Critical Correspondence
Janine Antoni in conversation with Abigail Levine
Artist Janine Antoni speaks of her recent engagement with dance and with choreographers, including Annie B, Parson, Jill Sigman, Stephen Petronio and Anna Halprin. Antoni describes herself as new to dance, although her artistic practice has always centered on the body. Movement improvisation, she says, acts as an accelerator of her artistic process; when she […]
Performa 09: parades & changes, reenactment at DTW
by Ursula Eagly I just read a Japanese postmodern novel from the 80s. In true pomo form, the author (a poet) has written himself into the book. He teaches poetry at a poetry school, and he admits he has little to teach: “When I read a poem, I respond to it in one of two […]
Correspondence from Daniel Linehan, PARTS #1
by Daniel Linehan This past September, Daniel Linehan began the two-year Research Cycle at PARTS in Brussels. He will periodically contribute posts to CC about his responses to performance in Brussels. Correspondence from Brussels #1: Halprin, Brown, and Burrows Re-Enacted — Thoughts on Enactment and Re-Enactment Before the Show: This week at the Kaaitheater in […]
