Edited with text by David Velasco. Text by Ralph Lemon, Gia Kourlas, Jay Sanders, Debra Singer. Born in Manchester, England, in 1964, Sarah Michelson has lived and worked in New York since 1991, where she has become a fixture of the downtown dance community. Her works are known for their athleticism, rigor, beauty and attention to architectural space. Her choreography, she has written, "risks rejection" and "denies safety"; deliberately difficult, it inspires both adoration and debate. This book—featuring original essays, an interview with Michelson and a cultural history of her oeuvre written by her peers—explores the concepts and content of the choreographer’s work, bringing it vividly to life.