A group of performers stand in rows outside on the street. They are blindfolded and bring a hand to their mouths. They are yelling.

Urgent Demands, Urgent Responses

Bay Area-based writer and dancer Marlena Gittleman shares her empowering experience at a workshop with Colectivo LASTESIS, the feminist Chilean performance art collective.

December 15, 2025  |  Read Article

Contemporary Dance: From High Art to Fringe

Erin Kilmurray is a contemporary dance artist who straddles the “high” world of concert dance and the “low” world of fringe art. She is a producer, director and dance-maker who presents work throughout Chicago, as well as the creator and director of The Fly Honey Show—a femme-power cabaret. This interview […]

January 5, 2017  |  Read Article

The Making of a Monument

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT “Hi Donna, this is Emmaly. I met you this morning as part of your performance art piece. I’m calling because I thought we were supposed to meet at 5pm to place your blood in a ravine.” This was by far the oddest introduction I had ever made […]

July 7, 2014  |  Read Article

Perspectives on Performance Art in South Africa

An Interview with Gavin Krastin BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Gavin Krastin is a South African performance artist and is presenting his newest work, #omnomnom, at the National Arts Festival. Emmaly Wiederholt: Can you tell me about your piece, #omnomnom? Gavin Krastin: Food is very symbolic. Where do we get our food […]

July 3, 2014  |  Read Article