Creators at VICE
All forms of art and creativity poured through my hands at Creators. I learned that with enough perseverance and questions, no subject is too daunting. After an initial internship, I continued to write freelance for them, as much as I could about dance. Below are some personal favorites, but you can see my author's page here.
Peek in on a Performance Through the Window of a Closed Gallery
Walking down the streets of New York City, it's not uncommon to come upon an artistic "happening." If you were near 1st Street in the East Village earlier this week, you would have seen just such a thing.
'Bolshoi Babylon': A Look Inside Russia's Greatest Ballet
An interview with director Nick Read about 'Bolshoi Babylon' and the acid attack on the director of Russia’s most prestigious ballet company.
Dirty Laundry, Clean Sound: Matmos’ New Album Is Made Entirely of Washing Machine Cycles
Conceptual art and electronic duo Matmos have played the uterus and reproductive tract of a cow, conch shells at Carnegie Hall, and opened for Björk on canisters of helium. Their newest album is made up exclusively of sounds generated by a washing machine in the basement of their home in Baltimore.
Ballet Legend Baryshnikov Dances a Descent into Madness
A collaboration that spans time itself has finally been realized. Vaslav Nijinsky’s personal diary, as performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, is a glimpse into artistic psychosis.
Ballet Prodigy Polunin Dances with Demons in a New Doc
A quick internet search for ballet dancer Sergei Polunin reveals a portrait of drugs, tattoos, and rebellion—he's been known as the “bad boy of ballet.” So when director Steven Cantor met him, he “expected to meet a gruff Russian tattooed guy, but instead found this very thoughtful, kind, gentle soul.”
This Otherworldly Fashion Film Is an Eerie Black-and-White Spectacle
Alchemy is the ancient art of transmuting materials into their most perfect form, be it a metal, a plant, or a human soul. It is with this philosophy in mind that up-and-coming Japan-based, Chinese designer Leonard Wong creates his latest collection and accompanying fashion video.
Russia's Canceled Ballet Is a Sign of the Times
The global ballet community is up in arms over the Bolshoi's cancellation of a controversial ballet about the life of Rudolph Nureyev.
A Former Orthodox Rabbi Reveals Himself Through Taboo Sexual Art
Vartan's sculptures and paintings play on the demonic and sexual, perhaps partly as a liberation from his period of intense religious observance: "I was learning Talmud and Kaballah, living an observant lifestyle. Time passed and I realized that my place in this world is to be an artist, a creator whose works can touch others."
Let Fairy Tale Slackliners Teach You the Art of Falling
Say you lose balance and you fall... What do you do next? Do you stop and give up, or do you press on? This is the question posed by Yeah Dude in their new video, "Headway" which turns slackline jumping into an inspirational meditation on pulling through.