a Dance Mag

03/04/2025

"I’m more eloquent with silence."—Lindsay Kemp. The man who taught David Bowie mime, Kate Bush drama, and a generation how to dance through the gloom.

Revisiting an unpublished 2001 interview—because 2025 could use more romance, fantasy, and play.

Read full interview: https://www.adancemag.com/lindsay-kemp-interview/

02/04/2025

"Art is never created in a vacuum—every dance, every movement, is shaped by the world around it." writes Katja Vaghi . From Louis XIV’s courtly geometries to de Keersmaeker’s hypnotic repetitions, bodies have always mirrored their societies. What if true creativity lives in the cracks of perfection? Dive deeper in Issue 4: Structure—coming soon.

Visit our website to join the launch list!

31/03/2025

What does it mean to dance when survival is uncertain? What does it take to sustain an independent space for movement and thought in times of crisis?

In our upcoming issue, Sasha Portyannikova takes inside SDVIG—an experimental dance venue in St. Petersburg that has persisted through repression, instability, and war. A place where dance remains a non-violent practice, even when the world outside is anything but.

Join our Launch List by visiting www.adancemag.com

27/03/2025

From Issue 04: Structure. Coming Soon!
..

26/03/2025

When the body writes and the poem dances... ✨

There’s a moment when movement becomes verse—when rhythm isn’t just felt, but spoken through skin. Last summer, Yara learned that dance and poetry share the same heartbeat: bim bim bim.

It’s the:
🌀 Shiver before a leap
🌀 Stutter in a first draft
🌀 Silence between steps (or syllables)

—that makes art alive.

Read how Bukowski (yes, that Bukowski) helped her unlock this below. And tell us below: Where do you find your flow? In motion? In words? Or somewhere in between?

By Yara Al Khoury

22/03/2025

From issue 04: Structure. Coming Soon...

20/03/2025

In a 1970s essay, scholar Joann Kealiinohomoku argues that ballet can be considered an ethnic dance. Read more about her perspective at the link below. And Let us know if you agree or disagree in the comments!
https://www.adancemag.com/ballet-ethnic-dance/

19/03/2025

From "Haunted Bodies and Minds" by Vinicius Portella. In the Structure issue. Coming soon!

16/03/2025

From The After-Hours: Movement Patterns in a Wayward Body, in Issue 04: Structure. Coming soon!

15/03/2025

"From running to dancing—one summer changed it all."

Erick Hawkins' Naked Leopard wasn’t just a performance; it was a revelation. Discover how dance and Zen philosophy transformed Jim Ross' perspective on life.

Read about Jim Ross' transformative summer of dance: From a skeptic to a passionate admirer, discover how Erick Hawkins' Naked Leopard and Zen philosophy reshaped one man's perspective on movement, creativity, and life.

14/03/2025

From Ellen Jeffrey's The After-Hours, in the Structure Issue. Coming soon.

13/03/2025

"I was running away, but now I’m running toward." 🏹🏹🏹

This summer, my life changed forever. From a skeptic who’d never seen live dance to someone utterly captivated by Erick Hawkins’ Naked Leopard—a performance so raw, so Zen, it felt like the universe moving through him.

Hawkins, at 62, became a leopard on stage, his movements fluid, deliberate, and effortless. It wasn’t just dance; it was philosophy in motion. Inspired by Zen in the Art of Archery, I learned to let life happen through me, not by me.

Read about Jim Ross' transformative summer on the Journal.
https://www.adancemag.com/zen-and-the-naked-leopard/

📸 Erick Hawkins, from the Library of Congress