It’s no wonder Yeman Brown was nominated for a 2017 Outstanding Performer Bessie for his performance in Reggie Wilson’s Citizen. Amidst the marathon of broken-up solos, Brown flies through the lightning-fast choreography. His movement is both gestural and athletic—not to mention deeply poetic—and is driven by a particular force which exudes a matter-of-fact command of […]

What goes into a choreographer’s decision to use nudity onstage?   Photos from top left, clockwise: Ekman’s Triptych, by courtesy Ekman; Bell’s Beautiful Beast, by Jubal Battisti, courtesy Bell; Chouinard’s bODY_reMIX, by Marie Chouinard, courtesy Chouinard; Bokaer’s Filter, courtesy Bokaer. Seeing dancers perform naked can be shocking, exciting and uncomfortable. Yet onstage nudity can also […]