“Dance,” choreographer Alvin Ailey once remarked, “is for everybody.” At the MCA dance is for everybody and performed everywhere: on the Edlis Neeson Theater, the Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden, or even the grand staircase.
Short A woman sings into a microphone. She is draped in a netlike material with many threads tangled together. Her hair is blowing away from her face with her right hand lifted palm facing upward and right breast exposed.
Short Seated people on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies on the ground.
Short Seated people on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies on the ground.
Short Seated people on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies on the ground.
Short Seated people on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies on the ground.
Short Seated people on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies on the ground.
Long People seated on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies face down on the ground. Her right foot is planted on his right hand. His left hand reaches forward, toward the camera, while her left foot hovers just above it.
Long People seated on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies face down on the ground. Her right foot is planted on his right hand. His left hand reaches forward, toward the camera, while her left foot hovers just above it.
Long People seated on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies face down on the ground. Her right foot is planted on his right hand. His left hand reaches forward, toward the camera, while her left foot hovers just above it.
Long People seated on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies face down on the ground. Her right foot is planted on his right hand. His left hand reaches forward, toward the camera, while her left foot hovers just above it.
Long People seated on a darkened stage watch as a woman using crutches steps on and walks over a man, who lies face down on the ground. Her right foot is planted on his right hand. His left hand reaches forward, toward the camera, while her left foot hovers just above it.
Short Two black women face one another eyes closed under a harsh fluorescent light. The older woman on the right holds the younger woman's outstretched arm by the wrist at her temple.
Short In an urban space filled with graffiti, a light-skinned brunette in a flowy white skirt gracefully bends her body forward in a dance-like motion.
Short Two hands hold a book open against a dark background.
Long A pair of light-skinned hands jut into the frame from the bottom-right and -left sides to showcase a paperback book against a dark background. The book is open to pages 46 and 47, which feature the start of an essay by Udita Upadhyaya titled "Guidelines for Collapse and Care."
Short A woman pivots on her left leg, raising her right knee and ducking her head, her long dreadlocks swinging forward her as she turns.
Long A middle-aged African American woman pivots on her left leg, raising her right knee and ducking her head. She extends her arms slightly to her sides as long brown dreadlocks swing forward as she turns. She wears a black sleeveless shirt and dark-gray trousers. Feet cropped out of frame, she appears to float in an empty white space.
