Dancing on the Human Condition
Carolyn Dorfman is a thinker. Ideas as much as movement drive her choreography. She attributes her philosophical bent to her formative years as the...
See Jane Bully, See Mary Cry
As a child, Rachel Simmons admits that she bullied others and was bullied herself. “I stood in half-lit empty hallways, a stairwell, the parking...
When a Chair Is Your Canvas
‘We told the artists to do whatever they want with the chairs; we asked them to please turn their chair into a work of...
Giving Contemporary Music Its Rightful Voice
Knowing that violinist Anne Akiko Meyers frequently includes contemporary music on her programs, I expect to harvest some telling remarks from her on the...
A Poet Looks at the 21st Century
Poet Charles Simic writes: "The devils inside us are poets; and so, luckily, are the angels." Over the decades, he has exemplified both –...