 Photo: Johanna Austin
More Than Just Girls' Games: Lily Kind's "Wolfthicket"An invigorating exploration and reinvention of childhood "girls' games". Joseph Ahmed |
 Photo: Marina Cherry
An Ungainly Kind of GorgeousThrough stages of quiet rite, disturbing contortion, and macabre hilarity, Marina Cherry takes us somewhere both private and performative. Emilee Lord |
 Photo: Pip Fort
Mirror! Light! Action!A physical theater piece with bursts, hesitations, and falls in a game of light, images, objects, and themselves Emilee Lord |
 Photo: Britt Davis
Portraits of Illusion and Collapse: OhOk at FringeDreams, theatrics, ruminations, and inversions structure the Berlin-based collective’s latest dance film. Kara Nepomuceno |
 Photo: John Chandler Hawthorne
I Was Waiting For YouThis piece was done gently enough, generously enough, that the themes of personal grief and loss came through without a heavy hand. Emilee Lord |
 Photo: Jonathan Stein
Shayla-Vie Jenkins Reveals Long-Buried HistoriesA transcendent experience mining the racial history of the Christ Church Burial Ground. Jonathan Stein |
 Photo: Augustina Iohan
Dancing into the New YearFlipping through the Jewish calendar, one dance at a time Darcy Grabenstein |
 Photo: Peterson Goodwyn
Dwelling on the Past and PresentA short, bitter-sweet reminiscence on home and loss, thoughtfully presented. Joseph Ahmed |
 Photo: Brandon Wyche
Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company’s “Return to Müvment” Brings a Return to JoyDancers fill the stage, inviting me into their realm through silent narrative. Lauren Putty White |
 Photo: Dawn States
Dawn States Dancers Speak for ThemselvesDescription is less necessary when the work is already beautifully narrated by the dancers themselves. Kara Nepomuceno |
 Photo: Wide Eyed Images
Club for OneCan a solo pleasure performance become a communal experience? Lu Donovan |
 Photo: Jasmine Lynea
Nanay: Tagalog for MotherThe dancers chart their ancestral matrilineal stories onto their bodies and into the grass. Kalila Kingsford Smith |
NewsAnnouncing Artists for the Decolonizing Dance Writing: International Exchange Project
Congratulations to Emmanuel Cudjoe (Ghana), Juan Felipe Miranda Medina (Peru), Jack Gray (Aotearoa/New Zealand), Umeshi Rajeendra (Sri Lanka) and Diana… Introducing Our New Writers
tD is thrilled to welcome nine new writers to our roster. Joining the writing team are:
Joseph Ahmed,
Lu Donovan,
Caitlin Green,
Nadia Khayrallah,
Nikolai… Guest Writer Policy
thINKingDANCE (tD) is committed to supporting our roster of writers through equitable pay, editorial support, education efforts, and opportunities for… 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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