How Artists Are Exploring the Possibilities and Implications of Dance in Space

Dance Magazine: In a performance at the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces this past June, Sasha Peterson leaned the side of her body onto Michael Figueroa’s shoulders, sharing weight in a traditional contact-improvisational lift. But rather than disembark back to the floor, Peterson rolled down Figueroa’s back—and stayed there, her body perpendicular to his, suspended in space.

Pittsburgh-based space museum and learning center counts down to October opening

Pittsburgh City Paper: Texas has NASA. Washington, D.C. has the National Air and Space Museum. Florida has the Kennedy Space Center. And soon, Pittsburgh will have its own tribute to space travel with the opening of the Moonshot Museum.