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CounterPulse and the Curse of the Urban Echo Chamber by Teo Lin-Bianco At CounterPulse, a nonprofit art center in downtown San Francisco, four dancers on the mainstage in fiery pants begin shaking, bouncing, and knotting themselves into a thick rope. The piece is visceral, disorienting, and, like much of the Groundwork Festival, unapologetically experimental. I felt it in my chest: the tension, the abrasion, the queer volatility the work claimed to explore. But when I turned

Reviews by Bhumi B Patel and Marlena Gittleman // The dancers of Mucho Machismo y Pocos Machos. Photo by Ryan Kwok. softening masculinities into queer possibilities by Bhumi B Patel Macho men on stage is, in some ways, an American pastime. From historical representations of masculinity in dance through Ted Shawn and Gene Kelly, to the cowboy westerns of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, to scenes from the 2024 Superbowl of red-faced football players screaming in extreme euphor

Dancing for Dwindling Crowds: ODC’s Struggle for Relevance by Teo Lin-Bianco The Presidio Theatre is only half full, its blue velvet...

making space to be many things at once by Bhumi B Patel The promises of immigration are often safety, wealth, prosperity, and stability,...

imprint  is an annual dance writing fellowship program designed for QTBIPOC dance writers. Launched in 2025, pdw's artistic director,...

Dear pdw family, For the last few days, I’ve been sitting with a swirl of feelings that cycle through frustration, anger, sadness, fear,...

On July 21st, I walked through Flax Art and Design to the Oakland Theater Project in anticipation of Ishami Dance Company’s first company...

In conversation with: fault lines by pateldanceworks by Meghana Ravikumar in collaboration with Bhumi Patel, Sholeh Asgary, Rachel...

I remember the first time I stood before the Pacific Ocean. The sound of crashing waves, the infinite horizon, the voluminous clouds. You...