thINKingDANCE will lead a Write Back Atcha after Beautiful Human Lies on Monday September 8th at the Drake .
Get tickets for the show and join us afterwards for a post-show writing workshop facilitated by Noel Price-Bracey!
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Raw Egg and All, It WorksFull Out Formula’s circus act lets the audience decide. Ellen Miller |
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A Mother-Son Duo Exchange ExpertiseHis musicianship paves the way for her play. Caitlin Green |
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Homecoming: Stephen Petronio Company´s Final Season at the PillowStephen Petronio Company's Final Bow Brendan McCall |
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Inside/Out Protest: Embodied Liberation with Yara TraviesoSoftening into tender resistance and honest disobedience with Cuban-Venezuelan artist Travieso. Ankita |
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Infiltrating Institutions with Christopher Kaui MorganChristopher Kaui Morgan—infiltrator and advocate—holds the door open for Native Hawaiian and queer communities. Ankita |
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The Rear-View Mirror: Hindsight from a Dance ScholarHow does the lens switch as time passes? Megan Mizanty |
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B.F.F. (Before the Fringe Festival: A Moving History)A reflection on the Memoir of Michael Pedretti of Movement Theatre International, pre-Fringe. Walter Bilderback |
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59th exhale: A night of questions, answers optional.Textured worlds provoke dynamic questionings. Xander Cobb |
Photo: Richard Clark, Philippe Dedryver
Flamenco Whenever, WhereverThe skillful duet brings to mind a dimly-lit café in Seville. Caedra Scott-Flaherty |
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Calling All QuerthlingsAn extraterrestrial Gospel to absolve you of queer shame and anxiety – no promises. Xander Cobb |
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Consenting to PlaySometimes the performance is in fact play. Nadia Ureña |
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Circling with the DybbukBeloved Yiddish play is translated through dance. Madeline Shuron |
NewsTransitions 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… 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… 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… A Bit About UsthINKingDANCE 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. FundingthINKingDANCE gratefully acknowledges support from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and from our readers and other individual donors like you! thINKingDANCE is supported by Critical Minded, an initiative to invest in cultural critics of color cofounded by The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Ford Foundation. |