Dance
In Conversation
ANH VO with J. Alex Mathews
Choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Anh Vo speaks with J. Alex Mathews about their newest work BABYLIFT, named after a fatal operation set to evacuate children to the United States during the Vietnam War. They discuss the tensions between performance and ritual; grief and pleasure; spectres and spectacle.
Continuation and the Break: Notes on Black Lives and Tap Dance
By Orlando HernándezIn a layered essay, Orlando Hernández weaves together the history and practice of tap dance with insights into pandemic, US anti-blackness, native theology, and Western time. An intimate look at the syncopated art form offers countering modes of arranging our experience.
Retreat from the Divided States of America
By Ivan TalijancicAfter a year of artistic stasis and isolation, Ivan Talijancic notices a trend of new international residencies dreamed up by New York artists. With tentative light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel, and a bleak political reality in America, three choreographers look to a hopeful future on foreign shores.
