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Author: Eri Yoneda

Eri Yoneda writes about dance and classical music for Phindie.
Dance Features Previews

Taking Flight with Cirque du Soliel

Eri Yoneda February 10, 2017 No Comments

Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based, internationally renowned, always-beyond-imaginable performance company brings TORUK-The First Flight to the Wells Fargo Center March 8-12, 2017

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Dance Reviews

Dance eXchange (BalletX): Handing wings to our future

Eri Yoneda January 28, 2017 No Comments

Through performance, we how to keep our boundaries and respect each other, sharing what we love and cherish

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Dance Reviews

George Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): Showcasing the next great talents

Eri Yoneda December 12, 2016 2 Comments

It uses the same stage, the same music, and the same settings as previous years, but this year’s NUTCRACKER is even more convincing and more magical than before.

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Dance Reviews

PARSONS DANCE (NextMove DANCE): Modern technology meets dance

Eri Yoneda December 10, 2016 No Comments

The repertoires PARSONS DANCE present at the Prince have clear themes and stories, yet remain enigmatic and abstract.

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Photography by Alexander Iziliaev.; Pictured: Zachary Kapeluck
Dance Reviews

SUNSET, O639 HOURS (BalletX): A ballet masterpiece

Eri Yoneda November 21, 2016 No Comments

Like other masterpieces of ballet, SUNSET, O639 HOURS grows by itself and lets the dancers grow.

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Dance Features Interviews

Ready for the Next Flight: BalletX reprises SUNSET, o639 HOURS

Eri Yoneda November 15, 2016 No Comments

Eri Yoneda interviews the lead dancers of BalletX’s popular contemporary full-length

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Dance Reviews

REVOLUTION (PA Ballet): Revolution for our mind

Eri Yoneda November 13, 2016 No Comments

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.

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Dance Reviews

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY (NextMove DANCE): Timeless dances

Eri Yoneda November 6, 2016 No Comments

As a pioneer dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham established the root of modern dance almost single-handedly.

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Dance Reviews

RUBBERBANDance Group (NextMove Dance): Hip-Hop, beyond borders

Eri Yoneda October 16, 2016 No Comments

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…

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Dance Reviews

CINDERELLA (PA Ballet): Enchanting ballet magic

Eri Yoneda October 16, 2016 No Comments

The ballet shows the brave and caring intention of artistic director Angel Corella to the company and the Philadelphia ballet fans.

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Dance Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews

WALK TO TOPAZ (Brendon Tetsuo): 2016 Fringe review 82

Eri Yoneda September 22, 2016 No Comments

An autobiographical solo dance work tracing how a family history in a Japanese Internment Camp has affected succeeding generations.

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Dance Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Theater

SURFACE TENSION (Tangle Movement Arts): 2016 Fringe review 46

Eri Yoneda September 16, 2016 No Comments

Tangle Movement Arts is back again with a thrilling Fringe Festival performance.

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Dance Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews

IN THE CLEARING (Birds on a Wire): 2016 Fringe review 10

Eri Yoneda September 11, 2016 No Comments

An all girls dance group presents a mysterious dance performance.

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Dance Reviews

SUMMER SERIES 2016 (BalletX): Lost in the unreal moment

Eri Yoneda July 9, 2016 No Comments

Philadelphia’s most innovative and thrilling dance company brings yet another spark to the Wilma Theater.

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Dance Reviews

BALANCHINE & BEYOND (PA Ballet): Experiment and challenge our comfort zone

Eri Yoneda June 11, 2016 No Comments

For the last program of Pennsylvania Ballet’s 2015-2016 season, Angel Corella challenges both the dancers and the audience with the four experimental dances

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Dance Reviews Visual Arts

LA VERITA (Campagnia Finzi Pasca): Experience the surreal

Eri Yoneda May 18, 2016 No Comments

Choreographer Daniele Finzi Pasca has created an innovative circus-style performance inspired by a Dalí painting.

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Dance Reviews

A PROGRAM OF FIRSTS (PA Ballet): Remembering the start-line

Eri Yoneda May 16, 2016 No Comments

It would not be too much to say that this has been one of the most exciting and accomplished seasons in Pennsylvania Ballet’s history.

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Dance Reviews

OPUS CACTUS by MOMIX (Dance Affiliates): Feel nature and the universe

Eri Yoneda May 14, 2016 No Comments

Moses Pendleton’s concept is grandiose and its realization is magnificent.

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Dance Music Reviews

ATTACK POINT (PIFA): Innovative and experimental

Eri Yoneda April 13, 2016 No Comments

Among the many experimental performances at PIFA this year, this could be one of the most unique and successful.

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Dance Reviews

SHUT UP & DANCE 2016 (MANNA): 24th MANNA benefit performance

Eri Yoneda April 12, 2016 No Comments

MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance), together with Pennsylvania Ballet brought a hot dance night to the Forrest Theater on an unusually freezing April night.

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