Nene Humphrey
Nene Humphrey became interested in the practice of Victorian mourning braiding—in which jewelry and keepsakes were made using the hair of departed loved ones—when coping with the death of her…
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Learning from LA/LA: Critical Pedagogy at Pacific Standard Time
Three remarkable exhibitions showcase heterogeneous tactics for aesthetic and political organizing through dialogical exchange, pedagogical intervention, and embodied acts of resistance.
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Honoring Songs: A Benefit for Spiderwoman Theater
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…
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The World’s a Stage: L.A. Dance Project Live-Streams from Marfa
Intent on attracting new audiences and pushing the limits of live performance, choreographer Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project live-streamed a series of performances at Donald Judd's Chinati Fou…
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All Together
The displacement of fixed centers and rigid boundaries is a consistent theme in "Merce Cunningham: Common Time," an exhibition on view concurrently this spring at two museums: the Walker Art Center…
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Theater of Cruelty: 3-Legged Dog’s Racial Spectacle
To say that racism in this country already has a national stage would be an understatement. The New York–based production company 3-Legged Dog has decided to dramatize such intolerance with 3/Fifths…
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(Un)Controlled Violence: A Chris Burden Documentary
Chris Burden liked to walk around with the barrel of a loaded Uzi tucked between his butt cheeks. He proudly describes this habit in a 1981 performance clip included in Burden, a new biopic on the…
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Get Free: Music and Gender at MoMA PS1
The three afternoons of performances for “Between 0 and 1” attempted to convey the energy and sound of those spaces, featuring appearances by icons like Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Terre Thaemlitz…
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Ritual Work
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. …
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Feminism, Live: Debate as Theater
What might feminism's present learn from feminism's past? This question is especially urgent after the terrifying first weeks of Trump's presidency. Some answers may be gleaned from The Town Hall Affa…
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Rolling Stone
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