Pas de Queer: Giselle, 2.0
Editor’s Note: The following is an adapted synopsis to Giselle, based on Kaitlyn’s first experience with the ballet when it was performed by the Joffrey Ballet last month. Their version…
Guest Contributors Carefully crafted, contained Salty Lark splits a bill with Philly’s Naked Stark
CHICAGO —This past weekend Madeleine Reber and her company Salty Lark Dance shared a split bill called 664 Miles with Philadelphia-based choreographer Katherine Kiefer Stark’s company The Naked Stark at…
Life after Scantron: On practical and oral assessment in higher education
Note: This post is not about dance, but easily could be. Assessment and measuring achievement in college and high school dance programs can be tricky business, and in my “day…
Lauren Warnecke Pas de Queer: A gender neutral grand allegro
A few months ago, something cool happened in ballet class. TEACHER: “After the pirouette, ladies: tombé, pas de bourree, glissade, jeté. Men: tombé pas de bourre, . Got it?” Teacher…
Movement Matters: An Interview with Jose Santiago Perez
Movement Matters is a monthly column by Michael Workman that investigates performers whose work intersects politics, policy, and issues related to the body as the locus of socio-cultural dialogues on…
Happy Birthday, Art Intercepts! You’re a beautiful disaster, and I just can’t quit you.
It was maybe 2011 when I reconsidered the name Art Intercepts. My thought process went something like: There’s no “dance” in the name. I obviously have nothing to do with…
Contemporary, classical works and a holiday favorite to fill Madison Ballet’s season
MADISON, WI — Wisconsin’s Madison Ballet will usher in the 2017-2018 season with a variety of mixed-repertory performances and its annual production of The Nutcracker – a lineup of programming…
Pas de Queer: So, what’s your type?
Editor‘s Note: I’m so delighted to introduce Kaitlyn Dessoffy as a contributor to Art Intercepts, writing a new column called “Pas de Queer”. Kaitlyn will be sharing their personal experiences…
Movement Matters: An Interview with ALEXA GRÆ
Movement Matters is a monthly column by Michael Workman that investigates performers whose work intersects politics, policy, and issues related to the body as the locus of socio-cultural dialogues on…
Movement Matters: An interview with Kiam Marcelo Junio
Movement Matters is a monthly column by Michael Workman that investigates performers whose work intersects politics, policy, and issues related to the body as the locus of socio-cultural dialogues on…