Best Dancer

When we saw American Muscle, we knew she had some great moves. When we saw PLOT, we knew she could build a dizzying sense of drama and mystery in her work. And when we saw Threshold, we knew she could realize even the most elaborate visions in a challenging dance environment. But beyond all this, Blake Beckham has consistently shown a strong commitment to creating community and opportunities for other artists. It’s not always about her, and that’s just one more reason we’re all about her. www.bdancing.com. less...

One must assume that, beyond the dance floor, BLAKE BECKHAM’S life is not a flawless expression of perfect intentions. Surely she sometimes hesitates, missteps, maybe stumbles or stubs a toe. But when she dances, Beckham moves with the sublime certainty and manifest rightness of a religious revelation. “All moves as it must,” her body seems to say. And like the orbits and rotations of other heavenly bodies, her marvelous geometries reveal intimate infinities in the interplay of gravity, momentum and light. less...