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Joshua Higgason

Kramer/Fauci

October 14, 2026

A good deal of the interplay comes from the clash between the famously combative Kramer and the cool, scientific Fauci. Kramer criticizes Fauci for saying that science has to work slowly to not get things wrong, while Fauci reminds us that the two men are friends. Kramer eventually complements Fauci on his work: “I love Tony, actually I do, I think I probably have a more complicated relationship with Tony than anybody in my entire life. He is a man, an ordinary man who was being asked to play God and her is being punished because he cannot be God.” [more]

ZviDance: MAIM (“Water” in Hebrew)

December 19, 2019

Israeli-born choreographer Zvi Gotheiner created "Maim ('Water' in Hebrew)," a somber meditation on water, drought, misery, community and survival for seven members of ZviDance, all brilliant dancers with clearly defined personalities. Somehow, in under an hour, Gotheiner managed to dredge up memories and images of his early life on a kibbutz and how valuable water was in the life of his community.  That, added to the current climate crisis’ causing drastic drought concerns, stimulated him to produce "MAIM ('Water' in Hebrew)." [more]