Put simply, Intermedial Play is the process of negotiating the hierarchy between different media types or forms of art within a single work. I developed the concept while observing the creation and performance of a new show by Monica Bill Barnes & Company and Ira Glass called Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host as part of my Master's thesis research at New York Univeristy.

In New York I was able to see brilliant dancing at least once a week, but since I moved to Columbus the rigor of schoolwork has got in the way. Luckily, I was able to see Jan Martens' The Dog Days Are Over this past Sunday. It was an immensely satisfying piece, including all my favorite qualities of contemporary dance: abstraction, repetition, exhaustion, recuperation, proximity, facility, craft, and sweat. Oh, and jumping. Lots and lots of jumping.

The next time you’re in Paris and want to cultivate some ennui (as one does in Paris), take the métro to the Gambetta station in the 20th arrondissement, and visit the Père Lachaise Cemetery. It may not be as chock-full of célébrité as the Montparnasse Cemetery, but Oscar Wilde and Molière are there, as well as someone you might not have heard of: Loïs Fuller.