Upping the ante on dance coverage and conversation
Finding Community, Building Community: An Interview with Philly Dance Share
Photo: Laura Desimine

Finding Community, Building Community: An Interview with Philly Dance Share

With and through each other, PDS is reshaping the Philly dance scene, one class at a time.

Madeline Shuron
February 7, 2025

This is Your Moment
Photo: Laney Powers

This is Your Moment

A Night with UMAMI and Urban Movement Arts Dance Theater

Sophiann Mahalia Moore
February 14, 2025

All That History in Those Very Seats
Photo:Rachel Keane

All That History in Those Very Seats

Steve Paxton remembered

Emilee Lord
February 20, 2025

Montreal Company, RUBBERBAND, Brings Reckless Underdog to Philly
Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko

Montreal Company, RUBBERBAND, Brings Reckless Underdog to Philly

Bringing street dance to the theater underscores the intersection of performance and social dance.

Caitlin Green
March 2, 2025

Has Sadness Ever Taken You Down to the Dump?
Photo: Dylan Smythe

Has Sadness Ever Taken You Down to the Dump?

“THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!”

Caitlin Green
March 2, 2025

Beyond Entertainment: Exploring Perspectives on the Purpose of Dance in South Indian History
Photo: Lakshmi Thiagarajan

Beyond Entertainment: Exploring Perspectives on the Purpose of Dance in South Indian History

Dance as an expression of political power, religious fervor, and of women’s sexualities.

Lakshmi Thiagarajan
March 11, 2025

Interrupting the Paper Daughter
Photo by Phyllis Birkby

Interrupting the Paper Daughter

Reading writing on a writer dancing

Emilee Lord
April 3, 2025

the wave of ending and beginning
Photo: Rob Li Photography

the wave of ending and beginning

with the world so uncertain and art requiring more cherishing than ever, Lin cherishes the dancers and the giving act of performance, as do the dancers with one another.

desire amaiya
April 9, 2025

Flinging in the Rain
Photo by Josef Pinlac

Flinging in the Rain

A Glimpse into Scottish Highland Dance

Emilee Lord
April 11, 2025

2.0 The horse is blonde, and other mutterings
Photo by: Julie Mayo

2.0 The horse is blonde, and other mutterings

Julie Mayo and Christy Funsch present ”A Wife in Dance,” a split bill performance prioritizing space, distance, and relationship.

Madeline Shuron
April 11, 2025

Why? And Where Are You?
Photo by: Steven Pisano

Why? And Where Are You?

Pain is not a flower

Emilee Lord
April 16, 2025

The Web: Celebrating Ten Years of Podcast Interconnectedness
Photo: Erin Carlisle Norton

The Web: Celebrating Ten Years of Podcast Interconnectedness

Movers and Shapers dances into the next decade

Megan Mizanty
April 19, 2025

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Welcoming New Writers to thINKingDANCE!

Join us in welcoming our newest writers to thINKingDANCE! This January, we received applications from 50 writers interested in joining our team, our highest…
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2025 Open Call for New tD Writers (Now Closed)

Deadline Extended to February 15th! thINKingDANCE is seeking 10-15 new writers to join our Philly-based organization. We encourage you to apply if you:​ Want…
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Top 20 Articles of Year 2024

This year, twenty-six writers contributed to our thINKingDANCE publication. We write about what artists do with respect for the labor and intentions that…
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thINKingDANCE is a collective of independent writers based in the Philadelphia area. Founded in 2011, we produce a digital journal about dance in its broadest sense. We foster the practice of dance writing; build an archive of movement-based art; and work to dismantle gatekeeping in dance criticism. We pursue these goals by developing our writing through peer-critique sessions, workshops with guest educators, and a uniquely rigorous two-tiered editing process. thINKingDANCE is a place where ideas thrive; where editors, writers, and readers engage one another in transformative dialogue; and where we imagine a more vibrant and just dance media landscape. Read more.

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