World renowned and locally grown Philadanco contributed to the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts with nights of first rate dancing to sold out houses.
View More Philadanco (PIFA): Global artistry: four choreographers, one aestheticTag: Kimmel Center
ATTACK POINT (PIFA): Innovative and experimental
Among the many experimental performances at PIFA this year, this could be one of the most unique and successful.
View More ATTACK POINT (PIFA): Innovative and experimentalWhat Is the Future of Musical Theater? Thoughts on the Kimmel Center 2015 SEI Residency Program
Is it adaptations of familiar works, or is there another, more intimate kind of musical that can be done without gadgets and effects and superheroes flying across the stage?
View More What Is the Future of Musical Theater? Thoughts on the Kimmel Center 2015 SEI Residency ProgramComposer Francois Zayas’s dance-musical orchestral premieres at the Kimmel
Philly–based Cuban composer Francois Zayas is premiering his yet to be titled ‘musical journey’ for 12- piece orchestra, dancers and vocalists at the Kimmel Center.
View More Composer Francois Zayas’s dance-musical orchestral premieres at the KimmelARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Curtis Opera Theatre/Opera Philadelphia): Clowns and opera collide
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS predates Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” and David Hirson’s “La Bête” by decades, but the situation its plot depicts brings both of those later 20th century works to mind.
View More ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Curtis Opera Theatre/Opera Philadelphia): Clowns and opera collidePHILADANCO can do just about anything
PHILADANCO!, the city’s premiere modern dance company, had a bit of a problem during its final performance of Blood, Sweat and Dance at the Kimmel Center on Saturday night: the ushers had run out of programs and had to hand out black and white photocopies. In the dance world, however, this is a very good problem to have, and in this case, it was a testament to the company’s continued preservation of predominantly African-American traditions in dance.
View More PHILADANCO can do just about anything10 Picks for 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, and the 2011 edition looks bigger andbetter than ever. The Live Arts…
View More 10 Picks for 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe