 Photo: Sarah Atunrase
A Presence that is UnquestionableThere’s a palpable sense of catharsis. Miryam Coppersmith |
 Photo credit: Marlene Ramirez-Cancio and Cheyenne Gil
Centering Palestinian Pleasure and AgencyEat Me Baladi engages fragmentation to embody wholeness. Ella-Gabriel Mason |
 Photo: Rexxi
Who’s a Sexy Finch?Bower Bird fills the intimate MAAS studio with drag, movement, and video to humorously explore how we perform gender and elicit the attention of our desired mates. Ella-Gabriel Mason |
 Photo: Angel Edwards, dancer Oliver Spencer, VD by Jordan Deal
High Noon Revives the Cowboy Trope with Black, Queer CultureWith both roaring and solacing soundscapes, we wander through the psyche of a cowboy. Caitlin Green |
 Photo: Jeffrey Bare
Magnum Opus: I hate my workA witty mockery of artist self-aggrandizement. Emilee Lord |
 Photo: Bela Shehu
Sister Bitch Intensity: A Write Back AtchaWas the hair leading the head or was the head leading the hair? Miryam Coppersmith |
 Photo: Carne Viva Dance Theater
Intimacy, Connection, and Personal Journeys at Mio / Tuyo / NuestroA celebration of many identities and expressions. Kalila Kingsford Smith |
 Photo: Caitlin Scholl
Dance Like a MotherTwo working-parent-artists premiere a collaboration years in the making. Mira Treatman |
 Photo: Christopher Duggan
Untitled and RealAbraham’s movement vocabulary is a wonder of integration and versatility. Patricia Graham |
 Photo: Amber Johnston
I present a present presentlyStacking on bones like a winter blizzard...time can accumulate/elongate and backflip on itself. nikolai mckenzie ben rema |
 Photo: Danielle Currica
The Multilayered Selfhood of Shavon NorrisShe calls on us to bear withness. Shayla-Vie Jenkins |
 Photo: Brian Mengini
Existing in a Trapped World: A Write Back AtchaStriving to stay human in tosses, spins, and synchronized flash dances. Miryam Coppersmith |
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In 2020, I sought out a way to interrogate the positionality of Black writers and Black dancing bodies in context to America’s tempestuous history of… Collection: tD Considers Consent
My interest in documenting issues of consent in performance goes all the way back to the first article I ever wrote for thINKingDANCE. I had just… A Bit About UsthINKingDANCE catalyzes conversation about dance and develops the skills of dance writers in the Philadelphia area. We train and educate our writers through regular workshops with visiting dance writers, monthly peer-critique sessions, and a uniquely rigorous two-tiered editing process. Founded in 2011, we've published over 1,200 articles drawing attention to the robust and diverse dance community in Philadelphia and beyond. Read more. FundingthINKingDANCE gratefully acknowledges support from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Critical Minded, Visibility Impact Fund, COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL, and from our readers and other individual donors.
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