Critical Correspondence
Maya Stovall in Conversation with Biba Bell
A “radical ballerina,” PhD candidate in anthropology at Wayne State University, and fourth generation Detroiter, Maya Stovall re-imagines the politics and aesthetics of dance through the question of where it might land on/as site of the liquor store. Liquor Store Theater negotiates the right to the city while inserting discussions of race, privilege, […]
Richard Move in conversation with Abigail Levine
In 1996, five years after Martha Graham’s death, Richard Move began summoning her to the stage, using his own body as the medium for her performance. Move refers to the dances he performs as Graham’s works, although he has always engaged in a process of “de-reconstruction” of the choreography, making them his own creations as […]
Diana Crum in conversation with Lindsey Drury
Choreographer/performer/teacher Diana Crum talks with dance maker/performance artist Lindsey Drury about creating new contexts for making and presenting work, “site specific” dance, non-sustainable economy, Diana’s “If I tell myself I have enough time, then I can be with you,” presented in September 2012 in Prospect Park, and creating performances that listen.
Take-Out Performance: Minouk Lim in conversation with Jody Wood
Artist Jody Wood talks with video/performance artist Minouk Lim at a cafe near Minouk’s studio in Seoul, South Korea. “We are all born into a theatre. I even consider the womb to be a stage–a liquid theatre,” says Lim in their discussion of art, politics, and the notion of video as a “take-out performance.” Minouk Lim’s upcoming solo show at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis runs from May 31 – September 2, 2012.
MR Festival 2008: “I Don’t Know, It Must Be Theater”: Site-Specific Performance Rampage by Tonya Plank
by Tonya Plank MR Festival Spring 2008: Somewhere Out There On Friday night I took part in the mad fun Performance Rampage, a
site-specific performance tour of downtown Manhattan wending from the
Dance Theater Workshop in Chelsea to the Judson Memorial Church in the
Village. The tour was led by Jennifer Miller and partner, dressed in
gauzy white skirts […]
Creating an Atmosphere
by Clarinda Mac Low A hill, a lot of barking dogs, a funeral home, a chilly little hut, a modern rickshaw. How do you set a scene? A select group of people, a secret instruction, a cinematic purview in Prospect Park. What exactly is happening? Do I care? In performance the what is often subsumed […]
