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A Living Archive of Time: Sincerity Project #5
Photo: Johanna Austin

A Living Archive of Time: Sincerity Project #5

A web of expansive relationships, built through loyalty, shared artistic work, and time.

Miryam Coppersmith
December 21, 2024

Remember Us: Five Groundbreaking Black Women Who Changed Ballet
Photo: Ellen Miller

Remember Us: Five Groundbreaking Black Women Who Changed Ballet

Documenting five pioneering Black ballerinas of Dance Theatre of Harlem: their journeys to and departures from the company.

Ellen Miller
January 5, 2025

Garlic and Power at Out-FRONT! Fest.
Photo by Steven Pisano

Garlic and Power at Out-FRONT! Fest.

Angie Pittman and Kyle Marshall Choreography deliver a powerful split bill as part of the radical queer dance and film festival in NYC

Rachel DeForrest Repinz
January 16, 2025

Choreography at the End
Photo by: Amelia Gordon

Choreography at the End

Dancing while the world burns.

Brendan McCall
January 18, 2025

Kea and the Ark
Photo by: Sebastienne Mundheim

Kea and the Ark

Each step forward is a calculation that risks the possibility of imbalance.

Caitlin Green
January 18, 2025

A Glimpse of Traditional Cultural Revival – The Premiere of Chinese Dance Drama in the US
Photo by: China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe

A Glimpse of Traditional Cultural Revival – The Premiere of Chinese Dance Drama in the US

The poetic dance features neo-classical choreography and breathtaking visual spectacle.

Ziying Cui
February 6, 2025

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

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

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

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

Lakshmi Thiagarajan
March 11, 2025

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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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