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An Annual Nut to Crack

When my son was seven or eight years old, he sweetly invited me on a “date.” His invitation was for the Nutcracker.
December 21, 2011
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Continuing the Conversation on the Role of Performance Criticism...

A dance maker reflects on where reviews fit and the role of citizen critics.
December 9, 2011
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Two Women Walk Out

Jeanne Ruddy has resolved to shutter her eponymous 12-year-old company whose works I have grown to adore.
December 7, 2011
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More Than a Master Class: Dance “as it was meant to be”

Former Isadora Duncan Dance Company member Alice Bloch led students through a 90-minute session blending history, anatomy, gender and sexual politics.
November 23, 2011
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Philly PARD’s R&D for Dance

Philly Performance Arts Research & Development (PARD) offers classes and workshops, describing itself as “a laboratory for the investigation of dance and movement-based art forms.”
November 17, 2011
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On working with Lucinda Childs, a choreographer whose work endures

How is it to dance Lucinda Child’s demanding minimalist work? TD writer Megan Bridge fills us in in advance of the November 11 showing of Work(s)on View
November 10, 2011
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