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Judson Has Left the Building
By Karen Sherman The remarkable force of Howard’s personality encouraged us to try to better the world. –David Epstein, playwright Last month, on a Saturday morning, I went to two churches. The first was Judson, ...
Chocolate Factory Diptych
By Marissa Perel LIVING THE LEOPARD LIFE Centripetal Run by Aki Sasamoto, November 28 – December 1 Aki Sasamoto sets up radical obstacles for herself with her sculptures*. It’s about an unwieldy experience: she ...
Shifting Positions: Notes On Identity & Judson Dance Theater
By Marissa Perel “The body is the very grounds on which social and public identity is fought.” – Julia Bryan-Wilson[i] In the year 2000, I learned of Judson Dance Theater from friends at George Washington ...
Skin Deep
By Kathy Wasik Last weekend, I danced in Deborah Hay’s Blues, a work presented as part of a series curated by the choreographer Ralph Lemon at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. ...
Ooldstres Meet the Pumpkin King
by Christine Shan Shan Hou Gertrude Stein once said in a radio interview: “if you enjoy it, you understand it.” I return to this statement every now and again, like a lucky charm. I have ...
Performance at the Beginning of the 21st Century
By Aaron Mattocks Download a copy of this essay “On that glittery globe called the art world, performance is an impoverished country, generally unsupported by prestigious museums and rich collectors.” So wrote Cynthia Carr in ...
Einstein for the First Time
By Siobhan Burke The performance begins before it begins when I am on the train. I have 11 minutes but I need at least 16. Or earlier, this morning, when lost in thought, mid-cereal, ...