“Transcommunality: Laura Anderson Barbata, Collaboration Beyond Borders” at BRIC House (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic unless noted) Laura Anderson Barbata started her international ...

When Liu Guoliang puts on his makeup and straps on his stilts, he’s participating in a Chinese tradition that’s been in existence for centuries, if not millennia. There are many different origin ...

Nothing slows down Sarah Stephenson. Sure, the 70-year-old uses a walker — to get onto her unicycle. Sometimes she relies on a pole for added balance — when she’s wearing stilts. Perhaps you saw ...

new video loaded: Dancing In the Air With 9-Foot Stilts transcript In Trinidad, a group called “Touch D Sky” dances on stilts almost everyday to practice the art of Moko Jumbie. Moko Jumbie came from ...

Life on the road: The troupe travels from town to town. Performances include dancing and jumping over increasingly high benches. Troupe master Liu Guozheng (pictured far right), who goes by the stage ...

In Trindad and Tobago, “moko jumbies” soar high during Carnival. The traditional art of stilt dancing is a highlight of Trinidadian celebrations, but for stilt walker Adrian Young, it’s an everyday ...

Members of the Amphibian Stage’s youth stilt dancing group the Tad-Poles join members of the Brooklyn Jumbies master stilt performers. Dallas Arts District The Brooklyn Jumbies master stilt dancing ...

On Saturday, the Krewe of Slidellians will hold their Mardi Gras Ball on the North Shore. One of the featured entertainment acts will be the Mardi Gras Indian Stilt Dancers. News With A Twist reporter ...

The Brooklyn Jumbies master stilt dancing group made such an impression on Amphibian Stage that the performing arts theater decided to embrace the unique concept. Next thing you know, there were kids ...