Theatre and performance
Music
idea
True musical virtuosos are minimalists who put roll before rock
by Mike Edison
Play
idea
What TikTok videos have in common with Victorian parlour games
by Kim Beil & Ryan Tacata
Dance
film
How the acrobat and choreographer Yoann Bourgeois plays with gravity and time
5 mins
Theatre and performance
idea
Much ado about uncertainty: how Shakespeare navigates doubt
by Lorenzo Zucca
Communication and language
idea
Here’s the truth about how to spot when someone is lying
by Tim Brennen & Svein Magnussen
Dance
film
Why a Broadway dancer started her own theatre in the Mojave Desert
9 mins
Identity
idea
Stanislavski’s revelation: we’re more than the parts we play
by William Justice Bruehl
Theatre and performance
idea
Why did Ibsen put ‘philosophers in skirts’ up on the stage?
by Kristin Gjesdal
Dance
film
In a deeply absorbing dance, eerie figures writhe and embrace
5 mins