Why do we love donning period costumes and re-enacting our history through mock battles, pioneer villages, and Renaissance Faires?

For Black women engaged with local institutions, the “Delsarte” technique was a means of supporting struggling city residents while advancing political power.

Rising from the ranks of touring comedies and Wild West shows, the American dancer dreamed of a future of light, movement, and metamorphosis.

An aesthetic of resistance and a form of protest against racist ideologies, dance activism has become a meaningful part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

In the early twentieth century, dance marathons were an entire industry—and a surprisingly hazardous business.

In 1890s Paris, cabarets in bohemian Montmartre gave visitors a chance to tour the afterlife.

Death on stage has a long, gory history. From Ancient Greece to 19th century Paris to The Walking Dead. Why does theatre like death so much?

The Walkman turned 35 years old in 2014