Hi. I'm John. I'm an editor, audio producer, writer, and performer in New York. My writing for text and audio focuses on arts and culture. I perform in the work of choreographers and visual artists based in the U.S. and abroad. Send me an email to hear more about what I'm working on.
Editorial
Tanzkongress 2019 – A Long Lasting Affair: International Salons
The online magazine of the Tanzkongress 2019 International Salons. A project of the Goethe-Institut.
Audio
What Does France's Restitution Report Mean For The U.S.?
In 2018, France published a report about art restitution. What are the implications of the report for museums in the US?
Montez Press Radio Dance Theater, July 25, 2019
Live show recording of MPRDT—an experiment in transmitting a dance-watching experience over the airwaves of Montez Press Radio.
Vox Pop: Recycling in New York
How do New Yorkers think the state should improve recycling?
Cronut Queueing
On getting in line for cronuts at 4am.
The Swahili Word for Freedom
A story of finding my role in the struggle to raise reparations for black Americans.
Alter Egos at the Judson Church
A profile of Movement Research at the Judson Memorial Church—a weekly performance series.
Text
Texting Under the Table: Three Works in Conversation at the 2017 Whitney Biennial
Three works in dialogue at the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
Should We Build?
Reflections on two panel discussions at Prelude 2015 focused on architecture and performance.
Natten
Mårten Spångberg's Natten at ImPulsTanz and Performing Art Forum.
Scaffold Apartment
Ralph Lemon's Scaffold Room.
On Not Bowing
Reflections on theatrical convention.
Performance
Solid Objects: Section III, Heather Kravas, On The Boards, Seattle, WA
Lads, Christopher Matthews, Future Oceans, New York, NY
Solid Objects: Section I, Heather Kravas, Oxbow Gallery, Seattle, WA
Lion!, Phoebe Osborne, Lenfest Center for the Arts | Columbia University, New York, NY
Visions of Beauty, Heather Kravas, Performance Space New York, New York, NY
RitualResist, Kendell Geers, Performa 17, New York, NY
AUTHOR, Yanira Castro, Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Commedia Dell’Arte, Ryan McNamara, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Visions of Beauty, Heather Kravas, On the Boards, Seattle, WA
AmeriSHOWZ Circle of Champions, Alex Rodabaugh, American Realness, New York, NY
Instead of allowing some thing to rise up to your face dancing bruce and dan and other things, Tino Sehgal, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Battleground, Ryan McNamara, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
A Marvelous Order, Will Rawls, Judd Greenstein, Joshua Frankel, and Tracy K. Smith, Williams College, Williams, MA
For James Tyson, Sarah Michelson, The Kitchen, NY
tournamento, Sarah Michelson, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
SOTSB for DEAL, Anne Imhof, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
The future was looking better in the past, Rebecca Patek, The Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NY
Spirits of the Air and Heroes, Christopher Williams, 92Y, New York, NY
STABAT, Andy de Groat, restaged by Catherine Galasso, 92Y, New York, NY
4, Sarah Michelson, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Topologie, Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan), The Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NY
Ruff Draft, Karl Rogers, Rochester Fringe Festival, Rochester, NY
Prêt à Baiser, Olivier Dubois, Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Berries and Bulls, Tiffany Mills, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
(American) Guilt, Bradley Teal Ellis, Dance New Amsterdam, New York, NY