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Tag: Philadelphia Dance

Dance Features Previews

No Words for Arielle Pina’s NO INTRODUCTION or A White Viewer’s Guide to Reacting to NO INTRODUCTION

Lily Kind August 17, 2017 No Comments

Arielle Pina doesn’t have words for it. She can talk about colorism , but there’s not a way to neatly explain how it has affected her.

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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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Features Theater

Phindie in 2014: The most-read articles of the past year

Christopher Munden December 29, 2014 1 Comment

The first complete calendar year of Phindie’s existence is almost at a close. This year Phindie published almost 500 pieces on local theater, dance, and other arts. We look back at the articles which you liked the most in 2014. Here are the top ten in various categories.

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Dance Features Museums Theater

Putting the value on the art of performing art

Josh McIlvain May 30, 2014 No Comments

The support for performing arts organizations and artists, of all sizes, pales in comparison to the type of funding that art museums obtain. It is time to start placing more value on the “art” part of performing arts.

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Annie Wilson in Kensington.
Dance Interviews

Annie’s Got a Brand New Bag: See It at the Philly Fringe

Josh McIlvain September 1, 2011 No Comments

Annie Wilson is a local dancer-choreographer-performer-art maker type who has been making her presence known these past several years since graduation from the University of…

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Arts Features Previews Theater Visual

World War What? Did PIFA forget a little something in its celebration of Paris 1910-20?

Josh McIlvain April 14, 2011 No Comments

IS it just a little strange that in a festival with a theme of Paris 1910–20, few of the shows and none of the literature seem to mention that there was a little war going on

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paying for music for a dance performance
Dance Features

Dance and Music Rights, or When Were You Planning To Pay For That Music, Friend?

Josh McIlvain April 10, 2011 No Comments

In the not distant past, I was watching a dance performance, which I was enjoying, and I couldn’t help thinking—if this dance company was caught…

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philadelphia theater and Newt
Dance Features Theater

Lessons from Newt Gingrich: or how we in the theatre and dance communities can stop acting like losers and learn to make the nation love us

Josh McIlvain March 22, 2011 1 Comment

How often have you heard that performing arts are dying, that we’re a niche market, that you can never make a living off of it,…

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this somehow represents meta theater in Philadelphia
Dance Features

Meta is Dead. Long Live Meta.

Josh McIlvain March 15, 2011 No Comments

I want to talk about shows in theatre and dance that deal with the audience head on. In other words, works that acknowledge the existence…

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Features

Did you see that thing about how last year Philly hotels had more guests than ever before?

Josh McIlvain February 23, 2011 No Comments

Yeah, so it seems a shitload of people spent the night in Philadelphia in 2010. According to an Inquirer article/industry press release from Feb 19, “Philadelphia filled…

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conceptual dance philadelphia
Arts Dance Features

Conceptual Dance and Star Power

Josh McIlvain February 21, 2011 No Comments

My dance vocabulary is limited, so please forgive me as I redefine terms for my own benefit. When I say conceptual dance, I am referring…

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Cliff Lee Philadelphia theater
Features Theater

Can we get Cliff Lee to a play?

Josh McIlvain February 5, 2011 No Comments

Cliff Lee made an appearance at the Philadelphia Auto Show, and it was the top story on the evening news. (Since this is a performing…

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