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Kara Troester Blythe backstage at a lit dressing mirror

Dance ISSUE 42

The Last Dance

After nearly a decade with Oklahoma City Ballet, Kara Troester Blythe dances her final season and looks toward a second act in physical therapy.

Dance ISSUE 32

Paul Taylor Dance Company makes its Green Box Arts Festival debut. ArtDesk dance editor Larry Keigwin talks with dancer Alex Clayton about Paul Taylor's style of encouragement, the joy of Esplanade, and dancing at altitude.

Thought ISSUE 31

Just Dance.

Choreographer Larry Keigwin on dance as a universal joy, the real Oklahoma prom that inspired Footloose, and why there is nothing to fear in letting people move.

Q&A ISSUE 38

Magic Made

FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Triskelion Arts (lovingly known as Trisk) has been a longtime incubator for productions of all sizes. Recently ArtDesk’s Dance Editor Larry Keigwin and Trisk’s Executive Director Rachel Mckinstry discussed the process of shepherding artists and their work from an idea to the first curtain call.

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Dance ISSUE 28

By Dancers, for Dancers

Dancers Responding to AIDS founder Denise Roberts Hurlin speaks with ArtDesk dance editor Larry Keigwin about her career, advocacy, and the storied Fire Island Dance Festival held in Fire Island Pines on Long Island.

Dance ISSUE 26

Two’s Company

Alice Klock and Florian Lochner met as dancers at Hubbard Street, built a duo called Flock, and spent the pandemic teaching the world from a phone screen. A conversation from a car on Vashon Island.

Q&A ISSUE 27

The Fire This Time

Black-and-white studio photograph showing a ballet dancer balancing with crossed legs and a forward-leaning torso. The dancer's arms curve upward on either side of the body, and a textured, feather-like costume covers the lower half. The background is plain, drawing attention to the dramatic pose and body lines.

ISSUE 15

CLASSICAL MODERN

The Royal Ballet-trained dancer ADAM COOPER speaks with "ArtDesk" dance editor LARRY KEIGWIN about his current work abroad and his future work in Oklahoma. Cooper is set to direct "Grand Hotel" for the University of Oklahoma’s spring production, bringing his award-winning choreography and multidisciplinary talents to its musical theater department.

Dancer in a vivid red bodysuit striking an expressive pose inside a sweeping, curved architectural space, creating a dramatic and energetic mood.

ISSUE 20

On Fire

STRIKE A POSE. Omari Wilson brings his unique AfrikFusion style to the Guggenheim’s theater, marrying traditional African dance with modern styles of house dance that dominate the club scene, and voguing made famous by New York City’s drag balls.

A dancer in a yellow suit stands before a dramatically lit wall with their removed yellow jacket hanging in a spotlight

ISSUE 19

Anyone Can Dance

John Heginbotham brings a fresh perspective on movement as choreographer for the Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!" In conversation with dance editor Larry Keigwin, Heginbotham describes his process in this new version of a classic.