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.
View More SHUT UP & DANCE 2016 (MANNA): 24th MANNA benefit performance
BalletX celebrated its annual fundraiser on the Top of the Tower, with a 360 degree view of the city of Brotherly Love, .
View More BALLETX THE PREMIER PARTY 2016: Creating a deeper human connection through contemporary dance
BalletX, kicks off their inaugural 10th season with the Fall Series 2015 with a world premiere by internationally acclaimed choreographer, Nicolo Fonte.
View More FALL SERIES 2015 (BalletX): Nature and nurture through breathtaking dancers
Staged in the American Art Galleries in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this interactive pop-up work of art, gives a new insight into how to “experience” the…
View More IN TRANSIT: DANCE|MUSIC|THEATER (FringeArts / PMA): 2015 Fringe review 58
The program is packed everything from serious to funny: tap, swing and jazz, all thoroughly infused with and supported by the dancers’ strong foundation in classical ballet.
View More SUMMER SERIES (BalletX): Summertime satisfaction
Talented indie folk rocker Chris Kasper prepares for a show with Philly’s top contemporary ballet troupe, BalletX.
View More What Do Indie Rock and Contemporary Ballet Have in Common? Musician Chris Kasper tells us ahead of his show with BalletX
BalletX is on fire. Their winter series provides Philadelphia with the perfect antidote to the cold-weather blues.
View More WINTER SERIES 2015 (BalletX): Sizzling Despite the Snow
Just 26 years old, De La Cruz has already received astounding recognition for his choreography. BalletX premiere’s his “Talsikan” as part of the Winter Series 2015.
View More BalletX Winter Series 2015: Norbert De La Cruz III connects classical steps with modern contortions
BalletX’s Fall Series features three disparate dances united by evocative lighting schemes and the genre-stretching beauty of movement which characterizes the company.
View More Fall Series (BalletX): Darkness on the edge of ballet
Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo has been shuttling back and forth to Philly this fall to make ‘Gran Partita’, premierin in BalletXs fall program
View More Dance-noir edge in Jorma Elo’s BalletX premiere
The performance encapsulated the company’s signature combination of strong technique and quirky choreography.
View More BalletX Shines at Art After 5
BALLETX’s intimate performance featured a company dancer and performers from Murmuration, a dynamic and experimental ensemble.
View More BALLETX AT THE BRIDGETTE MAYER GALLERY (BalletX): Fringe Review 49
With his BalletX summer program SUNSET, O639 HOURS, a long-form narrative ballet, choreographer Matthew Neenan unveiled taps new creative veins, steering clear of all his choreographic safe zones.
View More SUNSET, O639 HOURS (BalletX): Neenan blazes into sunset
Pharrell Williams’s song “Happy” spawned a slew of tribute videos from across the world, and BalletX has made the quintessential Philly version. The four-minute video…
View More The Happiest Dance Company in Town: BalletX does Pharrell Williams “Happy”
Contemporary ballet company BalletX presents a free lunchtime performance this Wednesday at noon as part of the cultural programming series at The Porch at 30th Street Station. The company will present selections from their acclaimed Winter Series 2014
View More Photo Essay: BalletX dances on The Porch at 30th Street this Wednesday
If you still think of ballet as inaccessible formalist movement to stuffy classical music, you have not seen BalletX. With an inviting Winter 2014 program spanning Valentine’s Day, this is a great opportunity to make a date with dance.
View More Make a date with dance: BalletX Winter Series
Earlier this month BalletX dancers had their pointe shoes ready for a rehearsal for Matthew Neenan’s ballet There I Was. The piece showcases how inventive, within and out of specific pointe shoe classicism, Neenan can be. Even though it is weeks before the opening There I Was looks ready, Neenan only moved around to cue a specific music change, apologizing to the dancers for the pause.
View More BalletX’s Matthew Neenan downshifts for THERE I WAS
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…
View More The Right Moves: BalletX’s Summer Series at the Wilma Theater