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Lynn Matluck Brooks

Facing Facing Front

Lynn Matluck Brooks and Christopher Brooks reflect on programs 1 and 2 of Facing Front, featuring Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion.
June 23, 2015
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Astonish Us: PAB’s Closing Season Program

Diaghilev's command, “Astonish me!,” fit the opening night of Pennsylvania Ballet’s last program of 2014-15.
June 13, 2015
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Sunbathers, Sailors, and Society Wives: Robbins at PAB

Jean-Pierre Frohlich introduced Robbins’s work as more akin to a play than to a dance: "each character has a backstory."
May 13, 2015
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Passionate Precision

With Cosas de Mujeres, Pasión y Arte Flamenco brings together a remarkable line-up of artists.
April 14, 2015
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A Dancing, Songful Farewell

Directed by Seán Curran, The Radio Hour will be a funny, stirring, and richly textured Philadelphia debut.
March 24, 2015
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Flying and Fleeting

Up close, the audience can see the balances and supports afforded by the circus equipment and notice each finger, glance, and weight shift.
March 17, 2015
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Turbulent Times in Motion

The symposium “Russian Movement Culture of the 1920s and 1930s” revealed a period of extraordinary vibrancy and anxiety in Russia and among its émigré populations.
February 15, 2015
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The New and the Notable at PAB

These dancers seemed completely comfortable with, and yet engrossed in, their roles; I wanted to... figure out their relationships, to try to guess their next moves.
February 10, 2015
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