Upping the ante on dance coverage and conversation
ding!
Photo courtesy of Cannonball Festival

ding!

we create a score through digital communication.

desire amaiya
September 4, 2024

i hold your towel just how you like it
Photo: Thomas Choinacky

i hold your towel just how you like it

we are spectators in a typically unwatched game.

desire amaiya
September 9, 2024

I’m an Artist, but I’m Fun!
Photo: Liz Deleo

I’m an Artist, but I’m Fun!

Adam brings his creative force to bear on his own experiences in Dead Muse.

Miryam Coppersmith
September 10, 2024

The Mutability of Outdoor Performance: Driscoll's Oceanic Feeling
Photo courtesy of Faye Driscoll

The Mutability of Outdoor Performance: Driscoll's Oceanic Feeling

Site-specific performance along the liminal edge

Brendan McCall
September 10, 2024

The Garden Flows in You
Photo: Christopher Ash

The Garden Flows in You

As a site-specific performance, The Garden: River's Edge’s participatory nature provides audience members with a meditative adventure.

Ziying Cui
September 12, 2024

Sound Moves: an interchange of expertise in percussion and modern dance.
Photo Courtesy of the Artist

Sound Moves: an interchange of expertise in percussion and modern dance.

Sound Moves showcases a meeting ground for complimentary flavors of modern dance and percussion.

Caitlin Green
September 12, 2024

Listening to the dance
Photo: still from the film Telephone

Listening to the dance

The screendance Telephone pioneers a new form of audio description for dance.

Kristen Shahverdian
September 13, 2024

"My Story Begins Very Simply" | a career's worth of dancing
Photo: Brian Mengini

"My Story Begins Very Simply" | a career's worth of dancing

A meditative start to Temple’s 50th anniversary of the dance department

Madeline Shuron
September 13, 2024

Homage to the Passed
Photo: Daniel Madoff

Homage to the Passed

A candle-lit performance offers a meeting and honoring of Black Philadelphians.

Ellen Miller
September 15, 2024

How Many Coors Lights Cans Were Harmed in the Making of this Show?
Photo: Elyse Mertz

How Many Coors Lights Cans Were Harmed in the Making of this Show?

We are surrounded with the sounds of meditation and beer cans.

Ellen Miller
September 15, 2024

A Cross-Cultural Encounter: DanceVisions’ Full Circle
Photo: Performance Garage

A Cross-Cultural Encounter: DanceVisions’ Full Circle

Four choreographers showcase the diversity and inclusivity of Philadelphia’s contemporary dance scene.

Ziying Cui
September 16, 2024

In endings, beginnings; in presence, healing
Photo: Erin Walker

In endings, beginnings; in presence, healing

Moving through grief

Ellen Miller
September 17, 2024

News

thINKingDANCE hosts in-person events this spring!

Join thINKingDANCE for a series of exciting in  person events around Philadelphia this spring!   First,   thINKingDANCE is partnering with Philadelphia…
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tD Brings in New Writers

tD is thrilled to welcome fifteen new writers to our roster. Joining the writing team are: desire amaiya Jamie Bogert Catja Christensen Courtney Colón Ziying…
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Open Call for New Writers - Closed

Now Closed thINKingDANCE is seeking 10-15 new writers to join our Philly-based organization and we encourage you to apply if you: Are interested in…
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A Bit About Us

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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