Jennifer Edwards

This weekend I watched The Co(te)lette Film, an award-winning film by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) and choreographed by Ann Van den Broek, recently released on iTunes by TenduTV. Rarely has a piece of art allowed me to draw on the information around me, not because the work...

"... a fascinating interplay of human, machine, and movement."
-- Ella Baff, Executive and Artisic Director, Jacob's Pillow

On March 24th, Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA will co-present Chunky Move in Connected, a contemporary dance and moving sculptural work and...

Today, Thursday March 15, spoken word/hip hop theater artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph's red, black & GREEN: a blues opens at the Walker Art Center. red, black & GREEN: a blues was commissioned by the Walker as a performative/experiential iteration of Joseph's community work, specifically the Life...

My very first love was, is, and always will be dance. With that in mind, I decided to pay homage to both the art form and a few of the types of relationships I've experienced over the years.

Dance, to me is the embodiment of emotion -- it is an...

"... It's ballet plain and simple," reflected Charles Askegard, as he relaxed in an open repose, wide and easy as if gazing across Lake Superior in his home state, Minnesota. We were seated around a table at Casa Nonna, near the theater district in Manhattan, and close to

This piece was written in collaboration with Hannah Krafcik.

The Walker Art Center's ten-day celebration, "The Next Stage: Merce Cunningham at the Walker Art Center," opens this coming Friday, October 28th, and runs through Sunday, November 6th. This celebration symbolizes the end of a collaboration between...

Congolese performing artist Faustin Linyekula has been touring the U.S. Fresh from Yerba Buena Performing Arts Center, Calif., and the Walker Art Center, Minn., he brings more, more, more... future to New York City for The Kitchen's "Crossing the Line" festival this week, Oct...

This week All Is Not Lost, a new interactive dance / music video performed by members of the band OK GO and dancers from Pilobolus was released on YouTube for use in Google Chrome. The work gives viewers license to leave a comment in[side]...

This has been an exciting week for three dance organizations -- and there is a common and unlikely thread that ties their accomplishments together: geography.

Chicago, Thursday morning July 14: the annual Dance / USA conference opened with a key note speech by writer Pico Iyer....

June 1st marks the opening of a new and different breed of dance festival at The Joyce Theater NYC. Gotham Arts Exchange kicks off the summer with the 2-week Gotham Dance Festival, a diversely layered program that showcases both emerging and nationally renowned choreographers.

"New York City has long been central in the history and development of contemporary dance. If we value dance as an art form, we must commit to supporting the development of dance artists and their work, particularly with regard to workspace needs for creative growth, research and development".

I just read Tim Robbin's open letter to Congress. Here are my 2 cents -- from a mom / choreographer / culture critic.

Watching television might not have been an option in my childhood without the following programs: Sesame Street, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, and Great Performances. When I...

My son plays World of Warcraft. He is one of more than 12 million subscribers, according to the game's creator, Blizzard Entertainment. As a concerned parent, I know all the statistics: doctors claim anywhere from 10% of the population to 40% of Warcraft players are addicted...

On Wednesday afternoon, I took part in a Dance /USA webinar, presented by their initiative / think tank 'Engaging Dance Audiences', of which I am a member. As I listened to the presenters, Sydney Skybetter and Rebecca Krause-Hardie, I was reminded of...

A hot topic in the arts world today is audience engagement: how do we satisfy existing supporters while developing new fan bases? Perhaps the buzz word is exposure, and what better way to deliver art to people on-the-go than iTunes.

TenduTV's founder Marc Kirschner is speaking...

I began my conversation with Gus Solomons Jr. by saying, "as a dancer, age is such a..."

"MYTH!" Solomons interjected. And then, grimacing, he added, "age is such a reality."

January 1, 2011...

Fact: there are over 81 million young people unemployed worldwide and youth unemployment stands at over 18% in the US. And, Scott Gerber, entrepreneur and author of Never Get a Real Job, reminds us that "this number does not account for the tens --...

"Performance is where the parts of me [Haitian -- anthropologist -- professor -- singer -- writer] integrate. When I perform this piece I am wholly human and meet the audience on that visceral level."

photo credit: Andy-Vernon Jones

As Gina Athena Ulysse...

Regarding the issue that is drawing most attention in Mr. Macaulay's original article on NYC Ballet's production of the Nutcracker and in his subsequent piece, "Judging the Bodies of Ballet" -- his comments on the dancers' physical appearance -- I am compelled to ask that we...

"To me, criticism is about reconciling heart and head." Alastair Macaulay, from an interview in Ballet Magazine 2010

On November 28th The New York Times released Alastair Macaulay's review of New York City Ballet's performance of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. This piece has stirred up quite a controversy...