Category: Points of View
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I Want/I Vomit
On May 12, 2015, Gibney Dance hosted a panel titled “Dance Criticism in New York.” The event was moderated by dance writer and blogger Eva Yaa Assantewaa and included fellow dance writers Rose Ann Thom, Jaime Shearn Coan, A. Nia Austin-Edwards, Siobhan Burke, Charmaine Warren and myself. The discussion asked many questions about the current…
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Kimberly Bartosik’s “Ecsteriority4 (Part 2)” @ Abrons Arts Center
Lydia and Kimberly discuss violence, rigor, legacy, collaborators, taxidermy forms, and the making of “Ecsteriority4 (Part 2).”
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Writings: Danspace Project’s PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets
Emmanuel Iduma reflects on Danspace Project’s PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets.
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Outcry!
Problematizing The Wooster Group’s CRY, TROJANS!
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Daily Life, Everlasting Nonsense
I saw Witness Relocation’s Daily Life Everlasting by Charles Mee at LaMama. Then I wrote a poem.
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Looking for Work in All the Wrong Places Or: How I Stopped Believing in Unicorns and Learned to Ride a Horse
Alexander Leslie Thompson on un/under/semi-employment and the power of community.
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Modern Dance Is Not A Pyramid Scheme: Tere O’ Connor Responds
Culturebot on DanceUSA’s e-journal article “Is American Modern Dance a Pyramid Scheme?” Part I
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Theatre Shop Talk Abounds at “Crisis to Creation: A Town Hall on the Future of NYC Performing Arts”
“Theatre is about bringing people together. It’s not easy, it’s not cheap, and it takes a lot of work.”
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The subjectivity of good: Ayad Ahktar’s The Invisible Hand
A long form interview about Ayad Ahktar’s The Invisible Hand
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Seeing Double
Stormy and Tara on Alex Rodabaugh and Rakiya Orange in a split bill curated by Miguel Gutierrez for Gibney’s DoublePlus.
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Letter from the Editors
A belated hello from Culturebot’s new Editors, Lydia Mokdessi and Sarah Rose Leonard
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DANCE AS POLITICAL REFUGE
Michael Kliën on dancing on Hydra