Swapping Ballet for Brushes: In Conversation with Painter Carlos Cortes
It was not an attractive face. From the corner of a booth at New York City’s Affordable Art Fair, I saw lopsided eyes, a spindly neck,...
Hiplet: Hip-Hop-Ballet or Neither?
The videos of young African-American girls body-rolling and hip thrusting across a dance studio in pointe shoes surfaced on my Facebook...
How to Save Ballet
Crystal Pite's Emergence begins with a woman quietly convulsing on the floor. Her whole body quakes as her partner—a shirtless hulking...
Dancing Max Richter
For the solo Nicole created on me for HATCH Presenting Series (April 30th, come!), my first performance with Buggé Ballet (pretty...