American Dance Festival: Pioneer Winter Collective

One of the world’s largest and most influential modern dance festivals marks its 93rd annual season, spotlighting “Apollo” by Pioneer Winter Collective.

“Apollo” is a dance-theater work that explores intergenerational queer dynamics, memory, HIV/AIDS and legacy. The biomythography blends movement and narrative to examine the intersection of personal history, cultural memory and mythology.

Centering on legacy and connection, “Apollo” features bodies and voices often excluded from the canon. It confronts ageism and reimagines who is seen and celebrated onstage, expanding definitions of dance to create space for bodies to survive, thrive and be witnessed.