During the brief moment when the pandemic was receding and we could be together again, all we wanted to do was move our bodies.

The Charleston-based evangelicals had much in common: guns, God, Trump. What went wrong, only one of them could say.

A look at Chicago’s DJ culture in the ’90s.

One day in 1997, Sneak promised his friend and fellow Chicago DJ Derrick Carter a new 12-inch for Carter's label Classic, then spent hours fruitlessly laboring over a basic, bustling four-four beat. Finally, Sneak gave in and smoked the J he'd had stashed for later in the day. When he came back inside, he carelessly dropped the needle onto a Teddy Pendergrass LP, heard the word "Well . . . ," and realized, "That's the sample, right there." He threaded Pendergrass's 20-year-old disco hit "You Can't Hide From Yourself" through a low-pass filter to give it the effect of going in and out of aural focus, creating one of the definitive Chicago house singles.

Frankie Manning was the greatest swing dancer alive. Then the world forgot about him.

Sharon Stern devoted herself to Butoh, a Buddhist-influenced Japanese dance. Did her mentor lead her down a dangerous path?

Does the ubiquitous dance troupe really present five thousand years of civilization reborn?

A profile of New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer.

How dancing can inspire a writer.

The revival of a landmark 1921 musical opens a door on the deep and twisted roots of black performance in America.

Hanging out with the Atomic Bombshells in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

On the “queer roots” of Disco, House, and beyond.

The rise and fall of a friendship between three Indian women.

"We were goddesses. Meena, Annie, and Nayantara. Even our names were like heroines. Meena and Annie had known each other since they were 5. I met them in seventh standard. Though we never said it aloud, we knew that three beauties had more power than two or one. Like the Hindu gods. Or all those pop groups. Like the Wilson Phillips. We liked the Wilson Phillips. We pretended to like the fat one but heart of hearts we didn’t."

On House Xtravaganza and the life and death of its house mother Angie Xtravaganza, one of the stars of the documentary Paris is Burning, which brought vogueing and New York City’s transgendered ball culture into the spotlight.