Wendy Perron
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Author, The Grand Union: Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance; dance history teacher at Juilliard; editor at large, Dance Magazine. Opinions are my own.
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Adding my research to the current attention the Harlem Renaissance in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York Times Arts, here's my essay, researched over years, about dance in the Renaissance: eakinspress.com/danceindex/ and scroll down. Dance Studies Association
On this day in 1912, Lucas Hoving was born. He was instrumental in Pina Bausch's journey to The Juilliard School Limon Dance Company and NYC. Here is the complete history of her time here: wendyperron.com/pina-bausch-at… Dance Studies Association
David Zambrano, improvisor extraordinaire, presents "leadership in the form of a group web. In science, cells do not need a protein leader to create life." Here's a shot by Arnaud Beelen of his workshop at Tictac Art Centre in Brussels.
Cover subject Dance Magazine : Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of Urban Bush Women and 2015 Dance Magazine Awardee, passes the torch in a peaceful transition of leadership: dancemagazine.com/#gsc.tab=0
Happening this week, On Buried Ground: Shayla-Vie Jenkins and Angela Bey bring life to African Americans buried at a church in Philly The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage neighborhood-house.com/projects/on-bu…
From an interview The Brooklyn Rail : Trisha Brown Dance Company "was always looking for combustion and moments where certain kind of forms bump up against each other." — Cory Olinghouse with Gillian Jakab brooklynrail.org/2018/12/dance/…
Commemorating those lost on Sept 11, 2001, The annual Table of Silence by BuglisiDanceTheatre was again performed Lincoln Center. This beautiful ritual features the great Terese Capucilli. Ph Paul B. Goode
Was disappointed that the debate barely mentioned the environment, so I'm happy to see Seaport Museum will participate in upcoming Climate Week Climate Group southstreetseaportmuseum.org/climate-week-n…
Robert Johnson's fascinating review of the Ballets Russes exhibit The Morgan tells the crucial role that visual art played in Diaghilev's groundbreaking company dance-enthusiast.com/features/day-i…
"When activists came marching and banging on the doors, I wanted to be on the other side to let them in." —Kamala Harris, "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey" Penguin Books
Just rediscovered this article about the archives Trisha Brown Dance Company going to The Library for Performing Arts by Siobhan Burke . I can vouch for how Trisha erased her own work, back in the 70s. nytimes.com/2020/09/16/art…