Dancing in the City

by Elizabeth Bachmann

Beyond the social benefits, swing dancing heals something in us metaphysically. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2022

Death at the Russian Ballet

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, John O'Neill joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic. Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2022

Ecstatic Dance

by Eve Tushnet

An ambitious, perfect movie about growing up in a breakable body. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2016

A Sanctuary After Orlando

by Matthew Schmitz

There are two groups of people who say that religious people are obliged to hate and kill gays: salafists and secular liberals. Neither recognizes the possibility of a faith premised on the love of sinners. Continue Reading »

15 Jun 2016

Carl’s Rock Songbook #69: THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO, Pt. 2

by Carl Scott

. . . one can change human institutions, but not man; whatever the general effort of a society to render citizens equal and alike, the particular pride of individuals will always seek to escape the [common] level . . . In aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2012

Carl’s Rock Songbook #68: THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO

by Carl Scott

This and the next will be the last songbook posts on pop-music movies for a while. Despite my doing five(!) posts on ALMOST FAMOUS , two on the SCHOOL OF ROCK, and an epic one on THE DOORS, I do think that among my list of pop-music films , THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO is the standout in terms of sheer . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2012

The Body’s Possibilities

by Alicia Mosier

One week after the terrorist attacks of September 11, I went to the ballet. I wasn’t looking forward to it. In the days since the attacks, friends and colleagues had provided critical comfort and support, but I was nowhere near ready to watch something whose only purpose was to be beautiful. In . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2002