Articles from the ‘Essays’ collection

A series of black and white cut out images of naked bodies in various positions.

Going Naked

Onstage nudity served as free content for pornographic websites affects performers disproportionately and raises questions about artistic freedom and ownership of one’s own image in the digital era.

June 16, 2025  |  Read Article

A dancer sits on the floor of a gray room with his chin on a chair. Another dancer lies on the floor. There are several mannequins made of plastic in the space.

Making The Field Work

Charlie Slender-White, Artistic Director of FACT/SF in San Francisco, centers the dancer in all his work, driving multiple programs called Fieldwork that help the San Francisco dance scene thrive.

May 9, 2025  |  Read Article

A line of dancers stand one in front of another with arms gently extended to their sides in front of a civil rights monument.

Connecting Dance and City Planning

Brittany Delany, co-founder of GROUND SERIES, a dance and social justice collective, connects dance and city planning through site-specific performance illuminating civil rights monuments in Riverside, CA.

April 21, 2025  |  Read Article