Articles

Animal and Gender Fluidity in Headlong’s ‘Horse Woman’ at the Barnes

Insights into Laurencin's beguiling enchantments and sensuous visions.
January 30, 2024
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Careers in the Dance Biz: Financially Literate in an Artistic World

Continuing her series on navigating the “business” of dance, Kalila Kingsford Smith interviews Amy Smith, Co-Founder and Finance Director of Headlong Dance Theatre.
October 18, 2013
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Revealing Neighborhood Mysteries and Artistries

Lea Bostick, vetted for "This Town is a Mystery," was asked by Andrew Simonet if her family members were shy. She said, “Shy was the only gene they didn’t have.”
September 18, 2012
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Our House, In The Middle Of The Street

Headlong and the Aryadareis created a “third space” that honors both performers and guests as fully human and undoubtedly welcome.
September 14, 2012
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In 1993, When We Felt Free

Two decades and 40 dances into their career, the darlings of Philly’s theatrical dance world in the 1990s and 2000s have arrived at a point of mid-life reflection.
May 9, 2012
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Bittersweet Desire: K. Elizabeth Stevens Works With Headlong

Headlong returns to making and performing in a work together. K. Elizabeth Stevens directs this work, Desire, but confesses: "I've never made a dance before.”
April 30, 2012
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Dancing Around Dramaturgy (an exploration)

...I believe that that’s what dance-makers strive to do: to tell us something about our culture, about ourselves.
January 30, 2012
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Seen & Heard: The Remix

A picture of Seen & Heard that moves beyond the impressions generated by the four authors whose words are reconfigured here, to a thickly textured remembrance.
November 30, 2011
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