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Category: Dance

Coverage of dance, movement, and related performance art in Philadelphia.

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Cirque on Ice: Director Fabrice Lemire talks Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL

Debra Danese June 2, 2019 No Comments

Lemire talks to Debra Danese about the unique challenges of bringing acrobatics and skating together.

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Dance Features Interviews Theater

It’s a Philadelphia Thing: A new performing arts festival fosters artistic exchange

Christopher Munden June 2, 2019 No Comments

There’s new performing arts festival in town: Trade School PHL/LAX runs June 5-8

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Dance Features Interviews

Rennie Harris Gets Funky: Interview with the choreographer ahead of FUNKEDIFIED

Debra Danese June 2, 2019 No Comments

Rennie Harris: Funkified is inspired by the funk music of his youth.

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Dance Reviews

DGV, Trigger Touch Fade, Glass Pieces (PA Ballet): Robbins, Wheeldon, and Elo

Eri Yoneda May 14, 2019 No Comments

Ballet is a living art.

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Dance Features Interviews

Interview Over Morning Coffee with Ian Hussey, departing Principal Dancer at Pennsylvania Ballet

Eri Yoneda May 13, 2019 No Comments

Since he met ballet at age of 8 when his parents brought him to the Academy of Music to see the Nutcracker by Pennsylvania Ballet,…

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: KUN-YANG LIN/DANCERS (NextMove Dance)

Chuck Schultz April 26, 2019 No Comments

An iridescent light shining on a crater with life crawling out of it.

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Dance Reviews

KUN-YANG LIN/DANCERS (NextMove Dance): A dance company with a philosophy

Eri Yoneda April 18, 2019 No Comments

Experiencing Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, you may come to feel and understand what yin and yang means.

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Dance Features Interviews

Getting to Know Annie Wilson

John Rosenberg April 15, 2019 No Comments

Annie Wilson has proven to be among the freshest, funniest, and fearless choreographers in Philadelphia. She talks to John Rosenberg.

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Dance Features Previews

The Grounds Shout: Reggie Wilson and local artists bring performance to sacred spaces

Smalley Bogg April 15, 2019 1 Comment

Grounds that Shout! (and others merely shaking), explores connections between faith, movement, race, and the body, with a focus on the African American religious experience.

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Dance Music Reviews

ALL STRAVINSKY (PA Ballet): What about the music?

Margaret Darby April 8, 2019 No Comments

The Pennsylvania Ballet does their best to ignore their fantastic orchestra

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: Kun-Yang Lin and Dancers Open Studio Series

Chuck Schultz March 29, 2019 No Comments

Sketching a preview of KYL/D’s upcoming NextMove Dance performances

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Dance Reviews

HOME PROJECT-IMMIGRANT JOURNEYS (KYL/D): Promoting diversity through identity at Teatro Esperanza

Winfield Maben March 18, 2019 No Comments

The performance follows a week long residency by the company at Esperanza Academy which included masterclasses, workshops, and guided discussions.

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Dance Reviews

GISELLE (PA Ballet): A ballet of true love

Eri Yoneda March 12, 2019 No Comments

Angel Corella’s restaging preserves the tradition of the classic ballet and manifests true love onstage.

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Dance Features Interviews

The Authenticity and History of Giselle: Interview with Angel Corella of Pennsylvania Ballet

Eri Yoneda February 18, 2019 No Comments

Eri Yoneda speaks with the artistic director of PA Ballet about his new production of Giselle.

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: Martha Graham Dance (NextMove/Annenberg Center Live)

Chuck Schultz February 7, 2019 No Comments

Chuck Schultz sketches Martha Graham Dance Company at the Annenberg Center.

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Dance Reviews

THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): 50 years of a holiday treat

Eri Yoneda December 16, 2018 No Comments

The Nutcracker is not just a lovely holiday tradition. It’s am ambassador for ballet, gaining fans who have never been to seen ballet before.

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: Jessica Lang Dance Company (NextMove/Annenberg Center Live)

Chuck Schultz December 9, 2018 No Comments

Jessica Lang Dance Company was at the Annenberg Center Live last weekend and it was a full house.

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Dance Reviews

FALL SERIES 2018 (BalletX): Three varied, compelling world premieres

Christopher Munden November 29, 2018 No Comments

The original works testify to the skills of the BalletX dancers and the abilities of new generations of ballet choreographers.

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Dance in Sketch: Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers

Chuck Schultz November 29, 2018 No Comments

Artist Chuck Schultz recently attended a rehearsal of Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers Fall/Spring season at the Chi Movement Arts Center

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Dance Reviews

PETITE MORT and World Premieres (Pennsylvania Ballet): Lamentation and Revolution

Eri Yoneda November 11, 2018 No Comments

The exuberant choreography was spectacular, the dancers striking, and the dramatic finale stirred the viewers’ imagination.

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