Gathering voices in contemporary Black American dance, this collection of conversations and dialogues among practitioners, scholars, and thinkers explores the current landscape and lasting legacy of this vital area of American performance.
In advance of staging this new work in America, Trajal Harrell sat down for an exploration of working in Europe, Japanese butoh dance, and the vital importance of presenting weakness on stage.
An exploration into the decades-spanning work of pioneering dance innovator Dianne McIntyre, Veta Goler talks with the artist about how avant-garde jazz, perspectives of African American culture, and the use of improvisation have formed her decades of collaboration.
In advance of their newest Walker commissioned work A Plot/A Scandal, Ligia Lewis joined her sister and dramaturge, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, for a conversation on family, performance, and how resistance appears through the body as traces of history.
In advance of embarking on a multi-year residency with the Walker Art Center and Northrop, movement artist Shamel Pitts considers how our futures are not predetermined by the past.
