By Kristen Lawson “I’m asked, ‘How do you go from flying to dancing?’ To me it seems natural; both need space and yield new concepts of it… And both can become pure action in which self-awareness vanishes, leaving unearthly joy.” Onstage with Martha Graham follows the story of its author, Stuart Hodes, and his decades-long
By Jenn Edwards A ballet dancer performs a solo among the ruins of Palmyra, a historical site in Syria destroyed by ISIS. Palestinian children dance like butterflies in ballet class as an escape from the harsh everyday realities of war. French street protesters break out into a performance of the Macarena. These are a handful
By Rebecca Karpus Sunlight spills through the window and into the white studio. The live accompaniment is quiet, yet intense. As the piano improvisation builds, one dancer slowly begins to move through the space. She walks among the group and then intentionally brushes past another dancer, as a cue to join. Intuitively, the cycle continues,