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Photo: Kaitlin Chow

Water Anyone?

Lynn Matluck Brooks

The dancers appeared to be following the deep paths of their own watery innards, or flowing along a torrent slightly out of their own control.

Photo: Lisa Kraus

Summer Savory: Mt. Tremper Arts’ Alchemy of Art and Food

Lisa Kraus

A center in the Catskills counters the prevailing commodity-based "product" orientation in performing arts.

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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.