Tag Archives: dance

Art21 Extended Play

Carrie Mae Weems Commemorates Black Lives

by Ian Forster | Aug 9, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Carrie Mae Weems Commemorates Black Lives

by Ian Forster | Aug 9, 2016

In a new ART21 “Exclusive,” Carrie Mae Weems stages a performance that honors the deaths of black men in the U.S.

Center Field: Art in the Middle

The Sensation of Un-thought Thoughts: An Interview with Simone Forti

by Caroline Picard | Mar 1, 2016

Center Field: Art in the Middle

The Sensation of Un-thought Thoughts: An Interview with Simone Forti

by Caroline Picard | Mar 1, 2016

Caroline Picard interviews experimental dancer, choreographer, and writer Simone Forti, who recently held a two-day workshop at Northwestern University entitled “Thinking with the Body.”

Representing Gender for Ballet’s Next Generation

by Robert Binet | Jan 12, 2016

Representing Gender for Ballet’s Next Generation

by Robert Binet | Jan 12, 2016

Ballet is perhaps the most gendered of all art forms. Male and female dancers are trained differently from an early age and are expected to emerge in the profession with …

Art21 New York Close Up

Welcome to Whoop Dee Doo! (with Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren Too)

by Wesley Miller | Jun 1, 2015

Art21 New York Close Up

Welcome to Whoop Dee Doo! (with Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren Too)

by Wesley Miller | Jun 1, 2015

In a new “New York Close Up” film, artists Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche produce a one-day-only performance of their variety show, Whoop Dee Doo, at Abrons Arts Center.

Season 7 Preview: Joan Jonas

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 20, 2014

Season 7 Preview: Joan Jonas

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 20, 2014

In this preview from ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7, Joan Jonas conducts a rehearsal for a reconfigured version of her early performance work, Mirror Piece I (1969).

Autophagy: translating science through artistic expression

by Laurel Thomas Gnagey | Mar 31, 2014

Autophagy: translating science through artistic expression

by Laurel Thomas Gnagey | Mar 31, 2014

Guest contributor Laurel Thomas Gnagey looks at an art/science collaboration explaining a complex cellular function called autophagy.

Art21 Extended Play

Janine Antoni and Stephen Petronio Blur Lines

by Ian Forster | Mar 7, 2014

Art21 Extended Play

Janine Antoni and Stephen Petronio Blur Lines

by Ian Forster | Mar 7, 2014

In today’s Exclusive, filmed in 2013, artist Janine Antoni and choreographer Stephen Petronio discuss their collaborative process.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Talking with Sarah Michelson about “Devotion Study #1” at the Whitney Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Apr 13, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Talking with Sarah Michelson about “Devotion Study #1” at the Whitney Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Apr 13, 2012

Sarah Michelson discusses the ideas and concepts leading her to create Devotion Study #1, a dance developed specifically for the Whitney Biennial.