Sound and vision from the past, present and future
Over the last 30 years Stephen Petronio has established himself as one of the most influential names in American dance. His iconoclastic works fuse eclectic elements of pop culture to often explosive effect. He talked to Civilian about some of his landmark productions
"To stop dancing would, it feels, be to let her slip away"
Why Donald Urquhart has traded London clubland for the joie de vivre of Montmartre
A masterpiece in four movements - Ali Smith's new book is a profound meditation on love, loss and art. But is it fiction or non-fiction?
"Go and walk amongst the mosaics of 7UP, Canada Dry, and Welch’s soda bottles. Look up at the sky through the massive hooped skirts of concrete and steel masts. Walk over heart-patterned floors. Watts Towers is a Fitzcarraldo-scale fantasy"
"Power comes from the rapid intercutting between the Blue Ridge setting, all creeks, trees, boulders and birches, and the arid, blasted urban ruinscape of occupied Iraq"
Is it still the most modern five hours of theatre? Philip Glass' legendary opera has been revived for a world tour. We review its January 2013 performance in Amsterdam
There is a corner of the American North West that is nirvana for bibliophiles – Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, the biggest independent new and used bookshop in the world
