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Natalie Axton is writing a book about the history of pole dancing. She is the founder and editorial director at Critical Read.

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The Dances of the Slavic Goddesses

by Natalie Axton February 1, 2017

Artist Paulina Olowska collaborated with choreographer Katy Pyle to create a suite of solo dances based a 1918 series of prints depicting Slavic deities.

John Bernd, 1980s, by Dona Ann Macadams, (courtesy of John Bernd Archives)
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Remembering and Reframing the Legacy of a Choreographer Lost to AIDS

by Natalie Axton November 4, 2016

A new dance work based on material by the choreographer John Bernd, who died of AIDS-related complications in 1988 at age 35, is the centerpiece of Danspace Project’s annual Platform series.

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Aboard a “Life-Size” Replica of Noah’s Ark in Rural Kentucky

by Natalie Axton August 3, 2016August 4, 2016

WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — What’s 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, 51 feet high, and made of 3.3 million linear feet of wood?

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Dancing to the Glacial Rhythms of Ice

by Natalie Axton June 9, 2016June 14, 2016

“There is no surer way to be derivative than to be unaware of your history,” dancer-choreographer Jody Sperling said in a 2014 interview.

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When Honey-Coated Nude Performance Art Loses Its Sting

by Natalie Axton April 25, 2016April 25, 2016

Madison Young isn’t the first woman I’ve seen pour honey on her naked body and, owing to certain lifestyle choices I’ve made, I have a feeling she won’t be the last.

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An Opera About Plucking and Pimping Fallen Angels

by Natalie Axton January 11, 2016January 11, 2016

The opera Angel’s Bone, having its world premiere at the Prototype festival, opens with a married woman fantasizing about telling her husband that she doesn’t love him.

Posted inMusic

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Bach but Were Afraid to Ask Marina Abramović

by Natalie Axton December 16, 2015December 16, 2015

We are too distracted, too stressed out to listen to music properly. That’s the idea behind Goldberg, the music concert/installation/participatory performance art piece currently at the Park Avenue Armory.

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A Performance Artist Draws with His Teeth

by Natalie Axton October 2, 2015October 2, 2015

Tomorrow at noon, visual and performing artist Tony Orrico will sit down at an eight-by-eight-foot sheet of paper and begin to chew.

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