"Between Bodies" contends with the influence of our existence on other human and nonhuman entities, as codependent entanglement or as catastrophic consequence.
A benefit for the Indigenous feminist performance group featured an intergenerational roster of musicians, storytellers, actors, and activists, all united by a sense of joy in sharing the work and pla…
Choreographer Trisha Brown died on March 18. Noted for early postmodern works that experimented with pedestrian movements and unusual performance venues, in the 1980s Brown returned to more convention…
Treating dance as a species of witchcraft, LA choreographer Nina McNeely brings New Age symbols, culturally diverse music, and staccato movement to her live performances and big-name music videos. …
In our September–October 1971 issue, Bessie-Award-winning dance critic and choreographer Deborah Jowitt describes "the new dance," a group of young dancers—including Yvonne Rainer, Merce Cunningham, T…
For its tenth season, the Crossing the Linefestival, presented by the French Institute Alliance Française, included films, dance, and interdisciplinary pieces performed across such disparate…
Merce Cunningham passed away at his home on Sunday night at the age of 90. Born in 1919 in Centralia, Washington, he had been for almost three-quarters of a centiry, a modern master of dance in Americ…