NYC's Upcoming Season is Full of Powerful Women

Maybe it’s just by chance, but it seems like the upcoming lineup in New York City is designed to remind us of the women giants of our field. What a great welcome to the new season! • Twyla Tharp brings new and old work to the Joyce. She may be the most prolific living choreographer […]

Why Okwui Okpokwasili Won't Call Herself a Dancer

It seems like everyone in New York’s experimental dance scene is talking about Okwui Okpokwasili right now. Her multidisciplinary work Poor People’s TV Room is in the middle of a much buzzed-about two-week run at New York Live Arts. But although the dance world loves her, Okpokwasili is hesitant to call herself a dancer. In […]

Why Sonya Tayeh Hasn't Slept This Month

I’ll admit it: I’ve been a Sonya Tayeh fangirl since I was a teen. Like many aspiring dancers from areas of the country where dance is a less appreciated art form, I watched “So You Think You Can Dance?” religiously. Living in a town hundreds of miles from anything remotely resembling contemporary dance, Tayeh’s first […]

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