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Performing in confidence: CCN Ballet de Lorraine’s “Plaisirs inconnus” [by Tracy Danison]
undefined Karine frowned as, to hide her doubt, she looked down into her wine glass. The wine was white. This was after ten in the evening. As I see it, nightmare’s original recipe. She…
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“Memories of the Past at Red Cliff” [“Nian Nu Jiao” by Su Shi]
East flows the mighty river,Sweeping away the heroes of time past;This ancient rampart on its western shoreIs Zhou Yu's Red Cliff of three Kingdoms' fame;Here jagged boulders pound the clouds,Huge waves tear banks apart,And…
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“The Het” [by Thomas Moody]
Where was it one first heard of the truth?The universe. The field. The heart.The girl. The legs. The glass of wine on the table. The bedside lamp we turn offas we roll towards the…
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Susan Sontag Contains Multitudes (excerpt from “Dance in America” by Mindy Aloff) [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
I'm still spending most of my reading time with Mindy Aloff's magisterial anthology "Dance in America." The volume spans three centuries and includes work by our most important dance critics along side poets (yes!),…
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Next Line, Please: Doubling Down [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Two weeks ago, we began a journey in which each step lead us to yet another line to another stanza, beginning with the opening line: "I spend my days in an expanse of spirits." This…
