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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review Visually arresting and aurally haunting, THERE makes rarefied language solid and visceral 
OPERATION: WAWA ROAD TRIP (Tribe of Fools) 2019 Fringe review Operation: Wawa Road Trip combines physical theater with theater magic to create a hilarious journey for hoagies. 
LATE NIGHT SNACKS: Stephanie Blythe (Bearded Ladies): 2019 Fringe review Stephanie Blythe as Blythely Oratonio performing at LATE NIGHT SNACKS 
A MANAYUNK MYSTERY TOUR (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe review Shadowy figures lurk on the dark towpath under the Green Lane Bridge. That would be us. 
ATRYTONE/FIXED (Wings of Paper): 2019 Fringe review Two worthwhile new works of exploration by Alice Hakvaag and Michael Stahler.
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The Right Moves: BalletX’s Summer Series at the Wilma Theater
Perhaps it was a natural cultural chauvinism that kept me away from ballet for so long, even as my sister danced her way through elementary school and my mother eagerly anticipated the next season of the Royal Ballet, and later the Pennsylvania Ballet Company. But just as avant garde operas at the Curtis Institute of Music have led me to reevaluate that art form, contemporary choreography by such Philadelphia companies as Koresh Dance Studio and BalletX have brought out the inner dance fan in me. BalletX’s Summer Series, staged July 23-26 at the Wilma Theater, is a fine exemplar of the possibility and beauty of modern ballet. more…
