Issue #33

Contents

• 2 EDITORS’ LETTERS TRAJAL HARRELL, DANIELLE GOLDMAN
• 3 NEWS
• 4 CI36 BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA NANCY STARK SMITH AND MELINDA BUCKWALTER (CONTACT QUARTERLY EDITORS)
• 5 CROSSING THE LINE 2008: TRANSFIGURING CULTURES
• 5 NEW YORK DEBUT: CHRISTIAN RIZZO
• 6 NOT ABOUT IRAQ: VICTORIA MARKS JILL SIGMAN
• 8 PRODUCTION MEETING: PETER JACOBS & DEAN MOSS
• 10 TRACES OF TECHNIQUE: SOLDIERS, DANCERS AND BASIC TRAINING VICTORIA ANDERSON DAVIES
• 12 STOLEN ARTicle (FROM PARTICIPATION: DOCUMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ART) LYGIA CLARK, HELIO OITICICA
• 14 JOHN JASPERSE DEFIES THE MYSTIQUE, BRINGING THE DOWN DANCE 'REAL’ WORLD TO BAM CRISTIANE BOUGER
• 15 FAUSTIN LINYEKULA: FESTIVAL OF LIES SUSANNA SLOAT
• 16 MY FIRST RITES, AN IMMERSION EXPERIENCE DANA SALISBURY
• 17 MR 30TH ANNIVERSARY PORTFOLIO Part 1
• 25 COVER ARTIST PORTFOLIO: RALPH LEMON
• INTERVIEW: RALPH LEMON TRAJAL HARRELL
• RALPH LEMON’S YOUNG BALDWIN DRAWINGS ANTHONY ALLEN
• RALPH LEMON AND THE BUCK DANCE KATHERINE PROFETA
• THE EFFLORESENCE OF RALPH LEMON PEGGY PHELAN
• RALPH LEMON’S SEARCH FOR A PRIVATE NIRVANA ANNA KISSELGOFF
• 35 CIRCUS AMOK

Editorial team

Trajal Harrell

Editor-in-Chief

Danielle Goldman

Guest Co-Editor

Rachel Bernsen

Managing Editor

Cristiane Bouger, Dana Salisbury, Jill Sigman

Contributing Editors

Clarinda Mac Low

Copy Editors

Tim Murray

PJ Intern

Troy Lambert/AFROBlu

Graphic Design

Matthew Heggem

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