Dance

Through her pioneering dance performances at the turn of the last century, Loie Fuller magically captured the theatrical possibilities of light. (Originally aired: April 21, 2001)

Kurt Andersen and novelist Rebecca Goldstein look at the ways artists, dancers, and filmmakers play with light. Goldstein is the author ofProperties of Light: A Novel of Love, Betrayal, and Quantum Physics,The Mind-Body Problem, andStrange Attractors. She holds a Ph.D in Philosophy from Princeton University and in 1996 was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. (Originally aired: […]

From crashing into mats to diving through glass, choreographer Elizabeth Streb aims to expose the body’s vulnerability and its durability in her dances.