A Study of Grandeur

By Julia Cost A Study of grandeur Part I On my way home at night, I pass a castle A man is stretched across the doorstep spotlit Part II On the escalator, a woman, pink pants, white turban Races halfway up and sits down Metal throne ascending into blinding white […]

April 26, 2012  |  Read Article

An Interview with CounterPULSE’s Julie Phelps

CounterPULSE’s “May Day” is coming up May 3-5, celebrating CounterPULSE’s seven years of supporting experimental artists. The bill features a variety of local performers, ranging from Sara Shelton Mann to Marga Gomez. In order to learn more about CounterPULSE, I interviewed Program Director Julie Phelps. Emmaly Wiederholt: How did you […]

April 23, 2012  |  Read Article

The Bunion: Art, Dart… or Fart!

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAGGIE STACK The Bunion presents: Art, Dart… or Fart! An appraisal of dance through the decades. ~~     Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring: People rioting, horses trampling, what a stink. FART!           Anna Pavlova in The Dying Swan: Let’s help a […]

April 16, 2012  |  Read Article

A Study of Unison

By Julia Cost when i love unison I like watching how faces wear the evening the crease of skin between eye and nose drawing vaguely tighter making everyone look a little more vulnerable, a little more animal I like heavy rain too That the man and woman arguing on a […]

April 12, 2012  |  Read Article

The Generosity of an Older Generation

By Emmaly Wiederholt It’s the difference between showing and sharing, the difference between displaying everything and hiding nothing, the difference between proving you have the guts to make a fool out of yourself and indifferently playing the fool. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of intention or maturity, or […]

April 9, 2012  |  Read Article