Curating Joffrey
Looking forward to talking at Northwestern University on Monday, November 10, 5pm about lessons learned from curating exhibiti
The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.
Robert Joffrey started a ballet company in 1956 with the belief that ballet was for everyone. This exhibition reveals the chal
Culture City: The Rise of the Arts in New York
The consolidation of a municipal cultural policy in New York since the 1950s has shifted the debate about the role of the arts
Realizing The New School: Lessons From the Past
A collection of essays marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of The New School, in 1919. Essays look at the role of th
Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York
In the ballets Fancy Free, Age of Anxiety, and Glass Pieces, and especially the musical and film West Side Story, the choreogr
Paramodernities #5 (Fosse)
Dancer/choreographer Netta Yerushalmy’s Paramodernities is an experimental project that bridges dance, critical theory,
A Place for Us: West Side Story and New York
The musical and the film West Side Story reveal the dynamics of urban life in mid-20th century New York City, both the intra
Dancing in the Streets: The Arts in Postwar U.S. Cities
This collection of essays on the arts in postwar U.S. cities offers a historical perspective on the contemporary embrace of th
Where Urbanization and the Arts Meet
The rise of Lincoln Center and the transformation of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) reveal how tied stages are to streets
The Arts in Place
Specialists of specific genres of art dominate scholarship on the arts — art historians examine visual art; musicologist
To the City: Urban Photographs of the New Deal
The United States has moved from a rural to urban to suburban nation. The rural past holds symbolic sway, the suburban present
Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey
Modern Bodies exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved modern dance to the edges of society, a p
Miss Hill
Appearance as a guest speaker in Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter A formidable administrator and advocate, Martha Hill fought to
Free to Dance
A three-part documentary, Free to Dance narrates the critical role of African American choreographers and dancers in the dev
Anything Goes
Kurt Andersen at Studio 360 examines – and re-imagines the title song of – one of America’s Icons, with commentary by Ju