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Steps & Spells

  • Rows of seats and the backs of audience members' heads in the foreground, with a stage and red curtain in the background. On the stage, four figures stand with one holding a microphone and speaking.
    4/26/2025

    ACDA: The Human Animal (2024)

  • A sign in the lower left reads "flatfoot workshop." A group of people are gathered on wooden boards on a grass lawn, with one person (me) in the front demonstrating a step.
    10/19/2024

    Hurricane Helene and the SB Old Time Fiddlers Convention

  • A black background, a wooden floor, and a single dancer (me) dressed in black pants and sleeveless top, leaning to the right and framing the face with one hand behind the head and one hand lifting under the chin.
    10/4/2024

    Body and Presence

  • A pink-lit dance studio in which eight dancers wearing clothing with license plates on them stand in various fashion-leaning poses. The license plate art on the clothing reads "HUMAN" "ARTIST."
    9/13/2024

    SEED Residency

  • A brown mug filled with a light brown, foamy latte sits next to a silver macbook laptop and on top of a blue mat printed with celestial symbols.
    8/30/2024

    Wello Horld! (and why this is good)

  • A person (me) at center, kicking one leg forward and throwing both arms back. I am standing in front of a large tree next to a wooden cabin. There is dirt stretching backwards and several trees in the distance.
    7/22/2024

    On being kind to (my)self

  • A blue-lit stage with three colorfully and casually dressed dancers. The dancers are holding yellow rectangular frames with expressions of confusion.
    7/13/2024

    Thoughts on Performance at PCC

  • A gray stone building with tall columns and tall many-paned windows. A banner hangs over the front reading "DANCE Be a Part of It" with an image of a leaping dancer clothed in a yellow dress.
    3/31/2024

    Alvin Ailey Dance Company

  • A bar chart with black background, white and red text, and gray and red stacked bars. The overall title reads: M. Lopes da Silva. The subtitle reads: Writing Submissions and Acceptances. The x axis reads: Month (with tick labels for each calendar month). The y label reads: Submissions (with ticks for 0, 5, and 10). The data for each month is: January, 10 submissions, 10% acceptance; February, 5 and 20%; March, 2 and 100%; April, 7 and 0%; May, 2 and 33%; June, 2 and 50%; July, 5 and 20%; August, 10 and 10%; September, 5 and 20%; October, 0 and 0%; November, 2 and 50%; December, 4 and 50%.
    2/21/2024

    One author’s 2023 writing submissions & acceptances

  • A group of hard-soled dance shoes in a variety of colors, all arranged in a rough circle on a wooden floor.
    1/15/2024

    Thoughts on Dissident Rhythms

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