Transitions in thINKingDANCE Leadership
August 7, 2025
Dear thINKingDANCE Community, We are in a moment of exciting
Articles written by Kalila Kingsford Smith
Welcoming New Writers to thINKingDANCE!
April 10, 2025
Join us in welcoming our newest writers to thINKingDANCE! This
December 30, 2024
This year, twenty-six writers contributed to our thINKingDANCE publication. We
Open Call for New Writers – Closed
June 13, 2023
Now Closed thINKingDANCE is seeking 10-15 new writers to join
Intimacy, Connection, and Personal Journeys at Mio / Tuyo / Nuestro
September 24, 2022
At thINKingDANCE’s second Write Back Atcha during the 2022 Cannonball
Rennie Harris: Lifted – Transcending the Downward Pull
April 6, 2022
As I walk down the aisle of the Zellerbach Theater,
Open Call for tD Writers! (Closed)
November 27, 2020
thINKingDANCE is a collective of independent writers who produce media
Decolonizing Dance Writing: The Necessity of Evolution!
August 31, 2020
We could shrug our shoulders—the generic reaction of the ambivalent—when
Made for the Screen: Opine Dance Film Festival
April 17, 2020
A German tap company jumps between a colorfully-tiled dance hall
On Aging and Endings: Zero to Sixty
October 26, 2019
Framed as a tribute to Hellmut Gottschild, founder of ZeroMoving Dance
How is Safety Felt in the Body
September 22, 2019
Darcy Lyons, director and producer of Proceed With Caution, introduces the
La Bolivianita: A Dance of History and Heritage
September 20, 2019
Elba Hevia y Vaca deconstructs flamenco, contextualizing the importance of
Fresh Juice Fest: Attending to Time and Space
July 9, 2019
Offered as part of the 2019 SoLow Fest line up,
Reflection in Resin: an Interview with Lindsay Browning
May 18, 2019
Lindsay Browning is a performing dance-theater artist based in Philadelphia.
Reflections from the Philadelphia Museum of Dance
November 14, 2018
Our correspondents describe what stuck with them most during the
The Woman’s Voice, Un-Silenced
June 6, 2018
The history of most women is hidden either by silence,or
Is This a Gender Equality Casualty?
February 25, 2018
NextMove Dance audiences gave Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (BJM)
Heads Together; Feet in the Snow
December 18, 2017
It’s the first snow of 2017, and Philadelphians trudge through
Conflicting Ideologies in Mistress of the Maze
September 21, 2017
Mistress of the Maze, conceived and choreographed by dancer and
Spilt Milk: Unearthing Conversational Clashes
September 10, 2017
Spilt Milk, a duet performed and choreographed by Whitney Casal and
Kun-Yang Lin / Dancers: Occupying The Spaces Between
April 23, 2017
In preparation for their upcoming performance, SANCTUARY, Kun-Yang Lin / Dancers offers a
From the Next Move Studio: Jessica Lang Dance
April 16, 2017
Meeting the swell in the music, I lift my chest
Artists Discuss: How Cultural Identities Inform the Creative Process, Part 2
March 26, 2017
On November 14, 2016, students of dance and choreography gathered
Artists Discuss: How Cultural Identities Inform the Creative Process, Part 1
March 25, 2017
On November 14th, 2016, students of dance and choreography gathered
From the NextMove Studio: Cuban Modern Dance
March 13, 2017
Continuing my quest to experience the technical styles of the
From the NextMove Studio: Pedestrian Presence in Varone’s Work
January 28, 2017
After a morning of embodying the Graham technique at Jeanne
Diva Drones: Cinematic Sci-Fi at Parsons Dance
January 5, 2017
Ten minutes after the show is supposed to start, I
What is Revolutionary about PA Ballet’s Revolution?
November 19, 2016
At the Pennsylvania Ballet’s recent program, Revolution, artistic director Angel Corella
From the NextMove Studio: Elasticity in the RUBBERBAND Method
October 26, 2016
In the recent RUBBERBANDance Group workshop, offered free to Philadelphia
September 7, 2015
Imagine growing up your whole life understanding one thing about
Breathtaking Tragedy at Noche Flamenca
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Antigona is full of breathtaking, powerful moments. A collaboration between Soledad
#shamanicinterfaces: Creative Meditation
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Interface One: We enter the Community Education Center as though
Through an Aperture, On a Street Corner
September 15, 2014
On Google Maps, the corner of Wildey and American is
Mary Anthony: A Great Teacher Will Never Die
August 10, 2014
I first met Mary Anthony when I was sixteen years
Valda Setterfield on Dancing, Acting, and Living
May 6, 2014
Valda Setterfield, British-born dancer/actor, former Cunningham dancer and life partner
Iterations and Investigations: Three Weeks with Gordon, Brecht & Eisler
April 16, 2014
“I have no idea what I’m doing.” Choreographer/director David Gordon
February 18, 2014
BalletX’s Winter Series was full of hearts and Valentines, the perfect confection
Duets Galore in a Hardware Store
February 2, 2014
Gabrielle Revlock’s latest work Confetti, a medley of duets that featured Revlock
Careers In the Dance Biz: From College to the “Real World”
January 18, 2014
Kalila Kingsford Smith, continuing her series on the “business” of
Love and Showbiz at Keigwin + Co.
November 30, 2013
Keigwin + Company’s audience at the Annenberg Center made up
Nothing Could Stop Me, My Body Was Like Origami
November 18, 2013
Rhythmic hip-hop beats accompany my footsteps as I approach my
Careers in the Dance Biz: Financially Literate in an Artistic World
October 18, 2013
Continuing her series on navigating the “business” of dance, Kalila
Rug Burns and A String Quartet
September 15, 2013
New Street Dance Group’s ChORDED Motion bound its dancers in tangled ribbons,
Careers in The Dance Biz: What Is Your Startup Story?
September 3, 2013
This is the introduction to a series of thINKingDANCE articles
