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P.S. 44: Janet Queen of Dance?

Pop-star? Queen of Dance? What do you think of Janet Jackson's contribution to the field? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quJ62ZPphpE

Photo: Ryan Cliett

Writing Together about the Come Together Festival

Kirsten Kaschock

Featuring different companies, Come Together Dance Festival showcases the big, broad world of Philadelphia dancing.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Human Movement

Carolyn Merritt

Cardell showcases how dance can confront social issues viscerally, triggering responses that tap something as deep as migration is to our very existence.

Photo: Donna Winter

A Slew of Site-celebratory Performances

Ellen Chenoweth

June was a good month for adventurous performances in Philadelphia with artists using the traditional off-season to try new things.

Photo: Ann-Marie Gover

Remix: Relinquish, Reorganize, Reinterpret

Kalila Kingsford Smith

After seeing multiple iterations of the same material, certain phrases and shapes became familiar, like old friends returning to the stage.

Photo: Esther Baker-Tarpaga

Dance/USA and The Quest for Heterogeneity in Diversity

Gregory King

I became increasingly aware that addressing only skin color will not solve the quest for diversity.

Photo: Herman Sorgeloos

Facing Facing Front

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Lynn Matluck Brooks and Christopher Brooks reflect on programs 1 and 2 of Facing Front, featuring Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion.

P.S. 43: State of Contemporary Performance in Philadelphia?

There is a flurry of dance happening these next two weeks: Cardell Dance Theater, Leah Stein, SoLow Festival and Thirdbird's Facing Front events. What do all these pieces say about the state of contemporary performance in Philadelphia? Do you see links between them or divergent paths?

Photo: Jenna Spitz

A Leap Into Hybrid Performance

Megan Bridge

The four performers in this work are, in fact, the very kinds of people that devote their lives to becoming acrobats.

Photo: LABA@the 14th St Y

Hadar Ahuvia and Jesse Zaritt: Jewish-American Choreographers Grapple with Zionism and the Nakba

Nicole Bindler

"...I am seeking ancestral healing and liberation for all."