Arts journalism

I write about humans who make art, dance, perform, write, and look.

I’m a believer in the newsworthiness of the arts. The arts beat—the chronicle of cultural sidenotes, expressions, and nonliteral ideas—is as essential to our democracy as any other beat. A handful of cases in point:

As a former dancer, I'm interested in artists' daily dedications and practices, and the relationship between those and their work.


Cover image by Todd V. Wolfson.

Cover image by Todd V. Wolfson.

Cover photo by Sandy Carson.

Cover photo by Sandy Carson.


Affiliations

  • Austin Chronicle, arts contributor, 2007–2018

  • Fjord Review, contributor, 2016–present

  • Dance Europe, Boston correspondent, 2004–2006

  • Westword, arts contributor, 2003–2004

  • Sentinel/Transcript Newspaper Group, arts correspondent, 2003–2004

I've also written for AdobeAirstream, Ballet Review, Dancemagazine.com,  and Elevate Difference, and I served on the Austin Critics Table from 2008 to 2018.


Writing on arts writing

  • The Gym (2018–present) is a series of letters exploring the intersections of physical practice and critical presence.

  • In my essay “The Talk,” I discuss some problems with post-performance panels and point to some innovations and solutions that could make them better.

  • My chapter “Movement on Record: Poetry, Presence, Radicalism” will be published in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance and Philosophy (January 2021).