Like other masterpieces of ballet, SUNSET, O639 HOURS grows by itself and lets the dancers grow.
View More SUNSET, O639 HOURS (BalletX): A ballet masterpieceCategory: Dance
Coverage of dance, movement, and related performance art in Philadelphia.
Ready for the Next Flight: BalletX reprises SUNSET, o639 HOURS
Eri Yoneda interviews the lead dancers of BalletX’s popular contemporary full-length
View More Ready for the Next Flight: BalletX reprises SUNSET, o639 HOURSDance in Sketch: Jérôme Bel (FringeArts)
Witnessing Jérôme Bel’s dance I captured the representation of a baroque drama, an existential dance, and light and sound personified.
View More Dance in Sketch: Jérôme Bel (FringeArts)REVOLUTION (PA Ballet): Revolution for our mind
Dance is an ever-changing artform: the standard themes change, technique changes,audiences change. Even such key aspects and tools as the body shape of the dancers change.
View More REVOLUTION (PA Ballet): Revolution for our mindMARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY (NextMove DANCE): Timeless dances
As a pioneer dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham established the root of modern dance almost single-handedly.
View More MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY (NextMove DANCE): Timeless dancesGetting NOWHERE FAST: Sam Tower and BRAT team up for female-fronted rock ‘n’ roll dance theater
Jess Conda joins Sam Tower + Ensemble in an all badass female rock noir cabaret.
View More Getting NOWHERE FAST: Sam Tower and BRAT team up for female-fronted rock ‘n’ roll dance theaterHope Rising concert inspires awareness and action
Some 50 dance artists and choreographers presenting a wide variety of styles and dance leve
View More Hope Rising concert inspires awareness and actionRUBBERBANDance Group (NextMove Dance): Hip-Hop, beyond borders
Over four decades, NextMove Dance (formerly Dance Affiliates) has led the dance scene in Philadelphia, bringing countless cutting-edge dance companies from around the world. As…
View More RUBBERBANDance Group (NextMove Dance): Hip-Hop, beyond bordersCINDERELLA (PA Ballet): Enchanting ballet magic
The ballet shows the brave and caring intention of artistic director Angel Corella to the company and the Philadelphia ballet fans.
View More CINDERELLA (PA Ballet): Enchanting ballet magicPennsylvania Ballet II performs at Culture in the Courtyard
PB II performed under clear, blue skies, with William Penn as their backdrop
View More Pennsylvania Ballet II performs at Culture in the CourtyardPHILADANCO IN CONCERT (Philadanco): 2016 Fringe review 92
This is a seasoned company that dances with maturity and intent.
View More PHILADANCO IN CONCERT (Philadanco): 2016 Fringe review 92CONVERGENCE (DanceSpora): 2016 Fringe review 91
The Trenton-based dance company DanceSpora premiered two works at the Fringe Festival.
View More CONVERGENCE (DanceSpora): 2016 Fringe review 91PORTRAIT OF MYSELF AS MY FATHER (nora chipaumire): 2016 Fringe review 90
How do you become a man? A black man? A black African man?
View More PORTRAIT OF MYSELF AS MY FATHER (nora chipaumire): 2016 Fringe review 90LE CARGO (Faustin Linyekula) 2016 Fringe review 89
“I am simply here to dance,” says Faustin Linyekula.
View More LE CARGO (Faustin Linyekula) 2016 Fringe review 89Fringe in Sketch: WROUGHTLAND
A land where fairy tales take a wicked turn, and the innocent and optimistic stories of happily-ever-after wrought into the harsh realities of life.
View More Fringe in Sketch: WROUGHTLANDRHIZOMAS (Ryuzo Fukuhara): 2016 Fringe review 86
Improvisation is an enticing, yet dangerous, approach to performing.
View More RHIZOMAS (Ryuzo Fukuhara): 2016 Fringe review 86WITH FLINT AND STEEL (duende): 2016 Fringe review 85
WITH FLINT AND STEEL, this year’s Fringe offering by experimental music and dance group duende, consists of seven separate pieces, each by a different choreographer.
View More WITH FLINT AND STEEL (duende): 2016 Fringe review 85FORE-IGN/ FORE-OUT (Carbonell, Chisena, Gavino, McKenzie): 2016 Fringe review 84
Excerpted by kind permission from thINKingDANCE. In FORE-IGN/ FORE-OUT, four choreographers explore states of liminality—of how to be between things. In Matriz, Evalina Carbonell uses a…
View More FORE-IGN/ FORE-OUT (Carbonell, Chisena, Gavino, McKenzie): 2016 Fringe review 84WALK TO TOPAZ (Brendon Tetsuo): 2016 Fringe review 82
An autobiographical solo dance work tracing how a family history in a Japanese Internment Camp has affected succeeding generations.
View More WALK TO TOPAZ (Brendon Tetsuo): 2016 Fringe review 82THE ONE, THE OTHER ONE, & THE MANY (The Naked Stark): 2016 Fringe review 80
THE ONE, THE OTHER ONE, & THE MANY reflected an everlasting struggle, a universal dynamic to shift parochial perspectives through time and evolving relationships
View More THE ONE, THE OTHER ONE, & THE MANY (The Naked Stark): 2016 Fringe review 80