Philadelphia artist Melissa Krodman and long-time collaborator Kelly Bond enter the mind’s eye for an experimental new play.
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Category: Dance
Coverage of dance, movement, and related performance art in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia DANCE Annual Holiday Dance Guide 2016
Philadelphia offers a whole host of Nutcracker productions and other productions that have become holiday traditions.
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Dance in Sketch: Koresh Artists’ Showcase November Series
Drawing dance is a challenge. It is difficult to capture gesture, for example, because it is always changing. Modern dance provides a new means to an abstracted form of story telling. Each performance left me with a different feeling: bizarre, savage, sweet and tender, sensual, and empowering.
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SUNSET, O639 HOURS (BalletX): A ballet masterpiece
Like other masterpieces of ballet, SUNSET, O639 HOURS grows by itself and lets the dancers grow.
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Ready for the Next Flight: BalletX reprises SUNSET, o639 HOURS
Eri Yoneda interviews the lead dancers of BalletX’s popular contemporary full-length
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Dance 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.
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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.
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MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY (NextMove DANCE): Timeless dances
As a pioneer dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham established the root of modern dance almost single-handedly.
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Getting 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.
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Hope Rising concert inspires awareness and action
Some 50 dance artists and choreographers presenting a wide variety of styles and dance leve
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RUBBERBANDance 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…
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CINDERELLA (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.
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Pennsylvania Ballet II performs at Culture in the Courtyard
PB II performed under clear, blue skies, with William Penn as their backdrop
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PHILADANCO IN CONCERT (Philadanco): 2016 Fringe review 92
This is a seasoned company that dances with maturity and intent.
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CONVERGENCE (DanceSpora): 2016 Fringe review 91
The Trenton-based dance company DanceSpora premiered two works at the Fringe Festival.
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PORTRAIT OF MYSELF AS MY FATHER (nora chipaumire): 2016 Fringe review 90
How do you become a man? A black man? A black African man?
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LE CARGO (Faustin Linyekula) 2016 Fringe review 89
“I am simply here to dance,” says Faustin Linyekula.
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Fringe 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.
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RHIZOMAS (Ryuzo Fukuhara): 2016 Fringe review 86
Improvisation is an enticing, yet dangerous, approach to performing.
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WITH 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.
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