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In A a | a B : B E N D, choreographer Aszure Barton aims to rebuild dance from the inside out

“It’s so easy to over-intellectualize dance in general, but B E N D is about hearing and moving to cool-ass music together,” says Barton ahead of the show's run at the Bluma Appel Theatre.

By Lindsey King / Dec 1, 2025
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Asha, In Her Own Words

When actors are trained they are asked to wait: when one is finished, then the second will go. I had no training, so I kept interrupting.

By Asha Jain, as told to Maija Kappler / Oct 31, 2016

The Flip Side: What is a Play, Anyway?

Artists out there are doing some damn cool stuff, and I for one think it’s great their outside-the-box ideas are making their way to mainstream theatre audiences.

By Hannah Antaki / May 10, 2016