Emily Johnson

Originally from Alaska, Emily Johnson is an artist of Yup’ik descent, who has been making body-based work since 1998. She is a Bessie Award-winning choreographer, 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, and recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Artist Award. Her written work has been published in Dance Research Journal and Movement Research Journal, and has been commissioned by SFMOMA and Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.

Submissions

Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars : Gloss

We need this: time together and also time together, alone. It's so basic it makes my head spin

Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars

I welcome you. Go for a walk in the field. In the woods. Meadow. Desert. Street. Bring a roasted chicken dinner. Share it. All night there are sighs amongst us, a caress.