Articles

There Can Be an Ease
How hundreds of mousetraps ended up in a dance class is related to the dialogue between performance art and performing arts currently underway.
December 19, 2014
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P.S. 41: Art and Activism
With PHL dancers marching this past weekend for #blacklivesmatter and mobilized to help Dance/UP, the role of artists in working to effect change is palpable. How does activism relate to your life as an artist?
December 18, 2014
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Smiling on the Surface
The dancers, virtuosic and athletic, execute grand leaps, surprising shifts of weight, and daring moments of partnering.
December 15, 2014
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Pleasure in Plunging into the Stream
Vervet Dance’s curated evening of five works featured artists from throughout the region. After dipping my toe into the potential of these artists’ works I left wanting more.
December 12, 2014
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One Brave Black Girl
Not only was Brown opening up her work for anybody’s interpretation and critique, she was opening up her life--and all the layers of identity therein.
December 11, 2014
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Black Girl
During this evening of three dances with a mixed gender company, Brown decides to devote one of the pieces to the six women.
December 11, 2014
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Hold it, control: 12 Questions and Answers
For her experimental response to Meg Foley and J. Louis Makary's experimental show, Carolyn Merritt answers 12 questions.
December 8, 2014
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A Letter from Steve Paxton
A rebuttal to thoughts presented in Lisa Kraus' recent take on "Steve Paxton: Selected Works."
December 4, 2014
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