"Choreography’s all about how people come together and why they fall apart, and the train platform is such a great metaphor for that. To me, being an artist is like being a translator — translating behavior to movement, movement to choreography, choreography to stories. There’s a whole world asking and waiting to be mined and celebrated, and it’s my job to bring that to folks." —@rajafeatherkelly⁣ ​⁣ ​2019-2020 QAM Fellow Raja Feather Kelly was recently interviewed by the @nytimes on his fascinating approach to dance and performance. He discusses the motivation behind his choreography for Michael R. Jackson’s new Broadway musical, “A Strange Loop," and his love of people-watching on the subway. "When I’m on the platform, I watch people. I study how they behave and interact with others, which becomes the foundation for how I create: My choreography is behavior with the volume turned up and done to counts," he explains. Read the full feature at: nyti.ms/3GUdfML.⁣ ​⁣ ​📸 Raja Feather Kelly photographed at the Smith-Ninth Streets station in Gowanus, Brooklyn, on March 2, 2022 by Melissa O’Shaughnessy