Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Durational Performance
Social choreographer Ernesto Pujol explains why durational performance “fights our cult of speed."
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Writer and Cultural Scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild
We spoke to Brenda Dixon Gottschild (2017) whose 50-year career as a writer and cultural scholar surveys the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, in what she calls “choreography for the page”—an “embodied, subjunctive approach to research writing.”
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Poet M. Nzadi Keita
We spoke to poet M. Nzadi Keita (2017), whose work weaves intricate narratives with historical research and vivid imagery in both lyric and prose forms.
Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Media Artists Michael Kuetemeyer & Anula Shetty
Pew Fellows and media artists Michael Kuetemeyer and Anula Shetty on creating community-engaged work, the best advice they ever received, and more.
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Filmmaker David Felix Sutcliffe
We spoke to documentary filmmaker David Felix Sutcliffe (2017), who creates intimate, character-driven stories rooted in racial justice and advocacy.
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Choreographer Nichole Canuso
We spoke to choreographer and performer Nichole Canuso (2017), whose work spans genres and experiments with the participation of audience bodies, personal narratives, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”
Artist Ann Hamilton on the Relationship between Production & Consumption
Ann Hamilton on “consuming” versus “having” an experience.
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Major Jackson Reads Urban Renewal
Major Jackson reads two sections from Urban Renewal, the opening suite of poems in his book Leaving Saturn (2002), winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry.
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez Reads 10 Haikus for Max Roach
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts, award-winning poet, playwright, professor, and Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez (1993) visited the Center for a conversation with her former student and Pew Fellow Major Jackson (1995), as well as a poetry reading of 10 Haikus for Max Roach.
Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Art and Advocacy
Nora Chipaumire on how advocacy and the principles of law figure into her artistic practice.