast and Other Forces to Be Reckoned With →
A profile of hip-hop choreographer Will "WilldaBeast" Adams and his company, ImmaBEAST. (The New York Times)
A Graveyard? She's Danced There. →
An interview with Marlee Grace, aka @personalpractice, about dancing for Instagram (but really for herself) every day. (The New York Times)
A Choreographer Restakes Her Claim →
A preview of Emery LeCrone's new work for the Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival, looking at the financial challenges of being a freelance ballet choreographer. (The New York Times)
What Makes a Dance Queer? →
The EXPLODE! Queer Dance festival posed this and many other questions over four days of performances and talks curated by Clare Croft. I reviewed the final night, featuring works by Jennifer Harge, Thomas DeFrantz, Cleek Schrey and Nic Gareiss, and DD Dorvillier and Jennifer Monson, with host LaWhore Vagistan. (The New York Times)
Watching (and not) 'Desire Lines' →
My first piece for The Village Voice, on watching / not watching Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener's Desire Lines in Madison Square Park, part of Josiah McElheny's Prismatic Park installation.
Thinking Bodies / Dancing Neurons →
A preview of Jody Oberfelder's latest interactive work, The Brain Piece, created in collaboration with dancers and neuroscientists. (The New York Times)
The World's a Stage →
For Art in America’s website, a review of L.A. Dance Project's live broadcasts from the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX.
My Seven Seconds of 'Trio A' →
A personal account of learning seven seconds of Yvonne Rainer's Trio A for David Michalek's film installation Slow Dancing/Trio A. (The New York Times)
Review: Colin Dunne, Lars Jan →
A review of Irish dancer Colin Dunne in Edges of Light at Irish Arts Center and, nearby in Times Square, Lars Jan's Holoscenes, a meditation on climate change. (The New York Times)