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Luisa Lynch X Elan Robinson + Sydney Goldston at The yellow Room

“What is the difference between a safe space and a hiding space?” a lined piece of paper gently ripped out from a journal asked me, alongside a drawing of two stick figures, a house and another question: “What builds your home?” The two stick figures on the paper can presumably be identified as Sydney Goldston and Elan Robinson, a choreographic and dancing duo based in Washington, D.C.

Chamber Dance Project at Woolly Mammoth by Lisa Traiger

When major and regional ballet companies go on hiatus for the summer, choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning turns the lights on and gets a selected few of those dancers back in rehearsal. Her Washington, D.C.-based Chamber Dance Project lives its name, producing one or two full dance concerts annually while the rest of the U.S. ballet world has closed shop for the summer.

On Cats, Corpses and Community Care: Amber Lucia Chabus at The Yellow Room by Luisa Lynch

There are few people I know personally who could effectively pull off creating not one, but two professional dance pieces about a very specific animal while making it funny, tasteful, and only a little bit weird. The interesting thing is, both of these pieces could not be more different from each other.

Mosaic Theater Company’s Precarious by Audrey Brown

In the aftermath of the pandemic years, when the reality was the reverse for many young twenty- and thirty-somes, playwright Steph Del Rosso flips the script, forcing climate warrior Vi into her daughter Tillie’s one-bedroom New York apartment that she shares with partner Drew. Chaos and comedy ensue—or rather, a series of chaotic, comedic scenarios that force the watcher into introspection and, at times, existential despair.
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