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How to Dance Bach

Lynn Matluck Brooks

The ridiculous and the sublime in Twyla Tharp: 50th Anniversary Tour and De Keersmaeker's Partita 2.

Photo: Gene Pittman

Trisha Brown Revisited

Rhonda Moore

The early '70s pieces remain stridently current, thanks to the timeless quality of Brown’s work.

Photo: Mike Hurwitz

Firestorm

Sara Graybeal

Tablao Philly--an experience of unbridled crescendo, a night that accelerated in vigor, skill, and intensity until the end.

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Architectural Tuning

Megan Bridge

Partita 2 asks us not just to note the passing of time, but to participate kinesthetically in time’s ticking.

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Intricate Inconsistencies

Whitney Weinstein

Complexions Contemporary Ballet's athleticism and movement skills went overlooked by none.

Photo: Bill Hebert

BalletX Brings Fonte’s Beasts Alive at the Wilma Theater

Gregory King

Felesina whittled through the space before washing the floors with her fluid, muscled body.

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NowHere/NoWhere: Two Views

Zornitsa Stoyanova

tD writers Lynn Brooks and Zornitsa Stoyanova intertwine their takes on performances at the NowHere Festival of Free Improvisation

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Chopin’s Sickly Hands

Julius Ferraro

Chopin Without Piano uses music in its dramatic application to reveal the way cultural revolutionaries are treated as cultural capital by appropriative governments.

Photo: Tadashi Suzuki

“Making the Body Theater”: An Interview with Terzopoulos on Antigone

Jay Oatis

"Tragedy...it's not drama. You're naked on the stage, like dance."

Photo: Ayano Hisa

Silenced Voices Speak Up: Urban Bush Women

Lauren Samblanet

There is so much sadness and built-up anger, such a pressing need for strength, so much joy.