I love dancers. I love them for their capacity to engage deeply with the materials of the present—what is here and where we are. What I love most is that dancers recognize this work isn’t about creating fixity or permanence, but instead the vital practice of renewing connection with ideas daily—figuring out how they might […]

Can choreography solve social conflict? Dana Caspersen thinks it might. A veteran dancer with Ballett Frankfurt—which was run by her husband, William Forsythe—Caspersen now uses movement to help people around the world navigate disputes. She promotes conflict resolution through teaching, writing and coaching, and develops choreographic methods that let groups address differences in nonverbal ways. […]