Dance Criticism

I started yoga after dancing professionally. I needed something to fulfill the passion I had experienced through dance, and yoga gave me that and MOR. One of my dance colleagues first introduced me to the practice in the early ’80s. As it turns out, many of my yoga peers and senior teachers came to yoga through dance as well—working with choreographers like Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, and Lucinda Childs.

Years later, I was invited to review a dance performance and found myself writing about many of the artists and companies who had long inspired me. My reviews, interviews, and commentaries have featured major figures in American dance, including Wendy Whelan, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris, Bill T. Jones, Pilobolus, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and San Francisco Ballet, while also exploring internationally celebrated companies and choreographers such as Batsheva Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sankai Juku, Dimitris Papaioannou, and Crystal Pite.

Beyond dance criticism, my writing has expanded into music, performance art, film, and contemporary culture. My music journalism has included features and reviews on artists such as Philip Glass, Björk, Arooj Aftab, Laurie Anderson, and Meredith Monk, as well as commentary on documentaries such as Bobbi Jene. More recent interviews and featured stories have ranged from queer performers and activists—including Alok Vaid-Menon, Pattie Gonia, and Taylor Mac—to cultural and political commentators such as Heather Cox Richardson and Robert Reich.

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