Clare Croft

Clare Croft is a dance theorist, historian, dramaturge, curator, and associate professor of American culture at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Dancers as Diplomats: American Choreography in Cultural Exchange; the editor and curator of the anthology and website Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings; and the producing curator of the EXPLODE Queer Dance Festival.

Touché

Christopher Rudd’s pas de deux Touché, choreographed for American Ballet Theatre during the onset of the pandemic, follows dancers João Menegussi and Calvin Royal III through a charged, vulnerable, and ultimately tender love story. In conversation with scholar Clare Croft, the artists reflect on the politics, poetics, and process of bringing this groundbreaking duet to life.

Contributor

Clare Croft

Touché

Artists

Contributors