• A culturally diverse group of dancers performs among piles of books. They wear costumes with large numbers pinned to them, suggesting an audition or competition. Their movements are dynamic and physical, with one dancer holding another’s leg as others lean and bend in varied, expressive poses.

  • 5 ways to (un)teach the canon

    Annelies Van Assche explores five innovative ways to challenge the dance canon and expand beyond Eurocentric narratives.

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The world of Spinoza's Theological–Political Treatise

The world of Spinoza’s Theological–Political Treatise

By Dan Taylor Baruch Spinoza’s Theological–Political Treatise, published anonymously in 1670, quickly turned Europe upside-down. Dismissed by one contemporary as a book ‘forged in hell by the Devil himself’, it argued that for societies to endure conflict and flourish, they…