Upping the ante on dance coverage and conversation
Possession for the Dispossessed
Photo: Ishmael Walker

Possession for the Dispossessed

A Boo Hag possession dramatized for the stage.

Zoe Farnsworth
September 25, 2025

Doe-Eyed Wonder
Photo: Cole Knight

Doe-Eyed Wonder

Deep thoughts about deer friends.

ankita
September 26, 2025

Secrets shared, Innocence lost
Photo: Shoshana Isaacs

Secrets shared, Innocence lost

How do you perform secrecy?

ankita
September 27, 2025

This is a white piece, and that’s okay
Photo: Jen Kertis

This is a white piece, and that’s okay

Bucking nice, white conventions in favor of complexity

ankita
September 28, 2025

Welcome to the Circle
Photo: Lauren Berlin

Welcome to the Circle

Over 40 Tribal Nations Gather at the 6th Annual WE ARE THE SEEDS Philly, Part of the PECO Multicultural Series

Lauren Berlin
September 28, 2025

Carmen, Boléro, y La Pasión Española
Photo: Alexander Iziliaev⁠

Carmen, Boléro, y La Pasión Española

Ángel Corella and Philabelphia Ballet electrify audiences with Carmen’s defiance and Boléro’s slow-burning tension.

Lauren Berlin
September 29, 2025

Folding Histories Into Prayer
Photo: Kylie Shields

Folding Histories Into Prayer

A spiritual guidebook, holding space

ankita
September 29, 2025

Reflections, Refractions, and Remembering: A Look at 1-Way Mirror
Photo: James Gentile

Reflections, Refractions, and Remembering: A Look at 1-Way Mirror

When you look in a mirror, who do you see?

Madeline Shuron
September 29, 2025

A Circus Family Comes Home
Photo: Steve Sarafian

A Circus Family Comes Home

Trenton’s own Black Ice Circus Debuts Growing Pains at Cannonball.

Lauren Berlin
September 30, 2025

Grief Exhausted Is Made Lighter
Photo: Ally Wilson

Grief Exhausted Is Made Lighter

A turbulent exploration of how exhausting it feels to hold space.

Nadia Ureña
September 30, 2025

Defying the Odds and Inspiring Possibility with Almanac Projects
Photo: Johanna Austin

Defying the Odds and Inspiring Possibility with Almanac Projects

Grinberg and Moore demonstrate skill that flaunts their proficiency in partnership.

Caitlin Green
September 30, 2025

Heartfelt Showmen
Photo: E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

Heartfelt Showmen

“Clap! Holler! We want all the attention from you guys tonight!.”

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell
September 30, 2025

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Transitions in thINKingDANCE Leadership

Dear thINKingDANCE Community, We are in a moment of exciting transition! You have probably seen the first articles published by our new cohort of writers…
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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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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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